4 days

It’s 4 days until the Church of Scotland’s National Youth Assembly in Dundee. If you follow my blog or my twitter feed you will probably have noticed that this event seems to have taken up lots of my attention over the past couple of months.  I wanted to try to write about why that might Read More …

brilliant presentation photos… for FREE

Stock.xchng is a brilliant free stock photo site.  Great for high quality photos for your presentations like this… Come to think of it, I have no idea what i’d use this photo for but I now have a strange urge to go pour a gin and tonic!

Together @ MCT

Together@MCT starts again for a new year tonight at 5.30pm at Saughtonhall Church with pizza and plans.  Together will happen every second month on the last Sunday but those are all the plans we have so far.  Tonight we hope people will help with ideas and get a little more involved in how Together happens Read More …

creating

Sometimes it takes me ages to get something to the point where I know what it is and where it’s going.  My preparation for NYA2008 has been a bit like that. The Church of Scotland’s Youth Assembly is in 3 weeks.  It already seems to have consumed much more time than it really should have.  Read More …

Presentation Zen – you need this book!

Got a PowerPoint presentation to make?  Do your audience a favour.  Buy this book and read it first.  Please. Then visit the Presentation Zen blog frequently. Please.

Writing for Girls

I like writing.  It’s definitely one of my favourite tasks although sometimes it takes a while to get into the groove.  Deadlines seem to help with that! I’ve spent a good part of the past week writing part of the ‘spiritual’ section of the new Girls’ Brigade (Scotland) programme for Juniors (8-12) and I’ve really Read More …

the simple answer to networking?

looks like a brilliant idea.  The idea is simple.  Post what kind of people you want to meet up with and why.  Name a time and a venue.  People come.  It’s that simple.  Still not sure?  Watch this: This seems to me like a tool we (the church) should be using lots to network children’s Read More …