National Leadership Forum Conference

A free two-day leadership event is coming your way, and you don’t even have to leave your computer to take part. Check out who you’ll hear from during the National Leadership Forum webcast:

• Jack Welch
• TD Jakes
• Mark Rutland
• Patrick Lencioni
• Dave Ramsey
• Craig Groeschel
• Megyn Kelly
• Erwin McManus
• Bill George
• Tim Sanders
• Matthew Barnett
• Henry Cloud

This is a fantastic opportunity to invest in leadership training and development for your team—whether staff or volunteers—without investing in conference fees or travel. Ken Blanchard will be moderating the webcast, which takes place on September 10-11. The event will be offered twice each day to accommodate different time zones: first at 7:00am-2:00pm GMT and then at 10:00am-5:00pm EDT. Capacity for the National Leadership Forum is limited, so you’ll want to register soon.

The Nines Conference

I am a bit of a conference junkie.  I love leadership books and principles and I love to be able to see them live. There are 2 conferences that are coming up that are web based and they are FREE.  Anytime you can put the words conference and free together I don’t care who is doing it I want in.

If you haven’t heard about THE NINES yet…then listen up. This is an event unlike anything anybody has done.

• It is specifically FOR church leaders (although anyone can attend).
• You will hear from dozens of leaders. But get this…each one will only talk for 9 minutes. That’s it. Forget the lame ice breakers or stories about their childhood–they will get right to it.
• You don’t have to travel anywhere to participate. Gather as a staff in a conference room or sit at home in your underwear. Your choice.
• You can watch it all day (recommended!), or you can come and go, tune in and out as your schedule allows.
• It is totally FREE. You do have to register, but there is no cost and there are no strings attached.

Here’s a quick list of who is speaking:

Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church)
Reggie McNeal (Leadership Network)
Perry Noble (NewSpring Church)
John Ortberg (Menlo Park Presbyterian)
Steven Furtick (Elevation Church)
Nancy Beach (Willow Creek Church)
Leonard Sweet (Author/Speaker)
Stacy Spencer (New Direction Christian Church)
Ed Stetzer (Lifeway Research)
Mark Batterson (National Community Church)
Larry Osborne (North Coast Church)
Dave Ferguson (Community Christian Church)
Alan Hirsch (Forge Mission Training Network)
Dino Rizzo (Healing Place Church)
Dan Kimball (Vintage Faith Church)
Greg Surratt (Seacoast Church)
Sam Chand (Sam Chand Ministries)
Bil Cornelius (Bay Area Fellowship)
Brad Bell (The Well)
Brian McLaren (Author/Speaker)
Skye Jenthani (Author/Speaker)
Brian Bloye (Westridge Church)
Jon Tyson (Trinity Grace Church, NYC)
Eric Bryant (Mosaic)
Bob Roberts (Northwood Church)
Reggie Joiner (CCO, reThink)
Brad Powell (NorthRidge Church)
Mark DeYmaz (Mosaic Church)
Margaret Feinberg (Author/Speaker)
Matt Carter (The Austin Stone Church)
Darrin Patrick (The Journey)
Matt Fry (C3 Church)
Nancy Ortberg (TeamWorx2)
Mike Breaux (Heartland Church)
J. D. Greear (Summit Church)
Scott Hodge (Orchard Valley Church)
Greg Holder (Windsor Crossing Church)
Pete Wilson (Cross Point Church)
Neil Cole (Church Multiplication Associates)
Matt Williams (Grace Church Greenville)
Jenni Catron (Cross Point Church)
Noel Heikkinen (Riverview Church)
Bill Easum (Easum & Associates)
Chip Henderson (Pine Lake Church)
David Foster (The Gathering)
Mark Bankord (Heartland Community Church)
Ken Fong (Evergreen Baptist Church)
John Bishop (Living Hope Church)
Rick Rusaw (LifeBridge Church)
Bryan Carter (Concord Chuch)
Geoff Surratt (Seacoast Church)
Jeffrey Johnson (Eastern Star Church)
Jim Tomberlin (Third Quarter Consulting)
Anne Jackson (FlowerDust.net)
Naeem Fazal (Mosaic Church)
Jim Burgen (Flatirons Community Church)
John Coulombe (First Ev Free Fullerton)
Teresa McBean (NorthStar Community Church)
Jim Sheppard (Generis)
Shawn Wood (Seacoast Church)
Lawrence Aker (Cornerstone Baptist Church)
Steve Robinson (Church of the King)
Jason Cusick (Journey of Faith Church)
Bambi Encarnacion (First Ev Free Fullerton)
Ken Fong (Evergreen Baptist Church)
Judy West (Windsor Crossing Church)
Scott Wilson (The Oaks Fellowship)
Amy Hanson(Author/Speaker)
Toby Slough (Cross Timbers Church)
Troy Gramling (Flamingo Road Church)
Scott Nickell (Flatirons Community Church)
Michael Trent (Third Place Consulting)
Jorge Acevedo (Grace Church)
Scott Williams (LifeChurch.tv)
Steve Robinson (Church of the King)
Keld Dahlman (Europe Church Planter)

