This document discusses working smarter rather than harder in ministry. It covers topics like personal mastery, team learning, creative tension, cloud storage, file sharing, content curation, social media, support resources, and spiritual practices. The key aspects of working smarter include clarifying your vision, continually learning and improving, using technology efficiently, organizing information, sharing content meaningfully, getting support when needed, and maintaining spiritual well-being. Taking action on ideas is important to create results.

1. By
Dr. Charlotte
McCorquodale
Ministry
Training
Source
WORKING
SMARTER,
NOT HARDER
http://goo.gl/h1o3h7

2. RIGHT,
LEFT,
BOTH?
EFFICIENT,
ORGANIZED
,
CREATIVE,
ADAPTABLE
,
ALL OF THE
ABOVE?
WHAT IS SMARTER?

3. HAVE YOU EVER FELT THIS WAY?

4. DO YOU HAVE CORD ENVY?

5. What is the
password?

6. DON’T MAKE ME CHANGE,
DON’T MAKE ME CHANGE,
DON’T MAKE ME CHANGE….

7. What is my
password?
I love my
MAC!
Come
Follow Me!

8. Hi, my name
is Charlotte
McCorquodale
and even
though I run a
tech related
company,
sometimes
technology
drives me
CRAZY!
CONFESSION TIME

9. TWO TYPES OF
MOTIVATION
Steve
McClatchy,
Decide: Work
Smarter,
reduce stress,
and lead by
example
GAIN VS.
PREVENT PAIN
Tasks that you are driven toward by Gain produce more
significant positive results in your life and your business
than tasks that you are driven toward by Prevent Pain.

10. Personal Mastery
Mental Models
Building a Shared
Vision
Team Learning (Shared
Wisdom)
Systems Thinking:
The Fifth Discipline
THE FIVE DISCIPLINES OF A
LEARNING ORGANIZATION

11. PERSONAL MASTERY
“Personal mastery is the discipline of continually
clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of
focusing our energies, of developing patience, and
of seeing reality objectively. The key to this
discipline is living life with intentionality and from
an importance paradigm.”
Two underlying movements:
1) Clarifying what is important to us, and
2) Continually learning how to see current reality
more clearly.

12. CREATIVE TENSION
Vision:
What we
want to do,
goal, vision,
etc…
What is the creative tension in your ministry
that makes you want to work smarter?
Current Reality:
Where we are
relative to
what we
want…

13. CREATIVE TENSION
AND CLOSING THE GAP?
Two options, we can either lower our standards
(vision) or move towards our vision!

14. Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual
MARTER

15. Using
Etherpad for
Real-Time
Collaboration
https://notes.
typo3.org/
HTTPS://NOTES.TYPO3.ORG/P/WO
RKING_SMARTER_NOT_HARDER
OR
HTTP://GOO.GL/2HGTFV

16. TORAGE
Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual

18.  CLOUD OPTIONS
 Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/help
 Google Drive: https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en#topic=14940
 10 Best Cloud Storage System Reviews:
http://www.thetop10bestonlinebackup.com/cloud-storage
 NAMING FILES/VERSION CONTROL:
 http://getmethod.com/blog/2012/6/30/the-best-way-to-name-your-
files.html
 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385613,00.asp
 1. Be descriptive (don’t use final)
 2. Be consistent (date, client, work product)
 3. Use dates in title (YYYY-MM-DD)
 PASSWORDS
 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407168,00.asp
 HARD DRIVE OPTIONS & BACKING UP FILES
STORAGE (SAVING)

19. HARING
Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual

21.  DROPBOX/GOOGLE DRIVE/PINTREST
 https://www.dropbox.com/help/category/Sharing
 https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822?hl=en
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lia0HR_duJUPHOTOS
 VIDEOS
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31PfTHWnP3Q
 http://vimeo.com/help/basics
 FILES
 Hightail (formerlyYouSendIt) https://www.hightail.com/
 Slideshare.net: www.slideshare.net/
 LINKS & QR CODES
 Bitly: https://bitly.com/
 Google URL Shortner: http://goo.gl/ (includes automatic QR code)
 QR Codes Generator: https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/
SHARING

22. ORTING
Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual

24.  INFORMATION OVERLOAD “Digital-age dilemma: How to cope
with information overload”
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-living/ci_26286802/digital-
age-dilemma-how-cope-information-overload
 I Love Digital Stickies: http://stickies.en.softonic.com/
 IMAGES: How to find good, free images to use for ministry
 Paid vs. Free vs. Mine
 Places to Find Free Images Online and Make Your Content More
Linkablehttp://www.searchenginejournal.com/10-places-to-find-free-
images-online-and-make-your-content-more-linkable/
 Morgue File: http://www.morguefile.com/archive
 Flicker.com: https://www.flickr.com/
SORTING

