Understanding a process is a big part in simplifying and streamling the process.  Time Ferris has an amazing blog post that gets right to the point.  Here is a quote:
The Importance of Documentation
Early on in my business, I had a team member who would not document her processes, no matter how many times I asked, [...]

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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds allow your readers to feed your blog posts to a reader like Google Reader. With a simple plugin you can enable RSS feeds on your Wordpress blog with Feedburner FeedSmith.
Feedburner.com explains this process:
For the best results using FeedBurner with your self-hosted WordPress site, we recommend the FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin [...]

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Many of us would like to teach a class online and we can easily come up with 3-4 reasons why we can’t do it right now.  I found one really good reason to do it.  Check out this site I discovered called learnhub.
Finally a social learning site.
What class will you teach first?

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Whenever a problem comes up we need to get creative, because every problem is an opportunity. Sometimes seeing the opportunity can be very difficult and we need to open our minds to possibilities. I read a wonderful blog post titled “8+ Ways To Train Yourself To Be Creative”, on John’s Blog. John [...]

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There apparently aren’t enough of me in the world! In a recent blog post, Seth Godin says that there is a shortage of “digital coaches”, people who can help individuals and small companies to use technology to make their lives better. Ever since I reinvented myself as a technology coach, I’ve had to [...]

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Tuesday night I met up with Ramon Lazo and Mary Parke two fellow San Francisco State ITEC Alumni.  I found them on meet up, a wonderful networking tool for us knowledge workers.  They created a group to educate teachers on Moodle the best open-source LMS (Learning Management System) I’ve seen.
I’ve been working with Moodle for [...]

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The next Lean Green Profit Machine workshop is scheduled for Thursday November 15th at 7:00 PM at San Francisco State University.  You can register for the event here.
If you aren’t sure what I am talking about you check out the workshop site here.

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In a recent study published by Juilia R. Fox from Indiana University titled: “No Joke! ‘Daily Show’ substantive as network news.” found found that blending facts with humor helps Comedy Central viewers retain more information than those of CNN and Fox news, which blends their news content with hype instead of humor.
Humor and Learning

American physician [...]

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