Catalyst West 6 of 6: Perry Noble

Over the next couple blogs you will see quotes done by those who spoke at Catalyst West in LA over this last week.  Each of these guys are leaders in their field and have the ability to shape us with their quotes.  Just remember we were not there so some quotes are incomplete and we don’t know the context in which they were made.

• 8:38 PM tonymorganlive - Perry started talking about the other speakers. It was funny. You missed it.
• 8:40 PM tonymorganlive - “On the third situp I parted her hair.”
• 8:42 PM tonymorganlive - “Hey man, have you seen my Twitter?”
• 8:43 PM tonymorganlive - “The size of the vision God will give me is directly related to the amount of pain and discomfort I’m willing to endure.”
• 8:45 PM tonymorganlive - “The reason we experience pain is to understand his provision.”
• 8:46 PM tonymorganlive - “Trust him.”
• 8:48 PM tonymorganlive - “If you’ve been called to ministry, God’s hand is on you.”
• 8:50 PM tonymorganlive - “If you walked up to me and said ‘I like you but your wife is ugly,’ I’d punch you in the throat.”
• 8:51 PM tonymorganlive - (Perry just did his TV evangelist impersonation.)
• 8:52 PM tonymorganlive - “God said, ‘I don’t like those people either, Perry.’”
• 8:52 PM tonymorganlive - “I got to go to my first deacons meeting.”
• 8:53 PM tonymorganlive - “Dryness will always lead to desperation.”
• 8:54 PM tonymorganlive - “The Savior is trying to teach you and me who he is.”
• 8:57 PM tonymorganlive - “I don’t want to preach nice sermons.”
• 8:57 PM tonymorganlive - “Believe him.”
• 9:01 PM tonymorganlive - “God said, ‘I need you to feel what I feel, so you can do what I need you to do.’”
• 9:03 PM tonymorganlive - “Why do leaders run from big vision from God?”
• 9:03 PM tonymorganlive - “Leaders, we don’t have a hard time teaching on the sovereignty of God. We just have a hard time believing it.”
• 9:04 PM tonymorganlive - “There are people who are obsessed with discovery rather than development.”
• 9:05 PM tonymorganlive - “You feel stuck because you’re not ready for the next level.”
• 9:05 PM tonymorganlive - “Leadership is as easy as listening to God.”
• 9:06 PM tonymorganlive - “We don’t know what we’re doing?”
• 9:06 PM tonymorganlive - “Moses didn’t have a 40-year strategic plan.”
• 9:07 PM tonymorganlive - “God led Moses one step at a time.”
• 9:08 PM tonymorganlive - “If we got more concerned with repentance rather than attendance, revival would sweep our nation.”
• 9:08 PM tonymorganlive - “If you haven’t had a sleepless night about vision, you haven’t heard from God.”
• 9:08 PM tonymorganlive - “Cheese biscuits bring you closer to God.”
• 9:09 PM tonymorganlive - “What would you be willing to attempt for God if you knew you couldn’t fail?”
• 9:10 PM tonymorganlive - “Only when we surrender do we experience the supernatural.”
• 9:10 PM tonymorganlive - “I believe that God still heals people.”
• 9:10 PM tonymorganlive - “I dropped out of cemetary. I didn’t even finish.”
• 9:13 PM tonymorganlive - “We just consistently obeyed Jesus and, when we were ready for it, he blew our freakin’ minds.”
• 9:13 PM tonymorganlive - “We’re the church that’s known as the place where the ’sinners’ go.”
• 9:14 PM tonymorganlive - “The kid said, ‘I want to go back to the damn church.’ I said, ‘Get his name because he’s going to be on staff someday.’”
• 9:15 PM tonymorganlive - “Do you believe God has spoken a vision into your life?”
• 9:15 PM tonymorganlive - “Honor him.”
• 9:15 PM tonymorganlive - “Finish what you started.”
• 9:18 PM tonymorganlive - “She just stood there waiting for something to happen.”
• 9:18 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t give up.”
• 9:20 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t you dare give up on the God that’s never given up on you.”

