The Necessary Things

Does Your Right or Left Brain Influence Your Ministry Context?

A Whole New Mind is one of my must-read books for understanding the changing cultural landscape and the new values the students we lead bring to campus.

This YouTube video by Daniel Pink, the author of A Whole New Mind explains a major shift that has taken place.

It starts getting interesting around 1:20 if you want to start there, but after watching would you say your local ministry context (your day to day) is right-brained or left-brained? What are you missing out on if your heavily oriented towards one or the other?

How Gen-Y and others Can Use Social Media Professionally

This slideshare presentation by Sacha Chua nailed what it looks like to professionally use social media in the workplace or to build one's career.

"Write and share what you learned"--slide 8

If more people in ministry wrote and shared their experiences online I believe all of us in ministry would grow in our effectiveness. Benson Hines chronicles various college ministries and issues in his blog which I've found to be extremely helpful in sharpening my skills.

"Reach Out. Help others. Find mentors. Ask Questions. Make friends."--slide 10

Those in upper levels of leadership and/or 40 years old and above could SIGNIFICANTLY increase their influence by using social media towards this end. Many ministry leaders 40 years and above jump on social media to BROADCAST, which is helpful. However I believe they would see exponential returns if instead of broadcasting they spent their time ENGAGING.

Michael Hyatt's blog is a perfect example. He certainly broadcasts but he is extremely engaging.

Did any slides make you think?

The Gen Y Guide to Web 2.0 at Work

View more presentations from Sacha Chua.

Gen-Y Job Propaganda--Beware of The Job as a Lifestyle

Work can never be play. Zynga sold its soul to become profitable. A common myth many millenials believe is that they can have what they want with little to no sacrifice.

Read this quote:

"So I funded the company myself but I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and couldn’t get rid of it. *laughs* We did anything possible just to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business…So control your destiny."--Mark Pincus, Zynga CEO

Then watch at least one minute of this video:

This video certainly captured many of the values I hold (work as play, flexible hours, casual environments).

Did it speak to any of your values?

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