by Rhett Smith | Jun 23, 2009 | Technology
[image by Robyn Twomey] The thing about Twitter is that it is beautiful in its simplicity, and powerful in its capability. Not everyone gets it at first…or second…or third time. But if you stick with it, it will pay off for you. I was struck the other day...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 22, 2009 | Technology
If you take a second and look over to the right side of this blog you will see an advertisement for faithHighway. faithHighway is a great company, doing great work in the area of technology and ministry. They also scored me a free ticket to the ECHO Conference as...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 19, 2009 | Leadership
[image by jblyberg] As I mentioned yesterday, I thought it might be a good idea to explore more thoroughly the “online characteristics” that come out of Gary Hamel’s article, The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500. Now, anytime we try to...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 18, 2009 | Leadership
This world of social networking is a world of little to no hierarchy, and the leadership that exists is one that is centered within the groups in the online communities, and encourages a leadership style that is horizontally structured, striving to give equal voice to...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 16, 2009 | Technology
Great TED video interview with Clay Shirky at the TED@State event. Clay has been super influential in my thinking, especially after I read his book Here Comes Everybody last year. I highly, highly recommend this book. It is a must read for anyone in a leadership...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 16, 2009 | Leadership, Technology
I saw a tweet yesterday by Joel Black in reference to a blog post by Alan Hirsch regarding Leading Gen-F. Alan’s post was in reference to this great article, The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500 by Gary Hamel. In the article, Hamel says this: The...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 15, 2009 | Leadership
[image source] In the great book, The Way of the Heart: Connecting with God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence by Henri Nouwen, he talks quite a bit about one’s “inner fire.” Last week I posted You Must Protect Your Inner Fire if You Live Online. I...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 12, 2009 | Therapy Practice
[image by D’Arcy Norman] I don’t know if I have shared much of my journey over the last year or so with many of you, so I thought I would take just a couple of minutes to do so. Most of you know me from either this blog, or from the ministry world where I...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 10, 2009 | Intentional Living
[image by Capture Queen] I have been thinking a lot…a lot about Anne Jackson’s recent decision, Saying Goodbye to Facebook. And then yesterday she followed it up with an article at Purpose Driven, Why I Kissed Facebook Goodbye. Something that Anne said in...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 2, 2009 | Intentional Living
[image source] I’m going to begin this post by saying, I’m not an expert in liberation theology. I’ve been drawn to it ever since I lived and served in Guatemala for 3 months in 2001, and I am continually learning from it as I have spent time...