How do you grow a crowd? You have something to say and you want people to hear it, right? If you have something important to say you want as many people as possible to hear it. Here are 5 tips for growing your audience.
I was recently asked by a friend, “Why don’t we have any crosses hanging in our church buildings?” This is not the first time this question has been asked. This is the answer I always give;
Rube Goldberg became famous for drawing comical contraptions both complex and entertaining. His pictures are of complicated machines doing simple tasks. For a drawing it is hilarious. For communicators this is a cardinal sin.
Your message calls for a response. It offers information. It is important to you. Three questions que into how much you care about, or own, your message. What you say? How you say it? How people could respond?
It is easy to spot the villain when he is dressed in black and dripping with scorn, hate, a bloody claymore laser sword and gallons of hollywood slime. It is easy to point out the vile adultress when she has bloody fangs, black claws is screaming murder while a fugue-ish dirge salters in the background. Not hard to spot evil on the screen. But when does evil ever look like that in real life? It doesn’t.
Just dance. Don’t worry about who is watching. It doesn’t matter. You just dance. Move your feet. Move your arms. Feel the beat deep in your soul and respond. Honor it. Follow it. Move everything you have. Yes, people are watching. Let them watch, be the one they can follow.
What merits something as an historic event? Why will Obama’s inauguration go down in history? What makes this moment in time different? Nothing.
There is a tendency in humanity to displace and minimize our own potential by shadowing it in the spotlight of media sensations and Hollywood glamour. The attraction of celebrity hinders our perception to see the wonder in our own life as we elevate someone else.
“What is ethics in leadership?” This is one of the most significant questions an aspiring leader can ask. It is one of the most significant questions they can ask themselves. Because, the heart of good leadership is not the ability to move many of people or even just move people…it is the ability to move people well while not compromising values and identify.
