TrippAtkins.comCommunication | TrippAtkins.com http://www.trippatkins.com Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Changing the “Stubborn” http://www.trippatkins.com/changing-the-stubborn/ http://www.trippatkins.com/changing-the-stubborn/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:56 +0000 Tripp http://www.trippatkins.com/?p=131 I know that trying to do some progressive things in an “inter-generational” Southern Baptist church is difficult.  Like the old Baptist jokes go, we have to send all decisions to a committee to be researched, then recommended to the deacons or the pastor, then to the church for a vote, then back to committee, on over and over and over.  Depending on what you are trying to change (gasp!!) you may hear, “that’s not how we have done it before.”  I feel like they are being so stubborn.  But are they?

Currently, we are working toward a video projection system for our sanctuary.  I know, I know.  Welcome to the 20th century.  Most likely, this will be out of date by the time we have it installed.  Well, we’re not really on the bleeding edge of technology and we are way behind many other churches in our area technologically speaking, but we are getting there. Which is a whole other issue – do we have to keep up with the Jones’?

One constant challenge for any agent of change is to get people on board and to get people to fully buy-in.  There was a great post on Seth Godin’s blog yesterday about this very topic and one I plan on giving a lot of thought to as we continue to sell the idea of using technology in church to a generation who thinks VCR’s are still the state of the art.  Check out Seth’s post, Probably Not Stupid.

While I get frustrated, Seth’s post made me see that if I used the same frame of reference, I would probably make the same decision.  So now the work begins to try and either change that frame of reference (i.e. change the minds of “stubborn” people) or change my message so it makes more sense within their frame of reference?  Is this true leadership?

]]> http://www.trippatkins.com/changing-the-stubborn/feed/ 0 Awesome Promo Video http://www.trippatkins.com/awesome-promo-video/ http://www.trippatkins.com/awesome-promo-video/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:59:45 +0000 Tripp http://www.trippatkins.com/?p=67 One of the things I help with at church is anything tech and especially the multimedia stuff. I definitely feel like we are on the cutting edge of the 19th century with regard to our level of technology use at Cross Roads, but it is something that we are continually striving to improve upon and we have some big plans for the near future (hopefully).

I watch and listen several church services via podcast every week and one of the secondary reasons for doing so is to check out what other churches are doing with technology and multimedia. Two churches that really set a high bar are NewSpring Church and LifeChurch.tv. One of the things I really like about these churches is the planning and the awesome creativity that goes into their videos week after week.  It’s definitely one of my goals to be able to share this level of work with Cross Roads and our community.

LifeChurch.tv does a series each summer titled “At the Movies.” Here is the promo for that series…definitely the coolest promo video ever…check it out:

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