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Author: Tom Pounder

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Take a Risk. Take a Chance

August 15, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments failure, risks, taking chances

This past week was the first ever Summer Ministry Vlog Week. What is that? Well #SMVWeek16 was something I came

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Taking Action when receiving Criticism

August 12, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments action, criticism, feedback, listening

Just last month I was at a hotel for one of my daighter’s dance competitions. As with all hotels they

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One Way to Honor your Leaders

August 11, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments food, honor, Leadership, meeting, Support, volunteer leaders

Night time meetings.  They are really essential for ministry leaders. After all, it is really hard to meet with all

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YM Sidekick Podcast 

How to Effectively Lead Summer Interns

August 10, 2016August 9, 2016 Tom Pounder 0 Comments interns, internships, residents, summer, summer internships

Summer Internships are great for college students to learn the ropes of how to do a job in their field

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Why Wearables are vital for Ministers

August 8, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments apple watch, fitbit, fitness, google, technology, watch, wearable

There is a lot of things ministers could and should be spending their money on.  After all, you don’t want

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YM Sidekick Podcast 

How your Church can benefit from Life.Church’s Open

August 3, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments generosity, help, life.church, resources, Support

Back in 1997 when Tom first got into ministry there were plenty of resources available for ministers. However, all of

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Summer Ministry Vlog Week is coming

August 1, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 3 Comments blog, communication, ministry, social media, vlog

Just over 9 years I started blogging regularly.  It has been an awesome avenue for me to be able to write

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YM Sidekick Podcast 

How to be a more successful leader

July 27, 2016July 26, 2016 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 7 habit of highly effective people, leader, leaders, Leadership, model, stephen covey

We all want to be a successful leader, right? Of course we all do. That is why Tom brought back

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Even MORE ways you can use Facebook Live for your ministry

July 25, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments facebook, Facebook live, live stream, periscope, social media, video

First came Meerkat in the spring of 2015. It took South by Southwest by storm as the 1st real live

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Taking advantage of the Opportunities around you

July 22, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments ministry, opportunities, outreach, pokemon, pokemon go

There are some opportunities that you have to really work for…that you have to make happen.  And then there are

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