August 21, 2009
Unlike conferences that focus on making money, the Willow Creek Leadership Summit focuses on inspiring and empowering leaders. Although run by a church, the Summit is widely attended by business people and community leaders who have heard about the amazing speakers and understand the great value this conference provides. The 17 Summit speakers represented a culturally and racially diverse group of leaders from business, ministry, politics and entertainment including: Willow Creek senior paster Bill Hybels, former British PM Tony Blair, Made to Stick authors Dan Heath and Dave Heath, renowned leader and thinker Gary Hamel, and U2 leader Bono. Some [...]
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August 20, 2009
Today I am laying the groundwork for new possibilities. Some days we are able to make progress on particular projects, but today I am building the foundation that will support my blogging, helping and communicating. I like working on websites, though I end up rediscovering techniques and using time learning to use the tools. I have a two hour rule for tool learning – if I can’t figure something out in two hours I look more diligently for information I am missing, often by searching the web, asking someone, or checking the documentation: reading the fine manual can be helpful! [...]
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