Several weeks ago I attended a seminar on creating effective experiences and environments… for preschoolers. I was the only guy in the room and the only person who wasn’t a preschool teacher. Frankly, I think it kind of threw off the presenter to have me there. Throughout the presentation, she awkwardly added phrases like, “and […]
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Innovation: How a hamster ball became an activity at the mall, part 2
One of the things that defines our ministry at SpringHill Camps is our commitment to innovation. Over the years, the ministry has created new activities, been on the leading edge of camp philosophy, and often been a go-to for other organizations looking for ideas. But the work of innovation is hard. And our tendency is […]
Innovation: Why good ideas aren’t good enough, part 1
This is my profile in the 1997 edition of John Brown University’s facebook. In 1997, I was on a team of students that used our university’s only digital camera (for real) to produce what we called facebook. It was a squareish paperback book hybrid, somewhere between a yearbook and a phonebook. Sound familiar? The cover was […]
How to get me to hire you… as a speaker part 2. Don’t email me.
I made so many mistakes in the early stages of fundraising. By not asking people to give face-to-face I was dramatically reducing the chances that they would give. The principle applies when you’re looking for opportunities to grow your speaking ministry. Here are a few key moves that will help you dramatically improve your chances of landing more speaking events
How to get me to hire you… as a speaker
As the Retreats Director at a large Christian camp, I was responsible to hire speakers for over 20 events per year. I got inquiries almost daily from people who’d like to be among them. I imagine now I’ll get even more.