[Kid Inspiration]

Junk food, cereal and snacks increasingly marketed to children through “pester power”
Before the 1980s, with the exception of Disney and McDonald’s masterminds Walt Disney and Ray Kroc, companies felt little incentive to market their products to children because they felt children had no buying power. This perspective made sense at the time: Children have little [...]

Video of the week…
So I am sure that you have heard some irritating songs from kids over your life-time…
Well here is a new contendor for the “Most Annoying Song in the World.”

WPvideo 1.10
The Laugh Song
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If you don’t have a myspace page yet… your kids may have.
Here’s mine: http://www.myspace.com/kidinspiration
Here are some stats from November 05:

150,000 new users a day during the first half of November, up from about 100,000 a day last summer
24.2 million unique users in October, up 12% from 21.6 million in September
11.6 billion page views in October [...]

It was appalling! A board member in my church wrote weekly critiques to our children’s ministry leaders with a negative tone that attacked the program and people’s character. I didn’t do anything about it, but I prayed and sympathized with my injured coworkers—until the day Sam’s literary critiquing got personal.
Continue reading this article at newly [...]

Why did I not think of this?
From The Wibsite
This collection of cartoons in celebration of the flannelgraph features some lesser-known Bible incidents. Click on each picture for a warm and fuzzy-felt feeling.

I got my key team to do this exercise last night: Rate yourself from 1-10 (ten being sensational) in each of these areas. Then add up and give yourself a mark out of 100.
Note: 10 would mean that you cannot possibly improve at all; you are the best that you can be in an area [...]

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body—but rather a skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow, what a ride!’ ”
— anon.

Brilliant post from Michael Hyatt at Working Smart:
As a CEO, I get asked this a lot. And, I’m always a little embarrassed by it. For the most part, I get the question from people who are in their twenties. They want to know “the secret path to the top.”
This past weekend, I received an email [...]

Veggietales is coming back with a new theatrical release: “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything - A VeggieTales Movie” will be directed by Mike Nawrocki and is based on a script written by Phil Vischer, who will serve as executive producer through his production company, Jellyfish Labs. David Pitts of Franklin-based Big Idea will produce [...]

Hey, if you haven’t checked out squidoo yet… you need to have a look.
Here is my lens:
http://www.squidoo.com/childrensministry/
Don’t miss the hillarious video halfway down the page!
You can create your own lens as well, for FREE! 
Have a look at Squidoo.