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	<title>Cause to Pause &#187; Jeff Suever</title>
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		<title>#Impact10</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better late than never. A little over a week ago the annual ACS Technologies convention took place in Louisville, Ky. Here&#8217;s some of my random thoughts: IT Roundtable. Dean Lisenby always hosts this. This year it was opened to non-ACS customers. Guess what, we all have the same problems. Treading the line between &#8220;equipping for [...]


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		<title>Environmental Factors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In moving a project or initiative forward, you better take a look at the environment you will be working in. When you have been working in a given group or company for a long time, it is easy to develop a closed mind and not take the time to analyze your surroundings. &#8220;Familiarity breeds contempt.&#8221; [...]


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		<title>Three questions to ask before starting a project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 03:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next time you have something big to accomplish – by “big” I mean anything that involves other people &#8211; ask yourself three key questions: What do I want to accomplish? What is the environment I will be working in? What will be required? Seems simple enough, right? All questions you can answer without giving them [...]


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		<title>Compliance vs. Commitment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 22:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[perpective]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia If you work with people on any type of combined effort, at some point you are going to need them to do something for you. But the question is do you want them to &#8220;go along for the ride” like a condemned man on the “Green Mile”? Do you want them to [...]


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		<title>xTreme Family Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow First Presbyterian Church is holding its first ever xTreme Family Fest. This started out as a &#8220;one off&#8221; mellow day of music, arts and crafts. Koom-bay-yah. What good is a church event unless you can put people in front of the Gospel? eh? That is why we brought these guys: King of Kings Skate [...]


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		<title>Paperless Elder Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Tuesday was our second month of going “paperless” for our monthly Elder meeting. Let’s put that in perspective: As a denominational church with history and structure, our normal “docket” included: Agenda Membership Report Minutes of the previous month’s meeting Minutes from all six leadership commissions (Education, Missions, Stewardship, etc.) Minutes from the Council [...]


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		<title>Sunday’s Coming!</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffsuever.com/sunday%e2%80%99s-coming</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is specifically for anyone who works in a church, volunteers in a church, or works with &#8220;church people&#8221;. So, if you are out there slaving away in a secular job and Easter is just another weekend, don&#8217;t take offense. The weeks leading up to Easter &#8211; and Christmas for that matter &#8211; can [...]


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		<title>ACS Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffsuever.com/958</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church IT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 25-28 is the date for the annual ACS Convention in Louisville, Ky &#8211; this year titled Ideas-to-Impact &#8211; which is a take off on a series of &#8220;ministry help&#8221; white papers they publish. That image (and a bunch of the text) on this page have been shamelessly stolen from the ACS website. With the [...]


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		<title>Is Twitter &#8220;urban&#8221; and Facebook &#8220;rural&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffsuever.com/is-twitter-urban-and-facebook-rural</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia I was talking to a friend recently about all things social (media, that is). Like most folks, he does not see the value in twitter for his needs. Middle aged, retired, busy. Facebook, he gets. Twitter&#8230;not so much. In his mind &#8220;I don&#8217;t need another inbox, and I don&#8217;t spend a lot [...]


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		<title>Can your vendor take it?</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffsuever.com/can-your-vendor-take-it</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Suever</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church IT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently David Sterrett of First Pres. Austin, and I have begun talking about our uses and potential uses of AccessACS. What started out as “Are you taking payments for VBS online?” turned into a “We should set up a collaboration tool so we can have an ongoing dialog about this.” In the course of our [...]


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