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"Investment Meetings" Part 2

"Investment Meetings" Part 2

We're not calling them "interest meetings" anymore. That's the first hurdle you got over now let's build the meetings correctly for your desired outcome.

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Jan 04, 2024
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What was the point and expected outcome when you did “interest meetings”?

Signup? Give? Just “we wanted you to know we have a campus coming”?

So what was the point? Did you define it? (1% of churches do.)
Then did you achieve it?
(Maybe 50% do.)

Remember, I don’t need or care about “interest.” The mission demands that we will expand. So interest is irrelevant and only a little added benefit on the back end.
We need investment from people.

**** BTW, I’m not talking about money investment. Money is the easiest thing to come by in effective leadership and ministry. Yep, easiest! If you don’t think so, you’re not effective. Wipe your tears, stop arguing with me in your head, and get some coaching. So money is NEVER the catalyst you should be waiting on for a campus or any other major decision for that matter.

In this case we need investment in time, energy, commitment, patience, follow-through, consistency, flexibility, and attention to detail.


So here’s how I ran every Investment Meeting - what others call “interest meetings” - that led to substantial engagement and far faster time-to-scale with sustainability.

*** Should go without saying … this is a blog and I can’t possibly give you an hour’s worth of conversational coaching in written form. Ask about what you think is missing.***

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