2007 Innovate Conference Guest Speaker

December 21, 2006 in WiredChurches.com with 23 Comments

OK, a couple of weeks ago I shared Clue #1:

"We’ve just about firmed up our first guest speaker for the 2007 Innovate Conference at Granger. (He owns a Mac.)"

Well, now, we’ve officially firmed it up. Only problem is no one has guessed the speaker based on the first clue. So, here’s Clue #2:

He has some experience as an evangelist.

The first person to correctly guess the guest speaker will get a free registration to Innovate 07.

23 Responses to “2007 Innovate Conference Guest Speaker”

  1. Darrell Jordan December 21, 2006 at 8:48 am #

    Gary Lamb?

    dj

  2. Chris Surratt December 21, 2006 at 9:08 am #

    Guy Kawasaki

  3. Tim Schraeder December 21, 2006 at 9:11 am #

    Scott Hodge?

  4. Bill LaMorey December 21, 2006 at 9:47 am #

    Nelson Searcy

  5. Kevin D. Hendricks December 21, 2006 at 9:47 am #

    I’d second the Guy Kawasaki vote.

  6. Jason December 21, 2006 at 9:51 am #

    I was going to say Guy Kawaski or Seth Godin :-)

  7. Amber Cox December 21, 2006 at 10:30 am #

    I know who it is!!!
    …but it just wouldn’t be fair for me to answer.

    MERRY CHRISTMAS TONY!!

  8. Rick Womack December 21, 2006 at 10:41 am #

    Erwin McManus?

  9. Rick Womack December 21, 2006 at 10:43 am #

    second, and final, guess is Bill Hybels

  10. Leonard December 21, 2006 at 10:58 am #

    luis palau

  11. Joe Butler December 21, 2006 at 11:04 am #

    Steve Sjogren?

  12. dana December 21, 2006 at 11:55 am #

    rob bell?

  13. Rich Schmidt December 21, 2006 at 12:19 pm #

    My first thought after the Mac clue was Brian McLaren. (I missed the earlier post, so I don’t know if anyone guessed him already.) But I don’t think he has any experience as an evangelist… For some reason, Tony Campolo is coming to mind. Seems like an odd choice for the conference, but that’s what I’ll go with. :)

  14. Rich Schmidt December 21, 2006 at 12:21 pm #

    Oh, I should add that I would have guessed Guy Kawasaki, too… except he’s already been guessed, so it wouldn’t have done me any good. :)

  15. Derek Brown December 21, 2006 at 12:27 pm #

    Mark Batterson? Not sure if he owns a Mac or spent time as an evangelist, but he’d be a good fit for the conference, I gather.

  16. Derek December 21, 2006 at 12:53 pm #

    Well after this conversation, I would have to agree with the Guy Kawasaki:

    TONY: You call yourself an evangelist. In your mind, what makes a good evangelist?

    GUY: 90% is having a good cause. It’s very easy to evangelize a good cause. It’s hard to evangelize crap. (you can substitute “junk” for crap if you need to)

    But since he already has a couple of votes, I’m going to have to go with E-Mac also known as Erwin McManus.

    Merry Christmas all!

  17. gerry December 21, 2006 at 2:05 pm #

    tim sanders.
    love,
    Gerry

  18. Joe December 21, 2006 at 2:08 pm #

    I was going to say Guy Kawaski, but I thought I’d be original. I guess now I’m just following the crowd.

  19. Chad McCallum December 21, 2006 at 3:04 pm #

    I was going to guess Tim Sanders, but that is already taken…so I cast my vote for Andy Stanley…OR…Rob Bell

  20. jeff hamilton December 21, 2006 at 4:03 pm #

    I’d say Steve Sjogren as well…

  21. tony morgan December 21, 2006 at 4:06 pm #

    The correct person has been identified. Aren’t you dying to know who it is?

    tony

  22. sean michael murphy December 21, 2006 at 5:13 pm #

    Franklin Graham

  23. Derek Brown December 21, 2006 at 6:18 pm #

    I second Franklin Graham [:)]. But I still think Batterson’s gonna show.