Countdown2Innovate Podcast

4 Weeks 2 Innovate

Today we talk with Butch Whitmire, Granger Community Church's Pastor of Creative Arts. He gives us a peek into what it takes to lead artists well.

Butch will be leading a breakout session at Innovate on the same topic.

Links from this episode:

• NASCAR
• 300
• One liners from 300
• Innovate Breakout Sessions
• Marcus Buckingham
• StrengthsFinder
• Critique | Encouragement
• Everything Reverberates: Thoughts on Design
• Greg Davis

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5 Weeks 2 Innovate

Today we chat with Mark Waltz, Granger Community Church's Pastor of Connections.

He will be leading two breakout sessions during Innovate this year.

Links from this episode:

• Electric shock
• The burn mark at Kem's house
• Innovate Breakouts
• NASCAR pants
• Kem's hard chairs | Mark's soft chairs
• Mark's Book
• John Maxwell
• Early bird deadline
• South Bend Indiana souvenirs

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6 Weeks 2 Innovate

Mark Batterson is with us today from National Community Church.

Kem talks with Mark about his exciting trip to Indiana, as well as the upcoming opening of a new site for NCC.

Links from this episode:

• Engineer Hat
• Ebenezer’s Coffeehouse
• Chase the Lion
• Kem’s “skinny” shirt
• Indiana State Fair
• Mark’s feelings on Steak and Shake
• Johnny Rockets
• Clayton Bell
• Target
• Tim’s Water Feature

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7 Weeks 2 Innovate

This week we talk with Mark Fogarty about the commercial he created for the Innovate 2007 Commercial contest (see "Innovate testimonials" link below). Mark is a content creator for Muddy River Media and provides free, quality media resources for churches.

Links from this episode:

• Granger Film Festival
• Kem’s Favorite movies: 300 | Lion King | Incredibles
• Tim’s Favorite movies: Moulin Rouge! | The Rock | Live Free or Die Hard
• M. Night Shyamalan
• Elastigirl
• Nicholas Cage
• Innovate 2007 YouTube Commercials
• Muddy River Media | Blog
• Innovate Testimonials

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8 Weeks 2 Innovate

This week we interview Dave Ferguson about his book The Big Idea. Dave is one of the guest speakers at Innovate 2007. Hear how he implements The Big Idea at Community Christian Church in Illinois.

Links from this episode:

• The Big Idea
• Tim & Kem's Blog Headers (see below)
• Donny Deutsch - Big Idea
• Download The Big Idea Worksheet  (example)
• Enemy Within Media
• LOST podcast
• The Show with ZeFrank
• Ask A Ninja podcast
• Ricky Gervais
• Night at the Museum

[Tim & Kem's Blog Headers (as discussed on the podcast)]

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