Catalyst West 5 of 6: Craig Groeschel

Over the next couple blogs you will see quotes done by those who spoke at Catalyst West in LA over this last week.  Each of these guys are leaders in their field and have the ability to shape us with their quotes.  Just remember we were not there so some quotes are incomplete and we don’t know the context in which they were made.

• 3:54 PM tonymorganlive - Jud is introducing Craig from LifeChurch.tv.
• 3:55 PM tonymorganlive - (Just in case you didn’t know, Craig is the most handsome pastor in America.)
• 3:55 PM tonymorganlive - “I was taught and I thought” that’s the name of the talk.
• 3:57 PM tonymorganlive - “What believe determines what we do.”
• 3:58 PM tonymorganlive - “Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of the American church.”
• 3:59 PM tonymorganlive - “I was taught the church should be a safe place, but I’m learning the church should be dangerous again.”
• 4:00 PM tonymorganlive - “We’ve been inviting people to a very safe God.”
• 4:02 PM tonymorganlive - “You are called by God to preach a very dangerous message.”
• 4:02 PM tonymorganlive - “Preach Christ.”
• 4:05 PM tonymorganlive - “He was different in the presence of God.”
• 4:05 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t trust the package. Trust the power of the Gospel.”
• 4:07 PM tonymorganlive - “Practical Athiests = People who believe in God, but act like he doesn’t exist.”
• 4:07 PM tonymorganlive - “Lukewarm pastors build lukewarm churches.”
• 4:09 PM tonymorganlive - “I was taught was to build my church, but I’ve learned my highest calling is to build His Kingdom.”
• 4:11 PM tonymorganlive - “My pastor says your pastor doesn’t preach the Truth.”
• 4:12 PM tonymorganlive - “I was competitive with churches in my community.”
• 4:12 PM tonymorganlive - “I was building my own little kingdom more than I was building His Kingdom.”
• 4:13 PM tonymorganlive - “Build your church on what you’re about and not what you’re not about.”
• 4:13 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t put others down.”
• 4:14 PM tonymorganlive - “One of my important missions in life is to unite the Church.”
• 4:15 PM tonymorganlive - (LifeChurch.tv offers all of their resources for free.)
• 4:16 PM tonymorganlive - “We can do more together.”
• 4:18 PM tonymorganlive - “I was taught that success is only found in the big numbers, but I’m learning that the scorecard is changing.”
• 4:18 PM tonymorganlive - “You can offer free beer and draw a crowd.”
• 4:19 PM tonymorganlive - “I was driven by the numbers.”
• 4:20 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t blame yourself the declines, or you might be tempted to take credit for the increases.”
• 4:20 PM tonymorganlive - “Find your identity in Christ.”
• 4:21 PM tonymorganlive - “Otherwise, you’ll be preaching to bring people in rather than to glorify God.”
• 4:21 PM tonymorganlive - “We have to redefine the win.”
• 4:22 PM tonymorganlive - “There are 4 billion people who need Christ. How can we claim to be a megachurch? We are a small church with a megavision.”
• 4:23 PM tonymorganlive - “People want to join a big mission.”
• 4:25 PM tonymorganlive - “You may agree or disagree. I don’t really care a whole lot.”
• 4:26 PM tonymorganlive - Line 1 = “I believe in the Gospel enough to benefit from it.”
• 4:27 PM tonymorganlive - Line 2 = “I believe in the Gospel enough to contribute comfortably.”
• 4:27 PM tonymorganlive - Line 3 = “I believe in the Gospel enough to give my life to it.”
• 4:28 PM tonymorganlive - “What kind of message am I preaching and living?”
• 4:29 PM tonymorganlive - “If you stay the same, maybe you don’t really know Him.”
• 4:30 PM tonymorganlive - (Craig just did the worm.)
• 4:30 PM tonymorganlive - (That was a pretty powerful message.)

