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June 11, 2009, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Leading from the Sandbox: Develop, Empower and Release High Impact Ministry Teams
Hosted By: T. J. Addington
Aug 27 - Measuring Ministry Impact Daniel Rickett, Ph.D., Vice President, Sisters in Service Inc.
Sep 3 - The Strategy Map. A proven tool for making the most of a 45 minute consultation with prospective missionaries Terrill Nelson, Director Communication Services, SIM USA
Oct 8 - Mastering the 20 Management Buckets: Why We Must Focus First on the Results Bucket John Pearson, President, John Pearson Associates, Inc.
Oct 15 - Making Disciples of Oral Learners: Truth That Sticks Avery Willis, Executive Director, International Orality Network
Oct 22 - TBA Paul Borthwick, Development Associates International
Nov 12 - My Biggest Mistakes in Missions Leadership and What I Learned from Them Paul McKaughan, The Mission Exchange, ret.
Dec 10 - Global Partnering (exact title pending) Brian O'Connell, President of REACT Services
Dec 17 - Structuring and Leading an International Mission Organization in a From-Everywhere-To-Everywhere World James E. Plueddemann, Professor and Chair of the Department of Missions, Evangelism and Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Jan 7 - Enhancing Your Internal Coaching Capability
Linda Miller, Global Liaison for Coaching, The Ken Blanchard Associates, and Gail Davis, Director of Member Development, OMS
Jan 21 - Helping Churches in Missions: What do They Need and Want?
Bruce Camp, Founder and President, DualReach
Jan 28 - Eight Myths and Mistakes to Avoid in Raising Personal Support: Back to Basics
Ellis Goldstein, Director, Ministry Partner Development, Campus Crusade for Christ, International, with Kevin DiFilece and Scott Morton, The Navigators
Feb 4 - Missions Generosity: Our Generous Past May Provide Clues for the Future
Scott Preissler, Director: The Center for Biblical Stewardship, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Feb 25 - Evaluating Your Organization's Website
Sherri Heintz Kerr, President, Cahoots Communications
Mar 11 - The State of the Gospel - 2010
Jason Mandryk, Operation World
Mar 18 - Leadership Succession Planning: Key to Long Term Success
Dick Wynn, Chief of Staff, Northland, A Church Distributed, Longwood, FL
Mar 25 - Children and Missions: Moving from Education to Action!
Jill Harris Jordan, Teacher and Mobilizer, KidZana
April 8 - Overcoming Death by Email
Ted Esler, Executive Vice President, Pioneers
April 22 - Shaping Spiritual Formation: How Cross-Cultural Missions serves as a Crucible for Character Development - Part I
Steve Hoke, Vice President of People Development, Church Resource Ministries
April 29 - Shaping Spiritual Formation: How Cross-Cultural Missions serves as a Crucible for Character Development - Part II
Steve Hoke, Vice President of People Development, Church Resource Ministries
May 6 - Involving the Next Generation in Missions
Jim Tebbe, Vice President of Missions and Urbana Director, InterVarsity
May 20 - Missions Tomorrow: Perspectives Crystallized from 400 Private Conversations with North American Missions Leaders
Paul McKaughan, Minister-at-large and former CEO, The Mission Exchange
June 3 - Means and Meanings: Conducting Online Surveys and Focus Groups
James Nelson, Research Specialist, Global Mapping International