Story Center
Effective Communication: Telling The Story
Last week, we began a new series of articles focused on the topic of communication by looking at the four goals we have for communication within Kairos. We will be looking more deeply at a few of the practices that help us pursue those goals. The first is to “Tell The Story.” This an opportunity to focus on telling The Story of God.
Effective Communication: Introduction
Communicating well is a demanding task. It is hard for couples and families – people who are around each other all of the time. It is even more difficult for organizations or groups of people who may not be in the same room (or even the same region or country). Within Kairos we have students, mentors, faculty, staff, partners, and collaborators around the world.
Partnership Continuum: Operating Partnerships
We have been talking about the partnership framework that exists within Kairos and the various types of partnerships (Legacy, Integrated, and Collaborating). The final category in the partnership framework is Operating Partnerships. This type of partnership is unique in that has a greater potential to touch multiple aspects of our mission.
Partnership Continuum: Collaborating Partnerships
Today, we are going to discuss Collaborating Partnerships, which are the most prevalent type of partner within the global network of Kairos. Collaborating partners tend to have a program or ministry that provides some aspect of theological education, often focusing on particular contexts, expertise, Christian traditions, or content areas.
Partnership Continuum: Integrated Partnerships
As we continue looking at the framework for collaboration that exists within Kairos, we turn our attention to Integrated Partnerships. An increasingly common partner in Kairos, an integrated partner leverages every aspect of Kairos while remaining a separate legal entity with its own governance, institutional authority, and management structures.
Partnership Continuum: Legacy Partnerships
Two weeks ago, we shared details about the partnership framework within Kairos. It helps the Kairos community think through everything from how it discerns and implements collaborative initiatives to the continuum of partnership possibilities it provides. The continuum includes these categories: Legacy, Integrated, Collaborating, and Operating.
Foundations and Practices of Collaboration: Shared Values and Practices
Last week, we talked about the foundations and practices of collaboration by looking at how dis-integration in an organization creates barriers to collaboration and partnership. If an organization isn't designed to practice holistic integration, it will struggle to work with those outside its walls.
Foundations and Practices of Collaboration: The Integrative System
Last week, we began a conversation on a new way of collaborating. It is a great place to begin conversations about collaboration. It reminds us that we are not competing with anyone – there is no competition in the Kingdom of God. We are invited to join others as participants in God's mission.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9: Collaborating in a New Way
Last week, we began a series of blog posts under the broad heading “A New Way of Collaborating.” In this new series, we will spend time looking at the practices, values, and purposes of collaboration in the context of Kairos as well as in the various ways that organizations are collaborating with Kairos.
Intro: A New Way of Collaborating
In July of last year, we began a series of blog posts under the broad heading “A New Way of Being.” You can read about it toward the end of this post. Our conversations about a new way of being were rooted in Romans 12:1-2. David Williams walked us through several posts that explored how the passage invites us into a journey of transformation.