25.  CONTENT CURATION (Beth Kanter) is the
process of sorting through the vast amounts
of content on the web and presenting it
in a meaningful and organized way around a
specific theme. Picking the best content that
is important and relevant to share with their
community.http://www.bethkanter.org/conte
nt-curation-101/
 USING PINTEREST AND TWITTER
 http://www.pinterest.com/ (boards follow/create)
 https://twitter.com/ (#hashtags)
CONTENT CURATION: MUSEUM CURATOR

26.  DEVELOPING TRUSTED SOURCES (Organizations,
Blogs, Publishers, Experts, & Collaborations)
 http://www.smp.org/resourcecenter/
 http://www.usccb.org/
 http://www.loyolapress.com/#
 https://www.ted.com/talks/browse
 http://www.vcat.org/creed.html
 http://bustedhalo.com/
 http://www.eformationvts.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/05/Curating-Faith-Formation-
eFormation-2014.pdf
CONTENT CURATION SOURCES

27. OCIAL
MEDIA
Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual

28. “THE WORLD OF COMMUNICATIONS CAN HELP US
EITHER TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE OR TO LOSE
OUR BEARINGS. THE DESIRE FOR DIGITAL
CONNECTIVITY CAN HAVE THE EFFECT OF
ISOLATING US FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, FROM
THOSE CLOSEST TO US. WHILE THESE
DRAWBACKS ARE REAL, THEY DO NOT JUSTIFY
REJECTING SOCIAL MEDIA; RATHER,
THEY REMIND US THAT COMMUNICATION IS
ULTIMATELY A HUMAN RATHER THAN
TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT.”
—POPE FRANCIS
MESSAGE OF
POPE FRANCIS
FOR THE 48TH
WORLD
COMMUNICATIONS
DAY
“Communication
at the
Service of an
Authentic
Culture
of Encounter”

29. MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA
HootSuite: http://blog.hootsuite.com/hootsuite-
rocks-news-roundup/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8aAYO-WZ4Q
Share functions between the various social media
https://twitter.com/settings/profile
 Facebook (Two account craziness)
Using #Hashtags
Creating Mash-Ups
Eztexting + Surveymonkey
SOCIAL MEDIA

30. SUPPORT
Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual

31. “We all need support now and then!”
 Paid vs. Non-Paid
 Staying Current on Trends/Issues
 Techguy.org (free) http://www.techguy.org/
 PC Mag: http://www.pcmag.com/
 Christian Computing Magazine:
http://issuu.com/christiancomputing/docs/ccmagspecialissue
 Eformation: http://www.eformationvts.org/
 Outsourcing
 Eleven Freelancer or Virtual Assistant Sites:
http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/09/11-freelancer-virtual-assistant-
outsourcing-sites.html
 Fiver.com: http://www.fiverr.com/
 Elance.com: https://www.elance.com/
 Hourlies: http://www.peopleperhour.com/
 Providing Support to Others
 Showmypc.com: http://showmypc.com/
 Teamviewer: http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx
SUPPORT

32. SPIRITUAL
Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual

33.  Daily Audio Podcasts Using Daily
Scriptures and Music based upon
Ignatian
Spiritualityhttp://www.pray-as-
you-go.org/home/
 Daily 3-Minute
Retreatshttp://www.loyolapress.c
om/3-minute-retreats-daily-
online-prayer.htm
 Sacred SpaceWebsiteDaily Prayer
by the Irish
Jesuitshttp://www.sacredspace.ie
/
Daily Reflection Options
 Center for Action and
Contemplation Daily Email
Reflections on various themes by
Richard Rohrhttps://cac.org/
 The Daily Office by the Missions
of St. Clarewebsite & Phone apps
Daily Office and book of common
prayers can be accessed online or
via phone apps, there is also a
downloadable version and audio
versionshttp://www.missionstclar
e.com/english/
SPIRITUAL

34. SIMPLE
HOW CAN YOU
KEEP IT SIMPLE?
Storage
Sharing
Sorting
SIMPLE
Social
Media
Support
Spiritual

35. TAKE TIME TO
EXPLORE
TAKE TIME
NOW TO
CHECK OUT
THE
VARIOUS
LINKS AND
WEBSITES.
THEN SHARE
WITH ONE
OTHER
PERSON
SOMETHING
YOUR FOUND
THAT WAS
INTERESTIN
G

36. CREATIVE TENSION
Vision:
What we
want to do,
goal, vision,
etc…
What is the creative tension in your ministry
that makes you want to work smarter?
Current Reality:
Where we are
relative to
what we
want…

37. © 2004 Ministry Training Source

38. IDEAS ARE
GREAT BUT
TAKING ACTION
CREATES
RESULTS!
Which of the “S”
in Smart are
most important
to your creative
tension?
Who will you
share this with?
What is one
idea/resource
that you will use
starting
tomorrow?
What is one
idea/ resource
that you will
explore this
week?
WHAT WILL YOU
COMMIT TO TODAY?
WHAT DOES SMARTER
LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?

39. SMARTER