Regardless of whether you\u2019re a business owner, employer, or in my case, a pastor, the continued development of employees, volunteers, staff, and oneself is always essential. Through having a vision and a mission, a church staff can ensure that not only the staff are on board with creating innovative ways to use technology to share the Gospel, but that the majority of the congregation is also on board.<\/p>\n
In regards to our church, most of our technology is used in the office during the week or on Sunday mornings through our projection and sound system. We have currently been trying to develop a new way to shift from using our current worship media, called Mediashout, to another, called EasyWorship. While some might believe this to be an easy switch, it is not. The reason for this is because people<\/i> are involved and one always has to use extreme care when dealing with people. Also, they have to learn how to use this new program and some might not want to do that. Each of the A\/V staff learns differently, therefore we would need to amend the plan to fit each individual (Northouse, 2019).<\/p>\n
As an aside, do I want to just show up one day and say, \u201cHey! We\u2019re switching to this, get used to it?\u201d Of course! But I know that is not how things work. If you approach situations that have to do with introducing anything new in that way, people won\u2019t be around for long.<\/p>\n
Therefore our plan regarding our A\/V staff is as follows:<\/p>\n
The development of personal in the church is of the utmost importance because of the message we have to deliver. I am not saying this to diminish anyone else, I say this because even though some may be volunteers and some may be staff, there is a need for learning, growing, and new experiences regardless of your title or position.<\/p>\n
References:<\/p>\n
Kandampully, J., Bilgihan, A., Tingting, C. (2016). Developing a people-technology hybrids model to unleash innovation and creativity: The new hospitality frontier.\u00a0 Retrieved from file:\/\/\/Users\/jamiegarland\/Documents\/TWU\/MA%20Leadership\/LDRS500\/Articles\/1-s2.0-S1447677016300201-main.pdf<\/p>\n
Northouse, P. G. (2019). Leadership: Theory and practice, Eighth Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Regardless of whether you\u2019re a business owner, employer, or in my case, a pastor, the continued development of employees, volunteers, staff, and oneself is always essential. Through having a vision and a mission, a church staff can ensure that not only the staff are on board with creating innovative ways to use technology to share … <\/p>\n