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| A Truth Community http://www.throughtheriverbook.com In 2009 we will launched our latest book with Authentic Publishers. It is called "Through the River: Understanding Your Assumptions About Truth." Please join the new community we are creating around that book and engage with us about your truth journey. |
| Joining a Global Conversation http://www.lausanne.org/conversation Generous Mind is a part of the Communications Team for the Lausanne Congress being held in Cape Town, South Africa in October. We are helping specifically with the social media and blog. We are very excited about Lausanne's efforts this year because they have launched an online community called the Lausanne Global Conversation that is having a tremendous impact on the issues related to evangelism. We challenge you to join in! |
| Generous Mind Twitter Feed http://www.twitter.com/generousmind To be a part of our ongoing stream of generous ideas and links, please follow our twitter feed. |
| Beyond "Innovation in Mission" http://www.innovationinmission.com Innovation doesn't stand still does it? Many of you coming to this page will have read the book we just released called "Innovation in Mission." Our hope now that you have read it is that you will be applying the concepts in it to your own ministry context.
But if we are to learn, we must be generous with our ideas - our vision - our results. So this is your opportunity. Click on the link to the "Innovation in Mission" blog and join the ongoing conversation about how to be innovative in kingdom work. |
| Generous Mind Blog http://generousmind.blogspot.com Are you intrigued by what it takes to be a Generous Mind. Join us as we talk about it and share our thoughts. |
| The Green Mom Challenge http://greenmomchallenge.blogspot.com If you are a mom wondering how to do your job and also take care of the environment, you can get some encouragement and insight at the Green Mom Challenge. |
| Ministry Tube http://ministrytube.blogspot.com So many are using YouTube to share their message and mission agencies are no different. Take a minute to check out our directory of mission agencies, ministry staff and ministry services using YouTube! |
| Our Word Shop http://ourwordshop.blogspot.com To track Generous Mind writing and thinking, visit our Word Shop. |
| Generous Mind Conversations http://gmconversations.blogspot.com/ ANNOUNCEMENT Our first Generous Mind Conversation is live. This first conversation is entitled "Effective Ministry in the Face of a Pandemic" - Read the article now: http://www.momentum-mag.org/200603/200603-36-article3.pdf We have launched a blog (see link above) in order to provide discussion on the article. Please help us continue this important discussion. Introduction to the Generous Mind Concept There are many seminars and countless conferences being held on every issue imaginable. These serve their place and provide a valuable service, but there is a need for another kind of discussion. A conversation designed to create a generous outcome. Generous Mind is pleased to introduce you to the Generous Mind Conversation. This is an extremely intentional, highly collaborative process by which we pull together strategic people for the purpose of discussing an issue, documenting the outcomes and publishing the information in a way that will have the greatest impact. The Generous Mind Conversation helps people who have great insight to be generous by weaving several people’s information together into a compelling narrative that people can understand and apply. It is not enough just to have generous intentions, we are committed to giving a person’s generous spirit a tangible platform with the potential of informing and transforming lives. The Process In order to create high impact there is a very specific process to a Generous Mind Conversation. Here are the key steps: 1. Key individuals who have a track record of subject matter competency and a spirit of generosity are identified and invited to the Generous Mind Conversation. This conversation could be a conference call, a weekend retreat or even a weeklong event. 2. When an individual is invited, they are provided with the topic, their specific assignment (pre and post event) and the dates of the event. Each conversation is different and so the amount of investment required is unique. The investment will be made very clear at the invitation. 3. Once an individual has accepted the invitation, they will prepare for the conversation based on the assignment provided. During this preparation time, the invitee is welcomed to ask questions, modify the preparations and focus their contribution. 4. At the event, each individual will generously bring their contribution to the discussion. Each individual will have an opportunity to share. Then there will be time for discussion. The last step will be to outline the deliverable. 5. The deliverable will take different forms. The goal will be that the deliverable is established as part of the preparation (an article, a radio show, a white paper, etc.). The members of the conversation will agree to the conclusions of the conversation. It is critical that the conversation have consensus. If consensus is not reached during the event, another shorter follow-up conversation will be required. (Generosity must be clear and represent all members of the conversation.)
6. Each member of the conversation will be recognized in the final product and Generous Mind will help place the product and promote it. |
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