Posts Tagged ‘The Outcomes Conference’
Developing Women for Leadership By Dr. Halee Gray Scott
The Intentional Development of Millennial Women for Leadership In the 21st century, we are inclined to think that there are no unknown territories, no frontiers left uncharted for women. Yet, when Christian nonprofit organizations seek to equip millennial women for leadership, they are embarking, like Lewis and Clark, on a journey into terra incognita. The…
Read MoreRenew Your Accountability By Lee Ellis
Will you renew the value of accountability in your leadership? Perhaps now is an appropriate time for you to renew the leadership value of accountability. Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn’t a realistic expectation. My Experience As a former POW in the…
Read MoreAre You Engaged in Faith-based Fundraising? By Wes Willmer
Faith-based and Ministry-focused Fundraising for Nonprofits In Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry (Jossey-Bass), authors Tom Jeavons and Rebekah Basinger compare and contrast how a faith-based, ministry-focused model of raising resources is very different from a secular approach focused strictly on the bottom line. They concluded that it all boils down to values,…
Read MoreMentoring Next Generation Leaders by Dr. Tim Elmore
There is an art to mentoring next generation leaders. I just got off the phone with a business friend who was sharing about next generation leaders. He and I chuckled over an interview he’d just conducted with a recent college graduate. The candidate was a bright and overconfident female who told him in the midst…
Read MoreMinistry that Outlives You By Robby Gallaty
How do you have a ministry that will outlive you? Today you will have the opportunity to watch a video from a past Outcomes Conference event. In it, Pastor Robby Gallaty shares how to have a ministry that will outlive your season of leadership. There are many Christian leaders preparing to transition and make…
Read MoreJob Title and Charitable Giving By John Curtis
Don’t think Your job title can hurt charitable giving? Russell James, Ph.D. at Texas Tech University has recently completed the first-ever study of the Effectiveness of Fundraiser Job Titles. His findings should give any Christian organization’s Development or Advancement staff reason to pause and, perhaps, move away from organization-centered titles to more donor-focused titles… his…
Read MoreThe Heart of Development By Griff Freyschlag
Embracing God’s Heart for Development What is the heart of development? What is our most important role as fundraisers in a ministry? We all have a budget and understand how important it is to raise the necessary amount to support the ministry’s operation so that we can serve those in need effectively, efficiently and responsibly.…
Read MoreHow Do You Steward Your Words? By Tami Heim
Use the power of your words for good! Your words carry with them the power to bring life and truth or take them both away. As a leader, any notion that what you write and say doesn’t matter is simply not true. A day doesn’t pass where your words aren’t influencing the thinking, behavior, or development…
Read MoreStewards Reject Pride By Howard Rich
The Danger of Pride in Leadership is Real Pride and a need to control presents itself at an early age in our lives. As children, we likely played a game called follow-the-leader, where the leader does things that the rest of the group must mimic. The main objective is to trip up those following the…
Read MoreThe Truth About Control By Wayne Hastings
What’s got control of you? We, especially those of us who live in the Western world, love to think we are in control. We think—in fact, we’re told from a young age—that we can do it all. We work so hard to control our money, our time, our talents, and yet—no matter how hard we…
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