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Echo Live Friday

By John | August 15, 2008

9am - keynote 2
Todd Wagner
1. You have to communicate through image. Metaphor is the most powerful force in the history of mankind.
2. Martin Luther - The common people would rather see a well drawn picture than a well written book.
3. Entertain(holding attention) vs. Amuse (no thinking) when you have the most powerful message in the world.
4. Do not wait! When we were meeting in schools, office buildings we said that “we can’t wait!”
5. We said “Artists Come!”.
6. You have to do this.
7. You have to be this. Ephesians 2:10
8. You can’t do it alone

10:45 - breakout 1
Mark Frazier
Post email generation.
Web 1.0 - point and click
Web 2.0 - collaboration
Web 3.0 - virally sent micro-applications. Open source - hosted apps - google apps

There’s an inherent problem with the administrative nature of communication. Only so much time & resource.

Key concepts from The Long Tail - Chris Anderson.
98% of songs get at least 1 time per quarter.
Content will have an audience if the content can be found.
Aggregating content is the key.

Rule of 150: 150 is the breaking point when it comes to having meaningful relationships - we can only have so much interconnectedness.

Trust is the new currency in web 2.0.

People support what they help to create.

Breaking the broadcast model of communications means putting the tools of production in the hands of the people. No more gatekeepers. Everyone becomes a producer - and they support what they create.

Talent then becomes the differentiator.

Archive is a must. A key.

12 pm - lunch
My first foray into the world of Chik-fil-a. It’s a tasty world.

2:00 pm - breakout 2
Tim Stevens
We’ve read through Tim’s book, Pop Goes the Church a while back here at Faith Emergence. Here he is now speaking about how weekend services get planned at Granger. Here are his key points.
Plan in advance. The senior ministry team plans topics and each week’s big idea 10 weeks ahead of time. *wow*
The three elements in planning service experiences.
1. Decide on a relevant topic-listen
2. Cultural theme-show up-the gift wrap
3.Biblical truth-Jesus
Make sure to give room for the artists to create

Strive to create powerful points in a service.

4 pm - keynote 3
Matthew Paul Turner
Read an excerpt from his unpublished book: Jesus needs new PR. Hilarious! Read his new book, Churched.

5pm
Dinner - Mesa grill
Oh my! Steak & Chicken fajitas galore. Yum yum!

7pm
Donald Miller
Experiential futulity
What’s the meaning in it all? Not an intellectual problem or spiritual problem, but an experiential problem. Art is my escape from the problem of futility.

Story is the solution.
Narrative is the best way to change thinking. People want something and are willing to overcome some conflict to get it. There’s a difference between random experiences and story. The human mind engages one and not the other.

Who we are is what we do.
What we want matters.
Who we become is the result of our story.
How would you write your story right now?

9pm - going home
Donald Miller was awesome. I spent the rest of the evening mentally sifting through all the ideas he brought up.

See you tomorrow!