October 2008
8 posts
The Proper Method For Choosing A Username
When signing up for various social networks and services that require that you choose a username. Use your full name.
For Example…
If your name is Dan Dewitt than your username should be DanDewitt. Not something like puffydano, or dmuffin.***
Infact it is important that our leaders know this so that they can snatch up their names early on some of the more popular social networks like...
Social Media Basics (Watch All Videos) →
There is a mountain of great tools and technologies that can be found online today, the key is to learn what I call the “Social Media Staples”.
Yammer is Twitter for Business
The Solution to Email Overload
We now have our own private communication network on Yammer that will be a huge step in how we collaborate and communicate.
Go here and sign-up now or Watch this Tour
This could be a beneficial tool to the entire staff at the seminary. We need to flesh it out in communications. There are powerful applications to this tool that will make pesky email wince in...
7 Ingredients Of Good Corporate Design →
From "In the Know" to "Let Us Show"
There are countless great stories, just waiting to be told, all around us here at Southern Seminary. Conversing frequently with those in places of strategic relevance is a must.
This means keeping one’s ear low to the ground.
Is there someone living in Manly who knows everyone in his dorm? Ask him about the men with whom he is interacting, and any specific stories or activities about which...
Lockstep Can Be a Creative Lockbox
From cultural commentator Andrew Keen, who—though referring to bloggers—provides a good reminder about the dangers of reading and referring only to those with whom we are in lockstep agreement:
“What (Arthur) Miller would see today in the Web 2.0 world is a nation so digitally fragmented that it’s no longer capable of informed debate. Instead, we use the Web to confirm our...
Creativity Takes Time
The creatives must create to be great creatives. Always in the office, always cranking out design is the death to being truly creative. Walt Disney call it “imagineering.” I find my most creative times are planned and reflect the following strategy:
Geography—drive far enough away to unplug my mind from a master to do list.
Environment—An environment conducive to...
The Cast
Every team member needs the freedom to share openly their ideas. There are no stupid ideas only stupid people who refuse to blurt it out. You never know if some variation spawns a great one.
Dan Dumas