May 24, 2009 Gord Holtslander

Google gets asked 31 billion questions each month Google uses 700,000 servers to respond to all those questions Who were we asking those question before Google?

Google gets asked 31 billion questions each month

Google uses 700,000 servers to respond to all those questions

Who were we asking those question before Google?

It is estimated that 4 exabytes of unique information will be generated in 2009 alone. (4.0 x 10^19) That’s a really, really big number! It’s the same as all the recorded information from the 5000 years up to 1950 being created each month!

It is estimated that 4 exabytes of unique information will be generated in 2009 alone. (4.0 x 10^19)

That’s a really, really big number!

It’s the same as all the recorded information from the 5000 years up to 1950 being created each month!

They have successfully tested a fiber optic cable that pushes 14 trillion bits per second down a single strand of fiber. That’s 2660 CD’s or 210 million phone calls every second through a fiber the size of a human hair.

They have successfully tested a fiber optic cable that pushes 14 trillion bits per second down a single strand of fiber.

That’s 2660 CD’s or 210 million phone calls every second through a fiber the size of a human hair.

There are more than 2 billion text messages sent each day. All these numbers are increasing daily!

There are more than 2 billion text messages sent each day.

All these numbers are increasing daily!

Families To see our homes be the main source of spiritual impact To see each of us reach out to our community To see the experienced parents come alongside young parents to support and help them raise their children for God

Families

To see our homes be the main source of spiritual impact

To see each of us reach out to our community

To see the experienced parents come alongside young parents to support and help them raise their children for God

Connection Always expecting, looking for, curious about, who God is going to put in your path to LOVE! Talk TO people and not ABOUT people!

Connection

Always expecting, looking for, curious about, who God is going to put in your path to LOVE!

Talk TO people and not ABOUT people!

Rank Ordered Values

Technology: the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area Communication: a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behaviors

Technology: the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area

Communication: a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behaviors

Ephesians 3: 1 – 10 Are angels talking about us?

Ephesians 3: 1 – 10

Are angels talking about us?

Human beings can’t help it: we need to belong. SethGodin Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Human beings can’t help it: we need to belong.

SethGodin

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

What is the genesis of a tribe? A shared interest & a way to communicate. Tribes, p. 2

What is the genesis of a tribe?

A shared interest & a way to communicate.

Tribes, p. 2

Conversation Prism

Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness. Peter Block

Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness.

Peter Block

www.cdacfamily.ca

Circle Drive Alliance Church page Circle Drive Flickr photos CDACvideo on YouTube @ CircleDrive @ gholtslander @calibrating

Circle Drive Alliance Church page

Circle Drive Flickr photos

CDACvideo on YouTube

@ CircleDrive

@ gholtslander

@calibrating

60% of the people in our church with an email address have a Facebook profile. That’s double the typical percentage.

60% of the people in our church with an email address have a Facebook profile.

That’s double the typical percentage.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saskatoon-SK/Circle-Drive-Alliance-Church/42852079756?ref=s

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saskatoon-SK/Circle-Drive-Alliance-Church/42852079756?ref=s

www.cdacfamily.ca

http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswell/2008/10/new-2008-social.html

http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswell/2008/10/new-2008-social.html

Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness. Peter Block

Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness.

Peter Block

Faith is critical to all innovation. Seth Godin Tribes

Faith is critical to all innovation.

Seth Godin

Tribes

Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels! Ephesians 3:10 (Msg)

Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!

Ephesians 3:10 (Msg)

God can do anything, you know – far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Ephesians 3:20 (Msg)

God can do anything, you know – far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.

Ephesians 3:20 (Msg)

N e ver doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Meade

N e ver doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Meade

May 24, 2009 Gord Holtslander