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I donate my time and efforts to mentoring individuals on career and education decisions that make them more effective servants. Much of it is informal, but I also speak to groups. Whether laid off or just starting a career, whether changing careers or transitioning from the military into civilian life, I've been delighted to coach and advise individuals on making decisions that integrate their faith and ideals into daily living. In addition to my undergraduate and graduate teaching work, I've also made myself available to people starting or going through degree programs by helping them decide on an academic path to follow and how to stay on that path by writing effective papers.

 

I also donate time and effort to developing practical tools that help organizations integrate servanthood principles into their activities. I point organizations to open source (mostly free) software and Internet applications and can tell organizations about web site design and free hosting services. In the past, I've also given organizations strategic planning tips, reviewed policies, taught business methodologies, and created synchronization calendars.

 

My book, Your Unfinished Business: Find God in Your Circumstances, Serve Others in Theirs, explains the spiritual foundation of servanthood. In response to requests, I've since formalized it into programs on personal development and organizational leadership. The programs can also support fund-raising and are free to churches and other non-profits.

 

Schedule

Activities, support, and engagements

 

February 4 - 6, 2010. Integrating servanthood into work life.  OPEN conference. Portland, Oregon.

 

December 8 - February 1, 2010. Project Management. University of Phoenix Online.

 

November 25. Published donation page on www.YourUnfinishedBusiness.net for Jericho Alliance.

 

November 24 - January 11, 2010. Technology Management. University of Phoenix Online

 

Novermber 11. Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary luncheon. Tacoma, Washington.

 

October 13 - November 23. CIS Project Management. University of Phoenix Online.

 

October 9. Generous Church Summit. Monroe, Washington.

 

September 29 - November 2. Information Systems Risk Management. University of Phoenix Online.

 

September 6 - November 1. Care packages for deployed troops. Life Pointe Church. Lacey, Washington.

 

September 12. Military Family Support Day. Lacey, Washington.

 

August 6-9. Service Weekend. The Master's Mission. Robbinsville, North Carolina.

 

July 31. Interviews. Christian Game Developers Conference. Portland, Oregon.

 

July 27. MIL 101: Military knowledge for writers. Oregon Christian Writers summer conference. Canby, Oregon.


Jul 22. Strategic plan review. Alpha for the Military. Glens Falls, New York and Olympia, Washington.

 

July 21 - August 31. Technology Management Seminar in Decision Outcomes. University of Phoenix Online.

 

July 21. Web site consult. Evergreen Students for Christ. Olympia, Washington.


June 30 - August 10. Technology Management Seminar in Problem Solving. University of Phoenix Online.

 

March 31. How to facilitate learning teams. University of Phoenix - Western Washington.


March 30-April 1. Fellowship of Christian Military Ministries annual conference. Puyallup, Washington.


March 6-7. Washington Student Leadership Forum. Olympia, Washington.


Research. Business training mentorship program development. Frontiers. Phoenix, Arizona.


Research. Learning Team coaching program development. University of Phoenix. Tukwila, Washington.

 

January 20, 2009. Project communications: The role of a web site in building stakeholder ownership. Project Management Institute - Olympia chapter. Olympia, Washington.

 

November 14-15, 2008. Business as missions conference. Westwood Baptist Church. Olympia, Washington.

 

Novermber 10-12, 2008. Northwest Baptist Convention Annual Conference. Portland, Oregon.

 

November 9, 2008. Military ministry luncheon. Life Pointe Church. Lacey, Washington.

 

November 9, 2008. Military recognition at Life Pointe Church. Lacey, Washington.

 

November 5, 2008. Building stakeholder ownership with web sites. Olympia Communicator Group. Olympia, Washington.

 

October 28, 2008. Differentiation facilitation. Church Planting and Renewal-Northwest. Kirkland, Washington.

 

September 7, 2008. We are not cogs. Westwood Baptist Church. Olympia, WA.

 

May 17, 2008. Your unfinished business (workshop). Columbia Community Bible Church. Portland, Oregon.

 

May 16, 2008. The unfinished business of organizations: Keys to strategic planning, program management, and leader development. Keynote. Westwood Baptist Church. Olympia, Washington.

 

Dec 30, 2007. The message of Handel's Messiah. Keynote. Westwood Baptist Church. Olympia, Washington.

 

May 13,20,27, 2007. Two cheers for the Pharisees. Westwood Baptist Church. Olympia, Washington.

 

How Digital Government Drives Customer Value. eGovernment workshop. GeoTec 2005 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Keynote speaker.  Veterans Day ceremony at Capitol with Governor of Washington (broadcast by TVW).  1997.

 

Keynote speaker.  Veterans Day ceremony of Lakewood, Washington Chapter of the American Legion.  1996.

 

Panel member and presenter (“Military Telecommunications and Information Technology Support in Natural Disaster Recovery”) at American Society of Civil Engineers conference on Mutual Aid Agreements for Emergency Planning held at University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.  1996.

Approach

Examples fo how it's done

 
Coaching individuals and groups for personal development 
 
Learn practical ways to turn your work and activities into channels for servanthood
  • Presentation or workshop on a personal development topic: 1 hour to 1/2 day
  • You have unfinished business!: 1/2 day
  • You have unfinished business! + Preparation for ownership: 1 day
  • You have unfinished business! + Preparation for ownership + Journal to journey: 2 days

Transformed lives: timeless

 
Consulting with organizational leaders for organizational leadership 

 

Learn practical ways for becoming a winsome organization by serving your stakeholders

  • Presentation or workshop on an organizational effectiveness topic: 1 hour to 1/2 day
  • Serve to lead: 1/2 day
  • Serve to lead + Point the way: 1 day
  • Serve to lead + Point the way + Make your point: 2 days

Transformed organizations: timeless

 Planning

What's right for you?

 

Keynotes and seminars. Ranging from 15 minutes to an hour, keynotes and seminars acquaint listeners with the topic in levels of detail appropriate for the time available. Keynotes usually don’t include practical exercises, but seminars may.

 

Workshops. Focused sessions from 2 hours to a half-day on a single topic, designed to explore the topic’s details. Workshops engage participants in practical exercises to reinforce the learning. Longer workshops will qualify participants to lead their own small groups on this topic.

 

Retreats and conferences. Keynotes focus participants on specific aspects of the topic to prepare them for more intense interaction during breakout sessions.

 

Consultation, facilitation, charettes, and coaching. One-to-one or one-to-a few pro bono engagements with non-profit organizations or individuals to accomplish a specific objective.

 

What are the topics?

 

Growth track (personal growth). Based on my book Your Unfinished Business: Find God in Your Circumstances - Serve Others in Theirs. The number one question is how to integrate faith and ideals into daily living. Our unfinished business too often seems a matter of figuring out what to do with our lives when it should be about making real what we know our focus to be. Becoming servants is how we can get from one to the other and these keynotes and workshops equip participants to do that.

 

Leadership track (organizational leadership). The Internet and proliferation of many types of media means organizations can expect greater scrutiny. This means they have to demonstrate a strong understanding and application of servanthood principles. These keynotes and workshops help organizations' leaders achieve that level of organizational maturity.