I want to recommend a fantastic resource for you to keep you thinking and bubbling with new ideas. The blog is called Trendwatching. I have been reading it for years, and consistently got a lot out of it. It has a sister site called Springwise that does more regular posts. You could say that Trendwatching is  stock and Springwise is flow, but I think both are fantastic all the time.

Making Up Words Is Good – Thoughts On Trendwatching’s Unique Vocab

One of the unique elements of Trendwatching is their vocabulary creation.  There are so many trends rolling down the pipeline its nice that someone is trying to categorize it with some new fun vocabulary.

Vocabulary Examples

Aaron Marshall
Trendwatcher

I need to come up with a name for this blog and I want to make sure it is something that jives with the community I am trying to serve. If you are reading this, you are in that community, so lend me some creative juice… What should I name this blog?

Here are the topics and categories that I intend to blog about:

Main Categories

• Social Media
• Technology
• Leadership

Sub-Categories

• Africa
• Service
• Business
• Entrepreneurship
• How To
• Innovation
• Community
• Creativity

With those topics in mind… I want this blog to be an engaging, educational and fun resource for you. Something that will serve you well.

Post your ideas in the comments. Once we have some rolling I will create a poll for the top choices.

Some of you who are subscribed to my CHURCHSMO RSS Feed will notice things have changed a bit. I’ve decided to stop blogging at CHURCHSMO. I want to broaden my audience. I still intend to serve ministries through this blog, but I won’t always be putting it in the context of church and ministry.

I am really grateful for your patronage at CHURCHSMO and hope to see you engaging in the new space!

Aaron Marshall
Moved

My perfectionism is killing the story…

It’t really difficult for me to just throw stuff online without pouring over it and feeling like I have to make it perfect. Unfortunately, I think that has really stunted my growth. Rather than focusing on making good content, I have gotten stuck on making it look right, which is fine, but the story I want to tell is far more important. I am laughing at how I have been telling people this for years, but I haven’t taken my own advice here.

Aaron Marshall
Breaking Free

Aaron Marshall
Back in the Saddle

You may be wondering what the CO.ZA at the end of my website is all about. It is the official domain prefix for South African websites, kinda like here in the states we have “.us” but obviously cooler. We are headed back to Cape Town within the next couple years, and it is one of our main goals to setup some kind of technology business there that would serve South Africa well. Hence “.CO.ZA”.

Aaron Marshall
Aiming