The Art Of Vision
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VISION = a preferred future – everybody has vision = HOPE
What vision can do for you
- it gives you a clear picture of what you want and what not.
- the clearer the vision, the easier to say yes or no.
What vision can do for people around you
- it gives purpose
- it gives belonging
- it gives meaning
- it gives direction
Creating a vision
- keep it simple (it takes time to make it simple)
- it needs to be memorable = portable
- it can’t be complete (the larger the audience the simpler the vision)
Communicating a Vision
- repeat it (everybody needs to know the vision in order to have every job motivated)
Careful If you want to create a complete vision statement, it will be too long. If you say everything you say nothing. Here are to good examples
- Bono: make poverty history!
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. Bono
- Obama: Yes we can!
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barak Obama
Not true
I often hear leader say: “my people are not motivated, not committed”. It’s only because vision is not comunnicated clearly and often enough.
A vision needs to be emotional
- what is the problem?
- what could the future look like?
Practical
- produce a 120 sec. video with your vision
- stand in front of people and say what you see (again and again)
- live your vision (smoke what you sell)
Links Book: Making Vision Stick - Andy Stanley Question
- What is your Vision?
- What would you add to this topic?
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Great post- I saw my friend Dave Travis tweet your stuff. There are a few tools I have been involved with to help with the art of vision, including the book Church Unique and a tool called the Vision Deck. But the main reason for my comment was to ask for continued ideas toward an open source vision casting project on twitter called #visiondrip. I would love to have your vision savvy ideas there!
Great post ND. I love when you said, “the larger the audience the simpler the vision.” So very true. I’ve noticed the larger our church gets and the more campuses we add the more simple and memorable I have to make the vision to get traction.