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One great hire can make the difference

September 8, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments avengers, box office, captain america, hire, hiring, iron man, Leadership, marvel, movies, robert downey jr., thor, volunteers

Movies made by Marvel are on fire, aren’t they? Guardians of the Galaxy is the highest grossing movie of 2014

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This is my kind of Team

August 11, 2014July 31, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments online ministry, student ministry, volunteers

I went to go see the movie “Begin Again” and that ended up being one of the worst decisions I

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the Blink-182 Throwback Thursday

June 19, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bands, blink, blink-182, chemistry, Leadership, music, pearl jam, punk, records, teams, throwback thursday, travis, u2, volunteers, youth sponsors

I first remember hearing about Blink-182 from all my younger Student Ministry Volunteer leaders and students late in the 90s/early

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Orange Preconference ’14: “Developing a Weekly Social Media Plan for Parents & Volunteers” Notes

April 30, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, community, facebook, Instagram, matt mckee, Parents, social media, twitter, volunteer leaders, volunteers

Matt McKee and Gina McClain “Developing a Weekly Social media Plan for Parents and Volunteers”. They are passionate about social

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Chowtime – 2/15 (Orange Week Edition)

February 15, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments chap clark, church, empower, orange, orange conference, seminars, victories, volunteers

This week wrapped up the Orange Spring Blogger Week in preparation for the Orange Conference 2014.  There was a lot

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Does Stability = Success?

January 27, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments consistency, contact work, Leadership, mentors, stability, value, volunteers

A few years ago, the Washington Post’s Baseball Insider Dave Sheinin posted a diagram illustrating how stability in a Baseball

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Dealing with Underperformance

November 25, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adjustments, big ten, changes, football, Michigan, Strategy, student leadership, vision. leadership, volunteers, wolverines

At the beginning of the College Football season, the Michigan Wolverines were expected to compete with Ohio State and the

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Keeping the Pipeline fresh

August 26, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments leaders, Leadership, recruiting, Training, vision, volunteers

In case you missed it, there is a mass exodus of Saturday Night Life Staffers.  This isn’t the first time

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Leaders Retreats

August 12, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bonding, community, leaders, Leadership, retreats, seminars, Training, volunteers

This past weekend marked the 3rd year in a row that I had a Leaders Retreat (6th year overall including

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Student Ministry 

Finding the “unknown” Superstars

July 5, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments effectiveness, leaders, ministry, qualities, Students, time, traits, volunteers

A few months ago, before the NFL draft, USA Today columnist Nate Davis did an article about finding the best,

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