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Recruiting On Ramps

by Erin English | Apr 12, 2016 | Ideas, Volunteers | 5

Over the last year our team has been evaluating how we recruit, equip and train new volunteer...

Be Strategic

by Kenny Conley | Jan 23, 2012 | Ideas, Leadership | 1

From day one of engaging with Orange (more than 4 years ago), the word strategy was a word I heard often. It’s not a new concept, but it was something that was brought to my attention again last Friday and I’m glad...

Vision amnesia

by Kenny Conley | Nov 29, 2011 | Leadership | 1

Is it just me, or have you ever stepped out of the shower and then wonder if you remembered to wash your hair? Sometimes I really can’t remember, so I jump back in again and wash it just in case. Don’t you hate it...

How important is vision?

by Kenny Conley | Nov 28, 2011 | Leadership | 1

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about vision lately. A couple months ago I heard an interesting story. I don’t remember who told it to me, so I can’t confirm it’s validity. However, I was told about a...

The Homeless Blogger: What matters in 100 years

by Kenny Conley | Oct 24, 2011 | Ideas | 1

My second post in the Homeless Blogger series was hosted at Jenny Funderburke’s KidminThoughts. Jenny’s a cool cat, she hosted the Illuminate Conference in Birmingham, AL. If you don’t read her blog, you really...

My big vision for volunteers

by Kenny Conley | Sep 20, 2010 | Leadership, Volunteers | 3

Let me tell you about the vision I’ve had. I actually just started communicating it about...

Making Vision Stick: Book Review

by Kenny Conley | Mar 9, 2010 | Ideas, Leadership | 3

Last year just before the Orange Conference I spent some time at North Point hanging out at both the Alpharetta campus as well as at Buckhead. I spent a small fortune at the bookstore. While there, I picked up this little book,...

Personal investment equals great influence: followup thoughts

by Kenny Conley | Feb 4, 2010 | Ideas, Leadership | 0

Yesterday I posted about something Andy Stanley said in the first paragraph of the forward of Think Orange. Click here to read it. Essentially, I wrote about North Point being so successful in their efforts to reach families....

Gutsy or stupid about your mission

by Kenny Conley | Jan 6, 2010 | Leadership | 0

I’ve been thinking a lot about mission the last few weeks. One of my goals for this year is for pervasive saturation of the vision and mission in the heart and minds of our volunteers and leaders. Actually, it’s not...

Forget resolutions. How about vision maps and life themes?

by Kenny Conley | Dec 21, 2009 | Ideas, Random | 1

So we’re a little over a week from 2010. It’s going to be a big year… I can already tell. It’s got some nice even numbers. 2010. I like it. Let’s see… we’ll do another census here in the...

Casting vision to your church staff (conclusion)

by Kenny Conley | Dec 11, 2009 | Leadership | 2

Thanks for allowing me to crank out 5 or 6 posts all about a 90 minute meeting I had over a week ago. I cranked out a lot of words, but hopefully there was some stuff in there you found helpful. Enough teasing though. Here is...

Casting vision to your church staff (Part 5)

by Kenny Conley | Dec 10, 2009 | Leadership | 0

Here is my final post concerning my recent opportunity to cast vision for Next Gen to my church staff. If you’ve missed my other posts, you can find them here, here, here and here. The introduction and first two points...