Catalyst West 4 of 6: Erin McManus

Over the next couple blogs you will see quotes done by those who spoke at Catalyst West in LA over this last week.  Each of these guys are leaders in their field and have the ability to shape us with their quotes.  Just remember we were not there so some quotes are incomplete and we don’t know the context in which they were made.

• 1:43 PM tonymorganlive - Erwin just took the platform. He has an interesting suspender thing happening with his wardrobe.
• 1:45 PM tonymorganlive - “There has never been one ordinary child born on this planet.”
• 1:45 PM tonymorganlive - “Why is it that so many of us end up leading ordinary lives?”
• 1:46 PM tonymorganlive - “We’re supposed to be unleashing people to do good.”
• 1:46 PM tonymorganlive - “The church has become more of a prison than a portal.”
• 1:50 PM tonymorganlive - (There’s a dance team performing right now. I think I should be on a dance team.)
• 1:54 PM tonymorganlive - “We can awaken God-given dreams inside others.”
• 1:56 PM tonymorganlive - “There are a lot of people who are pursuing dreams that don’t fit their lives.”
• 1:56 PM tonymorganlive - “There are other people who aren’t pursuing dreams that do fit their lives.”
• 1:57 PM tonymorganlive - “Is there a dream inside of you that’s waiting to come to life?”
• 1:58 PM tonymorganlive - (He just took a shot at the Cleveland Browns. That’s not right.)
• 2:04 PM tonymorganlive - “All of us have dreams inside of us that will never come to fruition unless we come together in community.”
• 2:06 PM tonymorganlive - “There was nothing wrong with me physically. I was just soul sick.”
• 2:18 PM tonymorganlive - (There’s power in story.)
• 2:18 PM tonymorganlive - “What would happen if all of us chose to live heroic lives?”
• 2:20 PM tonymorganlive - “I love when it looks dangerous but it’s not.”
• 2:24 PM tonymorganlive - “We must jump and step into that moment of fear and trust God.”
• 2:25 PM tonymorganlive - “In small packages, there are great dreams.”

Catalyst West 3 of 6: Jud Wilhite

Over the next couple blogs you will see quotes done by those who spoke at Catalyst West in LA over this last week.  Each of these guys are leaders in their field and have the ability to shape us with their quotes.  Just remember we were not there so some quotes are incomplete and we don’t know the context in which they were made.

• 5:06 PM tonymorganlive - Jud pastors a great church in Vegas.
• 5:07 PM tonymorganlive - “What do you see when you look in the mirror?”
• 5:12 PM tonymorganlive - Words Jud has wrestled with: guilty, ugly, small, alone, failure, not enough
• 5:12 PM tonymorganlive - “Until we settle the identify issue in our lives, it’ll never be enough.”
• 5:13 PM tonymorganlive - “In ministry, there is no ‘there’ there.”
• 5:17 PM tonymorganlive - “Do you believe that God really loves you?”
• 5:18 PM tonymorganlive - “Many Christian leaders are truly the worst when it comes to understanding God’s love in our lives.”
• 5:19 PM tonymorganlive - “We should talk to ourselves more than we listen to ourselves.” (Using God’s Word.)
• 5:20 PM tonymorganlive - “Our failures don’t ruin us forever.”
• 5:21 PM tonymorganlive - “Start celebrating the victories of others.”
• 5:22 PM tonymorganlive - “At Central, I’m not the most gifted leader on the church staff. And I love that.”
• 5:27 PM tonymorganlive - “God said, ‘I want you to serve me.’ Be faithful to that calling in your life.”
• 5:33 PM tonymorganlive - “What kind of difference can you make if you just decide to let God use you?”
• 5:34 PM tonymorganlive - “In Christ.”

