5Q Blog http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog Internet Strategies That Work -- Bringing together ministry, marketing and Internet technologies en Leadercast: 10 Todos To Move from Good to Great http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/leadercast-10-todos-to-move-from-good-to-great Moving from good to greatThis is a follow up post to the Leadercast blog entry:

Jim Collins provided ten todos for a person who is seeking to move from good to great.  We thought they were worth sharing:

]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:34:53 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/leadercast-10-todos-to-move-from-good-to-great Blog: Image Copyrights: Are You in Compliance? http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/blog-image-copyrights-are-you-in-compliance image copyrights Copyright infringement. Licensing rules. Fair usage.

Most of the time, we don’t think about the use of audio or video we find on the web. Sure, those of us in the multimedia communications industry may have heard about how X company got in trouble for not properly giving credit for a video clip or how Y company was sued over not getting the proper licenses for music underneath their commercials.

]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:16:22 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/blog-image-copyrights-are-you-in-compliance Scorecard Service: A Ministry Partnership http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/scorecard-service-a-ministry-partnership At the core of our pursuit of excellence and mission as a company is a deep commitment to our ministry partners--organizations that see 5Q as an extension of their ministry in the Internet realm. This partnership is called "Scorecard Service", with a focus on bottom-line results for your web and ministry goals. First, a quick review of the short history of the web from a staffing standpoint.

]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:32:29 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/scorecard-service-a-ministry-partnership June Team Meeting in Iowa http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/june-team-meeting-in-iowa

As a distributed (not virtual!) company, 5Q finds it important to pull our team together twice a year for a week of extended meetings and planning. You can only learn so much about your co-workers online; we've found there is no substitute for face-to-face gatherings to help with team-building, friendships, and strategic planning for the upcoming quarters.

Our most recent meeting was just a couple weeks ago in June. 15 of our staff from seven different states were able to join us in Iowa which are now our international headquarters (with two of our awesome staff in Argentina).

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:36:47 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/june-team-meeting-in-iowa Joni and Friends Launches New Web Site http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/joni-and-friends-launches-new-web-site test image with odd filenameAGOURA HILLS, Calif., June 2, 2010 – Joni and Friends (JAF), the international disability ministry of Joni Eareckson Tada, launches its re-tooled website at www.joniandfriends.org on June 3, providing increased services and encouragement to aid in its mission to accelerate ministry to the disability community.

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:30:00 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/joni-and-friends-launches-new-web-site Why Simple Is So Hard http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/why-simple-is-so-hard By Heath Gerlock

test image with odd filename I do a great deal of user interface (UI) design. Frequently I'm struck by how quickly a simple user interface feature becomes complicated. Recently I've been working on an internal project called "Springboard".

]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:15:58 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/why-simple-is-so-hard Communication and Listening http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/communication-and-listening Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:58:30 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/communication-and-listening BigOmaha 2010: Jason Fried http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/bigomaha-2010-jason-fried Big Omaha 2010 By Heath Gerlock
Jason Fried (37 Signals) was one of my favorite speakers this year at BigOmaha. I dialogued with him a little bit about features in Basecamp and asked questions about consistency in user interface design. He suggested focusing more on the task at hand, being narrowly focused on making that task as easy and pleasant as possible, rather than focusing on consistency. He said a focus on consistency may force you to make poor UI decisions.

]]> Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:48:47 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/bigomaha-2010-jason-fried Falling or Flying: What’s Your Company Doing? http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/falling-or-flying-whats-your-company-doing Fri, 14 May 2010 06:30:57 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/falling-or-flying-whats-your-company-doing How To Write Killer Web Content http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/how-to-write-killer-web-content Writing for the Web is not the same as writing for print, radio, or television. How people read and digest information online has changed the way we think about creating content. Most people will hunt (or scan) through a web page quickly, picking out key words and sentences. Only when they think they have found the information they need, or something grabs their attention, will they stop and actually read the page and/or section. In this paper we will briefly discuss how users read the Web, how we need to start thinking about content creation, and finally, we will provide some key tips for writing killer content. ]]> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:44:15 -0500 http://www.5qcommunications.com/blog/how-to-write-killer-web-content