Comments on: Blog Tour Stop with Kem Meyer of Less Clutter Less Noise http://jeremydavidson.org/2009/05/blog-tour-stop-with-kem-meyer-of-less-clutter-less-noise/ "An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JFBroyles http://jeremydavidson.org/2009/05/blog-tour-stop-with-kem-meyer-of-less-clutter-less-noise/#comment-397 JFBroyles Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:39:50 +0000 http://jeremydavidson.org/?p=552#comment-397 Wow, Jeremy! Thanks for posting info re: this book, etc. Very insightful. In retrospect I can see where all the churches where I have worked have the silo-mentality. Some are worse than others. At one place in particular, it was like opposing basketball teams in a tournament to see who would come out as the winner. (Actually nobody was the winner! Everybody had a cut-throat mentality w/ no regard to needs/concerns of others!) There was no teamwork except for their team members and I wonder even then if it was teamwork with a pure heart and right motives. Pretty sad. Thanks for the eye-opener Jeremy! Wow, Jeremy! Thanks for posting info re: this book, etc. Very insightful. In retrospect I can see where all the churches where I have worked have the silo-mentality. Some are worse than others. At one place in particular, it was like opposing basketball teams in a tournament to see who would come out as the winner. (Actually nobody was the winner! Everybody had a cut-throat mentality w/ no regard to needs/concerns of others!) There was no teamwork except for their team members and I wonder even then if it was teamwork with a pure heart and right motives. Pretty sad. Thanks for the eye-opener Jeremy!

]]> By: Jeremy Davidson http://jeremydavidson.org/2009/05/blog-tour-stop-with-kem-meyer-of-less-clutter-less-noise/#comment-316 Jeremy Davidson Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:48:56 +0000 http://jeremydavidson.org/?p=552#comment-316 Whitney, When I came to Arrow Heights almost 2 years ago we had 3 ministries with separate websites and visitors referred to our weekly worship guide as the "Reader's Digest." Our team has done a lot of work consolidating our web properties and in this next week we will go from our 16-20 page 5.5" x 8.5" worship guide to a single piece of legal paper. We used many of the principles that Kem mentioned above and I provided publication and graphic design training for several of our assistants. We are not there yet, but we are certainly on our way. Whitney, When I came to Arrow Heights almost 2 years ago we had 3 ministries with separate websites and visitors referred to our weekly worship guide as the “Reader’s Digest.” Our team has done a lot of work consolidating our web properties and in this next week we will go from our 16-20 page 5.5″ x 8.5″ worship guide to a single piece of legal paper. We used many of the principles that Kem mentioned above and I provided publication and graphic design training for several of our assistants. We are not there yet, but we are certainly on our way.

]]> By: Whitney http://jeremydavidson.org/2009/05/blog-tour-stop-with-kem-meyer-of-less-clutter-less-noise/#comment-315 Whitney Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:28:15 +0000 http://jeremydavidson.org/?p=552#comment-315 We suffer from serious silo-mania! I didn't realize how bad it was until a few weeks ago, when I discovered one of our ministries had built their own website...without anyone in leadership's knowledge, no less...and the senior pastor flatly refused to address it. In the last week, we've communicated at least 10 different messages to our congregation. It's constant combat between ministries fighting for attention. Thanks for the tips to at least beginning to combat it! We suffer from serious silo-mania! I didn’t realize how bad it was until a few weeks ago, when I discovered one of our ministries had built their own website…without anyone in leadership’s knowledge, no less…and the senior pastor flatly refused to address it. In the last week, we’ve communicated at least 10 different messages to our congregation. It’s constant combat between ministries fighting for attention. Thanks for the tips to at least beginning to combat it!

]]> By: Jeremy http://jeremydavidson.org/2009/05/blog-tour-stop-with-kem-meyer-of-less-clutter-less-noise/#comment-311 Jeremy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:29:07 +0000 http://jeremydavidson.org/?p=552#comment-311 Jeremy, Great analysis. i definitely see signs of this where we are. Jeremy,

Great analysis. i definitely see signs of this where we are.

]]> By: Auran http://jeremydavidson.org/2009/05/blog-tour-stop-with-kem-meyer-of-less-clutter-less-noise/#comment-310 Auran Sat, 30 May 2009 00:58:10 +0000 http://jeremydavidson.org/?p=552#comment-310 Well, I stopped counting different messages at 37... It saddens me a little bit because I'd really like to be able to help them, and I'm not sure I'll be able to. Well, I stopped counting different messages at 37…

It saddens me a little bit because I’d really like to be able to help them, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to.

]]> By: mike http://jeremydavidson.org/2009/05/blog-tour-stop-with-kem-meyer-of-less-clutter-less-noise/#comment-309 mike Fri, 29 May 2009 16:56:53 +0000 http://jeremydavidson.org/?p=552#comment-309 Not proud of this at all, but we had 5 different announcements or things to get involved with just for our students this past Wednesday night. All had a different message. Yikes! Not proud of this at all, but we had 5 different announcements or things to get involved with just for our students this past Wednesday night. All had a different message. Yikes!

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