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Communicating When A Crisis Strikes
How would you handle communication if your business or practice got into a crisis situation?I was pleasantly surprised when my Internet service provider responded competently and quickly to a technical crisis. And, we can learn to communicate more effectively by studying its response.The crisis occurred when hackers attacked its system at the same time that the company was upgrading its systems to meet increased customer demand. And while customers experienced no dramatic shutdowns, some customers faced delays and difficulty getting online.In response, the company quickly sent out a newsletter containing a single article, an open letter from the president.First, the president acknowledged there had been a problem. And, the company took responsibility for the problem. While it attributed at least some of the problems to malicious hackers, it nonetheless took responsibility for the system's integrity.Most of us find it refreshing when a company steps up and does those

R youth in YOUR church. Your objective is not to cover all the material in the Bible passage, forcing your youth to “sit still while you instill” all the Bible content into them. Rather your goal is to help each to discover the ONE main truth of the passage and apply it to his or her life. Our goal is not Bible Drill Champions, but Biblical Christians. If the youth leave with one truth per week and truly apply it to life, you will have been incredibly used by God and might even create a few Bible Drill Champs in the process!

Focus the Lesson
Once you have identified the central truth, every

Cultivating a Network
In order to grow your business, whether home or office based, you need to develop a network of contacts. Think of networking as planting and tending a garden. You are planting, growing and cultivating your contacts, and, as with a garden, this has to be a long term investment of your time. Eventually the harvest produced will be repeat orders, and increased business.You should look for every chance to grow and strengthen your network of potential clients. There are many tools you can use to achieve maximum growth, but probably the most effective and indispensable tool is your business card. Make sure you always have a plentiful supply of clean, correct and professional business cards.Would you try to dig a garden without a spade? Have your cards professionally produced and keep them crisp and clean. Business card holders are an ideal way to keep a stack of cards presentable. Any soiled or damaged cards should be discarded. Don’t keep a pile of damaged ones to give to less impor

“Youth are mature enough for serious Bible Study. They shouldn’t need games and all this ‘creative’ stuff.”

Unfortunately this is a common sentiment among teachers of youth and adults. Of course, when they indicate serious Bible Study, what they usually mean is lecture. Yet Jesus, undoubtedly the most serious of ALL teachers, used stories, parables, object lessons, and activities to teach. As for lecture, we only have one long lecture of Jesus recorded in Scripture, the “Sermon on the Mount.” Jesus involved others in the learning experience, preferring to guide his pupils to discover, understand, and live the truth. It’s a sin to for youth to leave Bible Study with the thought that it is boring and meaningless. Listed below are some ideas for preparing Bible Study with youth that is meaningful and exciting.

Adapt

Choosing Bible Study curriculum is like choosing new clothes. Few have the resources, skill, or the time to tailor their own. But you are not stuck with creating your own or using something that doesn’t fit. There is a third option - adjusting it so that it does fit. Bible study materials are often written to fit a wide variety of needs, but with a little planning and a little adapting here and there you can get something that fits.

Fit to the Occasion, Size, Practicality
We need to be very careful that we are not buying a Ballerina outfit for a Soccer Goalie. One may be elegant and beautiful, but no matter how much adjustment we do, it will never serve our purpose. Different occasions demand different materials. And the boys soccer team may need a little something different from the mom’s cross-stitch class. “One size fits all” rarely fits! To be most effective we need to know the sizes (spiritual maturity) of the people for which the material is intended. Finally we need something that is practical for the skill level of the teacher, the time constraints and the resources available. Discover the various interests and needs of your students and their teachers and you will be much more effective outfitting them for life.

Find the Main Idea
Isolate the main idea of the lesson, and how it should be applied to life. Then put it into one simple statement. Materials will often do this for you and call it the “teaching aim” or “central truth.” These are only suggestions and should be rewritten as necessary so that it is meaningful and applicable to YOUR youth in YOUR church. Your objective is not to cover all the material in the Bible passage, forcing your youth to “sit still while you instill” all the Bible content into them. Rather your goal is to help each to discover the ONE main truth of the passage and apply it to his or her life. Our goal is not Bible Drill Champions, but Biblical Christians. If the youth leave with one truth per week and truly apply it to life, you will have been incredibly used by God and might even create a few Bible Drill Champs in the process!

Focus the Lesson
Once you have identified the central truth, everyt

Life Insurance - A Weighty Issue
As a nation, we are getting bigger. By 2025, according to the latest government statistics, around 33% of girls and 25% of boys will be classifiable as clinically obese. ‘Obese’ is defined as overweight to the probable detriment of a person’s health. In fact the rate at which UK children are getting fatter is set to increase, becoming the worst in the world even above the USA.An estimated ?4 billion a year is lost through obesity and related conditions through time off work. Add in disability pay and lost taxes, and the figure is said to top ?20 billion.It is generally more likely for an obese person to need to see their family doctor, or visit an out patients’ clinic, than their slimmer neighbour. They also need treatment more often. The National Health Service estimates that ?15 billion a year must be spent on these patients, and this figure is set to rise as the new heavier generation matures.Insurers are following this progress with a beady eye. Many applications for insuranc

ive the truth. It’s a sin to for youth to leave Bible Study with the thought that it is boring and meaningless. Listed below are some ideas for preparing Bible Study with youth that is meaningful and exciting.

