Archive for Archive for January, 2009
Great Resource - Soundview Executive Summaries
As a pastor I came to the conclusion a long time ago that to stay fresh and to stay current I need to read. The challenge is to balance my reading time between theological/inspirational/church growth books and secular management/leadership type books.
A great resource that I came across while I was on a St. Louis - [...]
Got A Plan?
Last week I walked into my PR Research class a few minutes early. I stopped to speak to the instructor and, knowing that I am a pastor, he said “I would really be interested in knowing what kind of PR plans churches are using.”
My initial, unspoken response was “So would I!” however, erring on the [...]
Public Service Announcements
I was reading Travis Miller’s latest post “A Public Service Announcement” on his blog Miller’s Musings.
While he is not writing in a public relations context, Public Service Announcements (PSA) are an important tool in the communications arsenal. A PSA is an advertisement, usually on radio or television, non-commercial in nature, that is supposedly offered for [...]
Instructions Included
I was at a Sri Lankan coming of age event for some teenagers recently. It was a great time with lots of great food and nice people. Much of the function was carried out in Tamil, most of the foods were unfamiliar, and, even though I was taking part in the ceremony, because it was [...]
Reading The Newspaper With A New Eye
Last night marked the beginning of a new semester at McGill - for me it means a course in Public Relations Research.
While the class was only introductory, the professor happened to mention one of his personal habits, that of reading several newspapers (in both French and English) before he left the house every morning. In [...]
