Tag: professional development

Leadership Development

7 Things I’ve Learned From Being on the Same Campus for 7 Years

You may have caught my post last week, reflecting on 15 Things I’ve Learned from 15 Years of College Ministry. If not, you should check it out!

Those 15 years have unfolded on four different campuses — but the last seven have been in the same place. And truth be told, I’m surprised that I’ve made it this long.

It’s not that I’m a bad employee — often at risk of getting fired. Nor is it that I dislike the place I work (or that I’ve previously worked) — all have been great! It has more to do with me — and my propensity for change.

In the past, I’ve enjoyed starting on a new campus, making new relationships, assessing what’s working — and what’s not, and then discerning how God wanted to use me in that place.

Student Leaders

5 Lies (Student) Leaders Believe

Yesterday was our day of campus-wide leadership training.

It’s a time when we bring together all of the students leaders of varying student groups across campus for some shared training and team building.

For the day, we set aside the planning and preparation for our specific areas to recognize that we — as leaders — are not alone on campus. There are others who aspire to similar heights, and face many of the same challenges that we do.

From year to year it’s never quite the same — and I think this year might have been one of our best efforts!

Personally, I had the chance to co-present to our student leadership population of 350+ about the lies many leaders believe. Many of these lies were identified by different student leaders who have seen them — in some shape or fashion — played on within the student leadership culture on our campus.

Big Ideas & 'Best Of'

Bread for the Journey: Books to Use for Students Who Want To Grow

I’ve been asked to contribute a few suggestions for resources that can be used to equip those who do campus ministry so that we might do the job well, insightfully, profoundly.

I love that simple verse in 1 Chronicles 12:32 that names the reputation of the “sons of Issachar” who “understood the times and knew what God’s people should do.”

Reading widely can help us become Issacharian, helping us understand our context and how best to serve.

Big Ideas & 'Best Of'

Top Posts for June 2012

It was another BIG month at FaithONCampus.com!

In case you missed it, I made a couple of BIG announcements this past month:

2 Books, the Month of July, & My Attempts at Keeping Things Sane
Announcing the Faith ON Campus Summer Institute
The writing will have a significant impact on my month of July — so you can expect some of the “best of” from the Archives, as well as some guest posts that will totally be worth checking out!

The Summer Institute will not take place until NEXT June — but is something you need to find out about NOW, so be sure to check out that link!

And in case you missed any of these — here are the Top 10 posts for the month of June!

Big Ideas & 'Best Of', Leadership Development

Do You Know About Prezi?

Do you know about Prezi.com?

It’s not brand new, I think I’ve been using it for about a year now — and for some reason it just dawned on me that I should share about it here, in case YOU haven’t ever experienced it.

Why?

Because it has totally revolutionized the way I do presentations (sorry if this sounds like an infomercial — I just like sharing cool stuff with cool people).

What is it?

Big Ideas & 'Best Of'

Campus Ministry Boot Camp

I recently conducted a short interview with Creighton Alexander — Director of the Wesley Foundation at the University of Alabama, Co-Editor of CollegeUnion.org, and Director of the Refresh Conference about the upcoming Campus Ministry Boot Camps that he’s offering. Here’s what he had to say…

Big Ideas & 'Best Of', Blogathons

Announcing the 3rd Annual Back to School Blogathon | August 7-9

Faith ON Campus is excited to announce the next Blogathon:

Back to School | August 7-9, 2012!

I know it probably feels like the summer just started — but the reality is that the new school year is just around the corner — so with that in mind, it’s time to make plans and preparations for this upcoming opportunity to come together for some collective thinking and sharing about how to make the most of this critical time of the year!
That’s what the Back to School Blogathon is all about!

Big Ideas & 'Best Of'

Do You Know About PicMonkey?

Do you know about PicMonkey.com?

It’s a great, (and I think) relatively new, online photo editing site.

AND IT’S FREE!

I don’t know about you — but as a ministry leader, I regularly find myself in situations where I’m wanting to add text to an image, create poster (that doesn’t look like it was created by a 3rd grader), manipulate photos to enhance a webpage, etc. — but have lacked the expensive software and/or know how.

Well, thanks to PicMonkey.com, that’s all changed!