What do you see when you close your eyes?

We’ve written before about the impact of your top idea, and I want to think a little more about what’s on our brains at any given time. I recently finished reading Invitation to Solitude and Silence [affiliate link], and as a result have spent a lot of time just sitting silently with the LORD instead…   Read more


DJ Your Conference or Large Group With Grooveshark

If you’ve ever been responsible for providing the music at a large group event or a conference, you’ll know it’s never just as easy as hitting “play” on your personal iTunes. Especially if you’re working with a diverse group of students, it can be very difficult to collect a personal archive of music that’s appropriate…   Read more


Call For Entries: CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) Software

There are many ways to manage our donor and alumni communications, but few encompass the entirety of our interactions. Contact management software like Outlook and Apple Mail can manage their contact information, our national organizations often manage donation history, and sometimes advanced spreadsheets can allow us to manually manage more detailed information… but many staff…   Read more


Parting Thoughts, and More Resources from Brandglue

(Part 5 of a 5-part series: What I Learned From the Industry Experts on Using Facebook Well: An Interview with Michelle Widman of Brandglue) A few weeks ago Michelle Widman, the Project/Community Manager at Brandglue.com, agreed to sit for a phone interview with me. Brandglue is a social media firm that call themselves the “News Feed Optimization Agency”,…   Read more


Using Twitter As a Campus Minister

(Part 4 of a 5-part series: What I Learned From the Industry Experts on Using Facebook Well: An Interview with Michelle Widman of Brandglue) A few weeks ago Michelle Widman, the Project/Community Manager at Brandglue.com, agreed to sit for a phone interview with me. Brandglue is a social media firm that call themselves the “News Feed Optimization Agency”,…   Read more