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Change, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Nonprofits, Social Sector

“Why Business Can be Good at Solving Social Problems”

I am an advocate for cross-sector collaboration.  In this TED Talk, Michael Porter makes the case for “Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems.”  I for one, agree with Porter.  I don’t think good work and social and societal care should be left to one sector. Rather, I think societal issues and challenges should be considered and tackled collaboratively and by all sectors- … Continue reading “Why Business Can be Good at Solving Social Problems”

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Church, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

Accompaniment

As I mentioned in my previous post, “All are sought,” which built off of the concept of “all are welcome,” I want to expand on an idea of accompaniment, something the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seems to be moving towards embracing more and more. Accompaniment in this sense means meeting people where they are at, and walking alongside them, being an embodiment of God’s … Continue reading Accompaniment

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Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Theology, Vocation

This Week’s Links

Happy October!  For those of you in the United States, however, it might not be so happy as the government has shut down as of midnight.  As you might guess there will be some leadership and theological reflections offered as links in the following.  As always, Tuesday brings a host of links which I offer as hopefully good reads that you might find interesting and … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Theology, Vocation

This Week’s Links

It’s that time again.  Time to share some stuff I have read over the past week that I think you might enjoy.  This week I offer them under the headers of leadership and collaboration, church, neighbor love, stewardship, community, and vocation. Leadership and Collaboration Dan offers a great reminder of some of Peter Drucker’s thoughts on treating employees like volunteers.  It’s great advice and worth … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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Church, Leadership, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Vocation

Lessons from Choir Directing about Volunteer Management

As some of you may know, one of my current roles involves me leading and directing a church choir.  As its a church choir, this means that this is a group of people who give up an hour or so every week to rehearse on a weekday evening, and who volunteer to help lead worship a couple times a month. Since I have served in … Continue reading Lessons from Choir Directing about Volunteer Management

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Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Stewardship

Provocative Thoughts on Social Sector Effectiveness

“The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong” Dan Pallotta recently gave a TED talk entitled, “The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong.”  Until today I hadn’t had a chance to sit and watch it in its entirety and think deeply about its implications.  Obviously, he covers a lot of ground here in just over 18 minutes.  One of the biggest critiques … Continue reading Provocative Thoughts on Social Sector Effectiveness

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Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Daily Life, Leadership, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Vocation, Worship

Lots of Links

Happy Canada Day to all Canadians!  To the rest of you, Happy July!  This post is the second post featuring a long list of different stories and links which I have not blogged individually about.  I had originally planned to do this weekly or bi-weekly, but at least at this point, the rhythm of this is monthly.  We’ll see if I can make this happen … Continue reading Lots of Links

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Weekly Links

Some of my favorite blogs provide regular posts with a simple series of links and brief annotations.  In this vein, and in the spirit of sharing information and collaborating I would like to begin to provide my own links regularly about once a week.  I need to come up with a good name for this regular post, so any ideas are welcome.  My hope is … Continue reading Weekly Links

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Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Vocation

Asking the Questions

For me leadership involves a constant willingness to be asking the questions.  One of the challenges though that comes with this is figuring out what the questions are that need to be asked. You can always start with the standard questions that shape and form any story:  who, what, where, why, and how?  But after those starters, I have a few that I have found … Continue reading Asking the Questions

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Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Theology, Vocation

Diakonia Conference Resources

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) hosted a virtual conference on Diakonia* today (June 5, 2013).  The conference included participants from around the globe (including from the Philippines, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, the United States and many other locales). For purposes of shared learning and collaboration, I wanted to catch some of the resources from today’s conference.  I have linked to a few that particularly … Continue reading Diakonia Conference Resources

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