Tag Archives: Ideas
App of the Week: TED
Posted on 18. Mar, 2012 by Kenny.
I feel like it’s a joke to call this the app of the week, but hey.. it’s Sunday and I thought I’d share an app that I think is worth your time.
A few months ago I downloaded the TED app for the iPad and iPhone and over the weekend, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed having this app. TED has had hundred of videos of past talks on their website for years, but rarely have I spent the time watching. More often than not, I’d watch when someone would send me a link of something I needed to see/hear. The great thing about the TED app is that all this content is far more handy and available than just their website. You can search by topic as well as by title.… Read the rest
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Give-Away: God’s Kids Easter Resource
Posted on 12. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Yesterday I blogged about God’s Kids Worship’s “A Big Basket of Easter Songs.”
The kind people at God’s Kids Worship want to give one away… to you. Nice of them, huh? It’s a $29.98 value that you can have by simply retweeting the following message:
Win God’s Kids Worship: Easter Songs resource pack for your #kidmin and get cool & creative Easter ideas. Click here: http://goo.gl/ohZxv
Don’t spam twitter though, only tweet the message one time a day. Leave a comment below as well telling me the most creative thing you’ve done for your kids at Easter.
So, I’ll put your name in the “virtual” hat for every tweet you post (remember, only one per day) as well as one time for every comment you leave (you can post more than one comment, but it has to be a different Easter idea for it to count an additional time).… Read the rest
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Ideas that didn’t work
Posted on 02. Oct, 2010 by Kenny.
Today’s post during Orange Week was supposed to be about Orange ideas that didn’t work.
I had a hard time coming up with any really great “stand-out” examples.
It’s not because we don’t make mistakes, because that’s not true. It may be because we’ve not taken any big risks lately where we’ve given ourselves the opportunity to win big or fall flat on our faces. We’ve been playing it pretty safe lately, doing things that have been successful and I’m not completely satisfied with that. So, I hope that a year from now I can tell you about some really dumb ideas we tried (the focus being on the word “tried” not “dumb”).
Here are a few things that have been pretty unsuccessful:
- Take home papers like Refrigerator Cards and God Time Cards.
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After my Kidmin/Orange marathon, this is how I feel
Posted on 02. May, 2010 by Kenny.
Every year I look forward to my week at Orange. Rather than just take in a few days of conference, I try to get the biggest bang for my buck. I get to Atlanta a few days early to see some family as well as visit North Point Church or some other church so I can observe and learn from what others are doing. Then the conference begins and I typically have every minute booked. In addition to attending the conference and breakouts, I’m meeting people having conversations and learning from others. Typically, every meal is booked and I’m rarely back to my hotel room before midnight.
I love it; however, I think I’m done with marathon conference tours for a while.… Read the rest
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Brainstorming vs. Improv
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Kenny.
I was at a birthday party last night and met a guy. He’s a very successful business man responsible for many start-ups. He was recently at a conference where an executive from Google was being interviewed or spoke (I don’t remember the details). Supposedly, Google decision makers take part in improv classes.
Why?
The brainstorming process says, “that’s a good idea, but…”
Improvisation says, “that’s a good idea, and…”
So, I don’t know exactly what that means yet, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot. Here’s what I’m thinking. Many ideas in the brainstorming process only make it to the white board. Although it’s an incredibly collaborative process where ideas birth new ideas, usually only a few make it into reality.… Read the rest
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Late night meditations
Posted on 12. May, 2009 by Kenny.
My head is swimming.
I’ve got so many thoughts floating around in my head right now.
I can’t remember the last time I’ve had so many thoughts like this… big thoughts.
I plan to proces them out loud here on the blog to some degree.… Read the rest
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