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Jennifer Rothschild’s
FREE Women’s Ministry TIP
...your source for women’s ministry news,
events, resources and people

Issue #27 Thursday, December 9, 1999
http://www.womensministry.net
ideas@womensministry.net
Here is our weekly wmTip...Quick tips for women's ministry.

The complete wmNewsletter will arrive next Wednesday like always.


IN THIS ISSUE

1. Quick Tip: A Riddle You Can Use for Openers
2. Request for Input: Top Ten List, Again
3. Answer to Riddle

1. Quick Tip: A Riddle You Can Use for Openers
Poor people have it,
Rich people need it,
It is better than God,
More evil than Satan,
If you eat it you will die.

(70% of Stanford graduates could not figure
out the answer, 80% of kindergartners did.)

Answer: See bottom of the page

2. Request for Input: Top Ten

Last week we included a request for your very own Top Ten List. There were some difficulties access our web site and email, so we thought
we'd make the request again. Take a few minutes and send us your Top Ten Tips, Lessons, or other.

Do this: Send us your Top Ten list related to Women’s Ministries.
Almost anyone can write a Top Ten list. Here are some ideas:
Top Ten Ways to Publicize your Women’s Ministry Event
Top Ten Ways to Decorate Banquet Tables for WM Events
Top Ten Recommended Bible Studies for Women
Top Ten Lessons about Starting a Local Women’s Ministry
Top Ten Ways to Lead a Small Group Women’s Bible Study
Top Ten Ways to Reach Out to Pre-Christian Women
Top Ten Ways to Manage Family and Ministry
Top Ten Ways to Find More Time in Your Day
Top Ten Topics You’d Like to Learn More About (as it relates to WM)
Top Ten Ways to Avoid Conflict when Working with Your Team
Top Ten Reasons Women’s Ministry Programs Fail

Sample Top Ten List below:

Top Ten Tips for Writing Top Ten Lists

Follow the guidelines below to develop a Top Ten List.
Share what you've learned with other women across the
globe who have an interest in women's ministries.

1. Generate your Top Ten List by brainstorming first.

Take a moment and scratch down in bullet form lessons you’ve
learned, tips you’ve always wanted to share, etc. Don’t think about
the clarifying point until after you’ve jotted your bullet points. Now
expand on each bullet point, collapse some bullet points into others,
organize them 1 being most important and 10 being least important,
then clarify each point with as few words a possible.
Brevity is the soul of wit.

2. Don't use ALL CAPS when writing your Top Ten List.

Writing in ALL CAPS shouts at us. Use ALL CAPS only
occassionally to highlight a word or two.

3. Make a Top Ten List with 5 or more points.

If you can’t think of ten points, consider listing your top five, six, or more.
Number them one through ten - one typically is the most important,
ten is the least important. When points are equally important,
number them any way.

4. Provide a sub-point the clarifies your main point.

Use illustrations or description to clarify your main point. No more
than two or three sentences. Again don’t shout with all caps when
clarifying your point.

5. Avoid quotation marks, bolding and other unique formatting.

When submitting by email, or on the web, the bolding, underlines,
script, and other characters often get stripped away, or show up
as “ugly” code. Make it simple. All caps on occasion, and popular
font styles like Times Roman or Arial.

6. Provide enough information.

For example, if you are going to recommend your top five, or ten,
bible studies for women, provide a brief description of each, and or,
author and publisher. This helps other’s track down the resource.

7. Proof read your Top Ten List for spelling and grammar.

Credibility is enhanced when quality is evident.

8. Submit your Top Ten by email or at our website.

Your top ten list has a better chance of getting published if you
submit it on our web site at http://www.womensministry.net/topten  .
Otherwise, submit it by simply sending your top ten list by email
to ideas@womensministry.net. Sending it be email may be appropriate when you have already typed it in a word processor and you simply want to cut and paste.

9. Provide contact information.

Some like anonymity, some want exposure. We recommend you
enhance your exposure by providing contact information like this:
Submitted by Jane Robolo, Atlanta, GA, jrobo@aol.com  

10. Remember your audience.

Remember to relate your top ten list to women’s ministry leaders,
teams, speakers, musicians, and other gifted communicators. These are
our primary audiences.

Submitted by P. Rothschild, Springfield, MO publisher@womensministry.net

 

3. Answer to Riddle:   NOTHING

 

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