Adapt

Focus the Lesson
Once you have identified the central truth, every

How To Sell Santa's Slip-Ups
Shoppers spent more than $15.5 billion this Christmas on gifts on the Internet alone. Just imagine how many millions went to unwanted polka dot sweaters, electric nose hair clippers, and thigh masters. That wasted cash piled up under the Christmas tree. We've all had it happen to us. In fact, you had it happen to you this year. You unwrapped the pretty red bow and tore through the shiny paper on that present from your Uncle Mortie, and immediately, you had to put on your best poker face.How did you know I needed a sushi roller kit?” you exclaimed with as much excitement as you could muster through gritted teeth.The problem is you don't eat fish sticks, let along raw salmon.You can't be too sore at poor Uncle Mortie, though, and the other friends and family who gave you unwanted holiday gifts this season. Buying Christmas gifts is difficult work. Then again, getting rid of a doosie of a Christmas gift is no piece of fruitcake either. That is, unless you know how to use the Interne

le adapting here and there you can get something that fits.

Focus the Lesson
Once you have identified the central truth, every

Using the Google AdWords Scheduling Feature: A Little Effort Makes a Big Difference in Conversions
On June 16, Google AdWords launched its new scheduling feature, allowing advertisers to program the times and days of the week that their ads will display on Google and its content network. This long awaited feature can make a monumental difference in your ad spend, your conversion rate, or both.Why Use Google AdWords Scheduling AdWords scheduling allows you to maximize ad visibility during times when your target audience is searching, thus ensuring that your ads are being served when they are most likely to get the best conversion rate. For example, a business-to-business company based in the United States may choose to pause ads on weekends and run ads on weekdays from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Eastern Time. Searches during these times would incorporate business traffic from the east coast to the west coast while also minimizing non-targeted traffic that the advertiser might receive overnight or on weekends.Real-Life Results For one company, Google AdWords

inally we need something that is practical for the skill level of the teacher, the time constraints and the resources available. Discover the various interests and needs of your students and their teachers and you will be much more effective outfitting them for life.

Focus the Lesson
Once you have identified the central truth, every

Organic Gardening Business Tip 2: Word of Mouth Advertising
How to Make Money from Organic GardeningHere's a real quick tip for marketing your organic gardening business.Word of mouth advertising is invaluable. Trouble is, HOW do you get it happening?One really simple way is hand out vouchers or flyers.Your voucher offers a free offer ... free gift ... 2 for 1 offer . . . half-price offer (let your mind run free with ideas!), and then include your contact info.They don’t need to be printed on expensive paper or designed by an expert . . . just what you have to offer. Include the main benefits of organic food, the effect it may have on their health etc and include a cracking offer!You could include a list of your best sellers or what is currently 'in season' or any special offers you have right now.It’s cheap and easy and could send a flood of potential customers your way in no time at all.And what's more, the people who buy from you, will tell their family and friends. So just 1 voucher or flyer could e

Focus the Lesson
Once you have identified the central truth, everything you do during this lesson should focus on this truth, shed light on it, look at it from different angles, help youth discover it, and eventually to see its application. Read the focal passage, the lesson in the student book, the background material, and teaching helps with your specific main idea for your youth in mind. Remember that games and activities for the mere sake of activity are meaningless. But games and activities that help youth to experience the main truth, to draw attention to it, can be the key to making the lesson memorable. They can be a hook, a hanger, on which the student can hang the lesson instead of getting lost in the bottom of the closet of their minds. When choosing activities and teaching steps, always ask the following question: “How does this activity or step reinforce the Focus of this lesson?” If you have several activities to choose from, identify which would be the best reinforcement and most likely to work with YOUR students.

Fun and Variety
Use a variety of engaging teaching methods to seize the attention of your students and draw them to the central truth. Different people learn in different ways, have had difference life experiences, have different interests and concepts of fun, different gifts and talents, and have different needs. It is impossible to teach to all these variables at once, but variety allows you to reach more of them. You want to shine a bright light of attention on all the various facets of that diamond of truth you have chosen so that all its sparkle and all its various angles and perspectives are illuminated. You want to make it so attractive to the learners so that they want to interact with it and explore it in all its detail. The worst teaching method is the one that is repeatedly used as it will progressively become more ineffective with each use. Most teaching materials will provide a couple of alternative options for each key teaching point. Identify the key idea or purpose of each activity. They are options and you can pick and choose as you wish. You may even add an option of your own if you can achieve the same result with another activity. Remember EVERYTHING in the materials are SUGGESTIONS! ADAPT!

Find Resources
If you wish to use alternative ideas you need resources. Why waste your time trying to come up with all your own ideas when there are some great helps already available from which to draw? If the focus

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