Recently read Marvel Exec Talks AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Special Effects And More which interviewed Victoria Alonso, Vice President of Special Effects, and she's also Executive Producer for Avengers: Age of Ultronand Ant-Man.
She mentioned how Age of Ultron is going to have more special effects than any Marvel movie, so far, and how they have to work with seven to twelve special effect companies in the production. Did you catch that? She said 7-12 companies! She then mentioned how working in multiple countries and cultures benefits the creative process.
"They sometimes have ideas that we don't have. That's what we gain by being global."
A key value for the National Network is collaboration and living by the value that we are better together. This is done by building effective youth ministry partnerships on national and local levels, through healthy youth worker networks.
She also shared a key is that they don't allow their ego's get in the way and they have to "forget who we are and focus on the story."
One of Paul Fleischmann's classic statements to a gathering of denominational and national ministry leaders was, "We need to leave our egos and logos at the door." To build healthy local networks, we have to forget who we are and focus on God's story. Part of that story is continually striving for unity and reaching more students with the Gospel.
Still not convinced? Read: Why Network? Part 1 – Unity