Catalyst West 2 of 6: Guy Kawasaki

Over the next couple blogs you will see quotes done by those who spoke at Catalyst West in LA over this last week.  Each of these guys are leaders in their field and have the ability to shape us with their quotes.  Just remember we were not there so some quotes are incomplete and we don’t know the context in which they were made.

• 3:13 PM tonymorganlive - Guy Kawasaki is opening his session by taking some shots at Microsoft.
• 3:14 PM tonymorganlive - Guy has permission to use “suck” and “crappy” in this talk.
• 3:15 PM tonymorganlive - “I’m running God’s operating system.”
• 3:15 PM tonymorganlive - “Make meaning.”
• 3:15 PM tonymorganlive - “Make the world a better place.”
• 3:18 PM tonymorganlive - “Make a mantra.”
• 3:20 PM tonymorganlive - Guy is making fun of how we develop our mission statements.
• 3:23 PM tonymorganlive - “Are there two or three words that can define your church?”
• 3:23 PM tonymorganlive - “Jump to the next curve.”
• 3:25 PM tonymorganlive - “Most organizations define what they do by what they do.”
• 3:25 PM tonymorganlive - “If you define your organization by what you currently do, you’ll miss the next curve.”
• 3:26 PM tonymorganlive - “Roll the dicee.”
• 3:30 PM tonymorganlive - DICEE = Deep, Intelligent, Complete, Elegant, Emotive
• 3:30 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t worry, be crappy.”
• 3:31 PM tonymorganlive - “If we would have waited for everything, we whould have never shipped.”
• 3:31 PM tonymorganlive - “In technology, we ship and then we test.”
• 3:31 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t wait for the perfect world.”
• 3:32 PM tonymorganlive - “Polarize people.”
• 3:32 PM tonymorganlive - “If you try to create something that appeals to everyone, you will end up with mediocrity.”
• 3:34 PM tonymorganlive - “Let 100 flowers blossom.”
• 3:35 PM tonymorganlive - “You may find that people who are not your intended audience end up loving your church.”
• 3:36 PM tonymorganlive - “Desktop publishing saved Apple Macintosh.”
• 3:36 PM tonymorganlive - “One of the reasons I believe in God is that there’s no other explanation of Apple’s survival.”
• 3:37 PM tonymorganlive - “If people don’t get it in the first 15 minutes, they’ll never get it.”
• 3:37 PM tonymorganlive - “Churn baby, churn.”
• 3:38 PM tonymorganlive - “Once you ship, you have to listen again.”
• 3:38 PM tonymorganlive - “Niche thyself.”
• 3:44 PM tonymorganlive - “How is your church unique and adding value?”
• 3:44 PM tonymorganlive - “Follow the 10-20-30 rule.”
• 3:44 PM tonymorganlive - “You need to learn how to pitch.”
• 3:44 PM tonymorganlive - “Life is a pitch.”
• 3:47 PM tonymorganlive - “10 slides. 20 minutes. 30 point font.”
• 3:48 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t let the bozos grind you down.”
• 3:56 PM tonymorganlive - “I picked my family over money.”
• 3:57 PM tonymorganlive - Check out church.alltop.com.
• 3:57 PM tonymorganlive - Twayer = Twitter + Prayer
• 3:58 PM tonymorganlive - “Dear God: Thank you for this opportunity to serve. Let your innovation shine & make the world a better place for all people. Amen! #catwest”

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Catalyst West 1 of 6: Andy Stanley

Over the next couple blogs you will see quotes done by those who spoke at Catalyst West in LA over this last week.  Each of these guys are leaders in their field and have the ability to shape us with their quotes.  Just remember we were not there so some quotes are incomplete and we don’t know the context in which they were made.

