Whiteboard Organization
Yesterday, I bought a huge whiteboard for my office. LIke 4′ x 6′. The guy at OfficeMax was like, “You want this big one?”
I spent the afternoon laying out my thoughts and trying to get organized. It’s real easy to just deal with and react to whatever is in front of you and never stop to do some planning.
One of our staff came in my office towards the end of the day and saw my whiteboard and said, “No, no, no! You’re doing it all wrong. You’re not supposed to be this organized. You’re supposed to just throw all your thoughts on the board and not care how to organize them. It makes you more creative. The way you do it interferes with free thinking.” I told him to go smoke some more crack.
Anyway, I mapped out the 4 departments that I will be involved in and overseeing the most:
1. Service Production - worship team, a/v/l, staging, sets/props
2. Host Ministries - ushers, greeters, guest services, cafe
3. Communication - marketing, design, publishing, web site, network
4. Life Groups - our small groups, the leadership, the administration
I am such visual person, that I need to get it all laid out in front of me. I listed all the key players under each team and a huge list of actions steps I need to do for each. It will probably keep me busy until the fall.