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Training and Education Must Be Part of Your Strategy

Posted by John Saddington on Nov 17, 2009

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It honestly amazes me how many people still tend to forget that part of the strategy in terms of moving an organization forward technologically must be education and training.

In fact, for many organizations it’ll be the most significant part, requiring the most time, attention, and focus.

Most organizations have one or two people that “get it”; all the rest need to be trained and/or educated. The problem is in the obvious tension and lack of understanding: Grace, mercy, and a whole lot of patience is required to fill the obvious gap.

We may not “fire” people explicitly when the proverbial light bulb goes off in our heads, but we do it with our attitude and actions.

If your strategy doesn’t include training and continuing education then you’d better get started.

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch. He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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10 Responses to “Training and Education Must Be Part of Your Strategy”

  1. Michael Witt
    Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    I agree, organizations are extremely behind the curve on technology training. I think when it comes down to it, they just aren't seeing time spent on training as valuable. They first need to see the value in the technology before they are able to see value in the technology.

    Those "one or two people" need to band together and continue to bring up the training need and make a strong case for it.

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  2. Graham Brenna
    Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    Good reminder here. I think I'm actually leading an adult forum at my church on technology. I still have to check on that. Hopefully it works out!

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    • human3rror
      Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:55 pm

      wow! love to hear how that goes!

      Reply
  3. Jim
    Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 3:12 am

    it's a piece that we've missed …big time

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  4. Michael Witt
    Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    Do you feel that church can effectively use social media to create community? Please give me your thoughts on my blog http://bit.ly/1p0K4S. Thanks!

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    • human3rror
      Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:56 pm

      wow, i heard about this. hmm. francis… francis… francis…

      ;)

      Reply

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