• 1:22 PM tonymorganlive - Thanks to TetherBerry, I’m live. We’ll see how this works. Just saw Hillsong United lead worship.
• 1:26 PM tonymorganlive - Jud Wilhite form Central Christian in Vegas is hosting. Good guy.
• 1:27 PM tonymorganlive - Watching the fun and games portion of the program.
• 1:29 PM tonymorganlive - Andy is about ready to take the platform.
• 1:31 PM tonymorganlive - “My favorite thing in life is to speak to church leaders.”
• 1:38 PM tonymorganlive - “The higher up in the organization, the greater the complexity and the more uncertainty there is.”
• 1:38 PM tonymorganlive - “Uncertainty is why we need leaders.”
• 1:39 PM tonymorganlive - “As long as there are unanswered questions, this organization needs me.”
• 1:39 PM tonymorganlive - “God created the gift of leadership. He gave it to certain people. Not everyone has it.”
• 1:40 PM tonymorganlive - “God is not uncertain.”
• 1:41 PM tonymorganlive - “Uncertainty is the arena in which good leadership is identified.”
• 1:41 PM tonymorganlive - “I will always be uncertain. I’m certain of it.”
• 1:43 PM tonymorganlive - “A story without uncertainty isn’t a very interesting story.”
• 1:45 PM tonymorganlive - (I hate hearing Andy Stanley speak, because it just fuels the drive and the passion of everything inside me.)
• 1:45 PM tonymorganlive - “You don’t learn anything when everything is going well.”
• 1:48 PM tonymorganlive - “Instill in me a deeper passion for leading your people”
• 1:49 PM tonymorganlive - “Clarity. Flexibility.”
• 1:49 PM tonymorganlive - “As a leader, it is okay to be uncertain but it’s not okay to be unclear.”
• 1:50 PM tonymorganlive - “Pull back to that thing that God called you to do in the beginning.”
• 1:51 PM tonymorganlive - “Clarity will trump uncertainty.”
• 1:55 PM tonymorganlive - “We’re going to trust God to take care of the part we don’t know about.”
• 1:56 PM tonymorganlive - “You can be clear even when you’re uncertain.”
• 1:59 PM tonymorganlive - “Retreat to the vision.”
• 1:59 PM tonymorganlive - “What can you do proactively around what God called you to do?”
• 2:00 PM tonymorganlive - “What has God called you to do?”
• 2:01 PM tonymorganlive - “Plans change. Vision remains the same.”
• 2:04 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t confuse the plan with the vision.”
• 2:05 PM tonymorganlive - “In times of uncertainty, plans change a lot.”
• 2:05 PM tonymorganlive - “We fall in love with our plans. And we make the mistake of saying ‘God told me…’”
• 2:07 PM tonymorganlive - “In times of uncertainty, there is no better time to change plans.”
• 2:07 PM tonymorganlive - “Where is the vision conflicting with the plan? Sacrifice the plan for the vision.”
• 2:08 PM tonymorganlive - “No decision is ever sacred, but the vision never changes.”
• 2:09 PM tonymorganlive - “Blame it on the economy and change it baby.” (Smile)
• 2:10 PM tonymorganlive - “You need to learn how to confidently express your uncertainty.”
• 2:12 PM tonymorganlive - “Leadership is not about making decisions on your own. It’s about owning the decisions once they are made.”
• 2:12 PM tonymorganlive - “You have to pray like crazy for God’s wisdom and direction.”
• 2:13 PM tonymorganlive - “God, please show me your will for my life.”
• 2:13 PM tonymorganlive - (I needed this session today. Good stuff.)
• 2:16 PM tonymorganlive - “As a leader, I need grace.”
• 2:18 PM tonymorganlive - “God’s calling on my life is sure.”

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Perry Noble and New Spring Church are running their conference UNLEASH online live today.  Click on the logo to check out the site.