Live Leadership Notes From Christine Caine At Catalyst Atlanta 2014

Christine Caine speaks at Catalyst 2014Christine Caine took the stage and is full of energy. She starts off by sharing that she recently had surgery to remove thyroid cancer from her throat. It’s an amazing recovery and she’s doing well.

She’s a change maker because of her work with A21. A21 is an organization that helps rescue young women from human trafficking.

We’ve got to give attention to working out our spiritual core much like we work out our physical core. It’s the center.

Paul wants us to run the race and finish the course. But far too often we start but never finish. We’ve got to work on the problem of starting but not following through.

Matthew 22:34-40

Our foundations should hang on two things:

Loving God with all of our heart and soul

Loving our neighbors as ourselves

Live Leadership Notes From Andy Stanley Catalyst 2014 Opening Session

Andy Stanley, as usual, is the opening speaker for the Catalyst Conference. His messages have typically been timely and impactful. I’m expecting nothing less from him today.

Pastor Andy Stanley

Our topic for the Catalyst Conference this year is Change. It’s an exciting topic and Andy Stanley is stoked to introduce us to the leadership topic.

Nehemiah 1 is the base of Andy’s speech. It’s always nice to see Biblical references for leadership topics.

Question #1: Who are you?

Question #2: What breaks your heart?

Andy’s answers:

There are people who aren’t excited to go to church on Saturday or Sunday

There are hundreds of thousands of students who will never grace the doors of a church

Andy’s wife, Sandra Stanley, takes the stage to share her answers.

The amount of young people who are in the foster system and the abuse and neglect they go through. There’s also the fact the church can change this fact.

Leadership Lessons From The Catalyst Leadership Labs 2014

Wednesday was the unofficial start of the Catalyst Leadership Conference in Atlanta. It’s unofficial because it was the lab sessions (but, if I’m honest, the labs have become my favorite part of the Catalyst Conference experience).

The labs are an amazing feature of Catalyst. The Catalyst Labs are different from the Catalyst Conference main sessions. With the Labs, you will only be forced to see 2-3 specified speakers and then there are 3 breakout sessions where you can choose the leadership speaker you would like to see. It adds a fun element to the Catalyst experience.

Catalyst Atlanta 2014 Blogger meetup

Reggie Joiner of the Orange Conference opened up the PreLab session. While his points on leadership were spot on, I took away pointers on how to present well in addition to the leadership lessons.

This section will be a mix of presentation tips and leadership lessons presented in Reggie Joiner’s session.