Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Updated Posting Schedule

If you’re a big Staffhacker geek (come on, you know you’re out there), you’ll know we post on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I, Matt, am preparing for a cross-country move, and I’d like to keep Staffhacker up and running during my pre- and post-move craziness. So, in order to try to prepare well for my…   Read more

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The Basics of… Using Technology?

If you’ve followed the adventures of Staffhacker up to this point, there’s a pretty heavy chance you’re comfortable enough with technology to use your web browser and mail even to sign up for email updates or an RSS feed. So when you see “The Basics of Using Technology,” you’re more likely to pass it along…   Read more

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Request for Ideas: New Student Outreach / Back to School

We’re getting ready for another big series, and this time it’s going to be posts about welcoming your students back to school and starting off the semester right with New Student Outreach. Since many ministries get started during their Summer semesters, especially those with summer B semesters starting in July, we’re going to step it…   Read more

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Fighting Repetitive Stress Injuries

This week seems to be turning out to be the week of campus-minister-as-information-worker, but if you’re anything like me, you’re finding yourself spending more and more time on the computer as students’ lives and our organizations utilize technology more and more. Here’s another tip to help you manage life as an information worker. Repetitive Stress…   Read more

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Thinking Work is still real work

I stumbled across a great article a few weeks ago and shared it on my personal blog, but I can’t stop thinking about its significance for us as ministers. We’re not “information workers,” but we’re certainly not doing back-breaking labor as a regular part of our jobs, so it still has relevance. Why Your Brain…   Read more

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A Day Late

Just in case you are the type to notice a posting schedule–say, if your favorite web site posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday–you might have noticed that we missed a day this week and last week. We’re still getting our posting schedule all worked out, so please forgive us if you spent all morning waiting…   Read more

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What do you see when you close your eyes?

We’ve written before about the impact of your top idea, and I want to think a little more about what’s on our brains at any given time. I recently finished reading Invitation to Solitude and Silence [affiliate link], and as a result have spent a lot of time just sitting silently with the LORD instead…   Read more

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Call for requests: General Posts

Once again, we’re going to try this whole “Staffhacker readers get involved in the conversation” thing. So, it’s time for another “Call for Requests.” This time, we’re going to keep it simple. In fact, so simple that it’s actually just fulfilling the exact function as the “Suggest a Tip” button above: If you had one…   Read more

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How to Get a Seat at a Coffee Shop

A few weeks ago we wrote about how Belkin’s Mini Surge Protector could help you find an outlet at a coffee shop. But what if you can’t find a seat? Every day I go to a coffee shop to work on my book. And every day I witness the same phenomenon: people poke their heads through…   Read more

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