Welcome!

Kathi and Michele share eight habits, attitudes, and behaviors that can kill a ministry.

We all have done these at some point in time. Michele and Kathi share this list to help us stay on top of in order to avoid these pitfalls. 

In this first episode, learn how laziness and entitlement can be avoided.  For example, expectations can be out of line.  Those expectations can lead to the attitude of entitlement. 

This two-part episode discusses the importance of recognizing how these attitudes, habits, or behaviors can manifest in our daily work to grow our ministry.  Kathi and Michele will share how they battle to avoid these attitudes!

• Social media is not for professional requests
• The lie that says it should be easier work than it is in reality
• How we communicate shows how we value other people

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Welcome back to part two with Amy Carroll, on how to maximize your return on investment for speaking at events. 

Kathi, Michele and Amy shares some "deal-breakers" for accepting speaking opportunities and how to know when it is okay say no. 

When you are running on a deficit on your ROI, it depletes your ability to do ministry. As speakers, we may want to say yes to everything, but we can't let our desperation drown out the red flags. 

How do you as a speaker make the most out of events?

• The importance of boundaries and having the hard conversations. 
• Deal breakers for accepting events
• How to make the most of an event, including book tables
• How to grow your email list
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Welcome to a two part series with Amy Carroll on how to maximize your return on investment for events. 

Kathi shares how when your work is determined by a dollar, it changes everything. As christian communicators, we need to have a higher price on our communication, but it’s not always money. 

• How it is important to assess your investment
• What does it mean to be wise in your investment 
• Having boundaries with ROI allows you to be generous   

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Welcome back as Kathi and Michele continue the series on The Organized Communicator.  Today they are talking about 5 important things to clarify as they discuss event communication. 

Learn how having these 5 questions as a goal has helped Kathi immensely in event communication. The conversations are easier in advance. Kathi and Michele share how when you have these conversations in advance, you will show up well prepared. Because as Kathi says, the only thing you can’t plan for is crazy. 

• It’s not just up to the event planner to communicate with you, but you with them too
• How there are spoken and unspoken goals for an event
• What are the five areas to clarify before you arrive at an event

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From spice racks to speaking engagements, Kathi and Michele dive into the importance of an organized communicator plan!

Kathi has created a system that makes a huge difference in her life.  Today she shares just the tip of the iceberg of her organized plans.  Keep checking back for a regular series on the organized communicator.  Organization is important from writing to events in a communicators world. Even Suzi Flory shares at The Red House on organizing your writing. 

An event packet is a binder (dossier) to take with you to an event for everything you might need. Kathi will cover all the parts of the binder that contains event schedules, each section, and the most effective way to utilize the information. 

• The importance of a communicator plan. 
• What is an event packet binder? 
• How the binder communicates how you value the people you are serving.

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