Who would you like to hear from?
Working on the speaker lineup for Catalyst in October of 2009 right now. A few big well known names we are working on, along with some new voices. Outside of the normal folks that everyone knows about, who would you like to hear from?
1. Matt Chandler
2. Mark Driscoll
3. Darrin Patrick (was at Whiteboard Sessions)
4. Dave Stone (Southeast Christian senior minister, Louisville, Ky.)
Francis Chan.
Vince Antonucci.
I would like others to hear about Eric Geiger, author of “Simple Church” and “Identity.”
God has done some awesome things through him and pastor Rick Blackwood in the city of Miami ( one of the most culturally diverse and unchurched places in the US). Our church has grown incredibly over the last couple of years. I’m pumped about what’s happening down here in this melting pot called Miami.
I love Catalyst, and I think it would be of great value for church planters and people in ministry to hear from him.
Francis Chan, Matt Chandler, Steven Furtick
I want to second (or third) Chan and Chandler. I’d love to hear from Louie Giglio again, too.
1. A full session with Chandler and Chan would be really good.
2. What about Ravi Zacharias? He’s excellent and already in Atlanta.
3. Clayton King can bring any house down.
Jason Harper
http://www.jasonharper.cc
I would love to see Jason Hayes in the labs. Jason is co-author with Ed Stetzer and Richie Stanley of Lost & Found and is an incredible speaker. He has great insights as to how we can connect the next generation to God through the church. He blogs at http://jasonhayes.typepad.com/.
How about something in the vein of the TED conference? The author of Made To Stick killed it a recent ministry leader gathering. Also, Renee Mauborne of Blue Ocean Strategy is quite good.
Malcolm Gladwell & Brian McLaren are a couple that come to mind…
francine rivers — the christian fiction author (redeeming love.) or steven curtis chapman, about adoption, his family’s journey, and hope.
it’d be awesome if chandler and furtick had longer sessions.
Assume you are meaning main stage and not labs? Maybe both?
Outside of the main ministry guys (Stanley, Criag G., more Furtick, etc)… maybe Mike Breaux, Gabe Lyons, Carey Nieuwhof – Orange Conf.
Business / Crossover Wise…
Maybe Donny Deutsch talking about unleashing “Big Ideas.”
Maybe Howard Schultz from Starbucks on how churches can become better “3rd Places”. Might be a little dated but could be neat to explore.
A good Innovation speaker that can touch on leading through innovation (I’m sure Ben knows some great resources here).
Dan and Chip Heath, authors of “Made to Stick,” would be good.
Oh yeah… as someone else said above…
Author of “Simple Church.” Great content. Not sure how he is as a speaker though.
Ori Brafman – Author of The Starfish and the Spider & Sway
Rob Bell – A return trip to Catalyst would be nice
Mike Breen – A European flare and representative of future church models
I’d say either brad lomenick or LV…those guys are so tight…oh yeah the boyd bettis…he is tight as well.
or
Matt Chandler
Are you going to be at the west coast conference? we need to hang out there and kick it in SoCal like we did in DC
thanks everyone for the great comments and suggestions. except for Boyd’s of course….. specifically as it relates to me or LV.
I second Jason Hayes as a lab speaker. You can never get enough Seth Godin either.
Bill Hybels. Guy Kawaski (I know he is going west… but tell him to go east too). TD Jakes. Mike Huckabee.
These bear repeating: Rob Bell, Rick Warren, Francis Chan
–Terrace Crawford
http://www.terracecrawford.com
http://www.twitter.com/terracecrawford
How about Jack Welch from GE…maybe Andy can interview?
How about some women? Priscilla Shirer; Christine Caine, Mrs. Dole, Sarah Palin or show me someone new!
keep the recommendations flowing. This is great! And i hear you on the women side. The more recommendations the better.
has anyone heard Ori Braufman speak?
I think you should ask the guy who started Facebook to come.
Brad,
This was my first year at Catalyst and it was AWESOME! Can’t wait for next year!
Some speakers I’d like to hear: Louie, Francis Chan, David Nasser, Greg Stier, Mark Batterson, Bill Hybels, Reggie McNeal, of course Andy, Furtick, and Groschel.
What about Steven Colbert too? lol
Mike Calhoun from Word of Life Fellowship
any international pastors or church leaders that you would recommend?
Richard Reising from beyondrelevance.com – he’s the guy that produced that video “What if Starbucks Marketed Like the Church?”
love his blog! i would love to see him speak!
1. Perry Noble
2. Judah Smith – from Seatle. I heard him in VA Beach and it was wicked awesome. His church website is http://www.generationchurch.org/
3. I also like Clayton King