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Better Living Through
AutomationDefeating Time Sucks and
Doing Better Work
Jesse Lavery ! @jesselavery HighEdWeb 2014 # #mpd12
Better Living Through
AutomationDefeating Time Sucks and
Doing Better Work
Jesse Lavery ! @jesselavery HighEdWeb 2014 # #mpd12
#mpd12@jesselavery
Getting Started
Jesse LaveryDirector of Web Communications Allegheny College
• Design & Development • Manage CMS (WordPress) • User Training & Support • Social Media Team • Content Strategy • etc.
What do you do?
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time sucknoun
an inefficient or unproductive activity, process, etc.; a waste of time.
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Rethink your daily routine and identify the “time sucks” in your work.
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Goals
Save Time
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Goals
Trusted System
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Mind Like Water
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Goals
mind like watera mental and emotional state in which your head is clear, able to create and respond freely, unencumbered with distractions and split focus
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Your work has an audience.
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Your work influences choices and decisions
that will literally change peoples’ lives.
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Jesse LaveryStoryteller Allegheny College
• Tell Stories • Build systems to help others
tell their stories • Build relationships with
students, alumni, and others • Define the “look” of Allegheny
online
When you reframe “what you do,”
it illuminates why your work is important.
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Better Work
!= More Work
Better Work⋆
More time spent on meaningful work
Better Work⋆
Professional Development
Better Work⋆
“20% Time” Projects
Better Work⋆
Doing Nothing
Better Work⋆
Going Home on Time
Better Work⋆
How you define “Better Work” is personal.
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How you define “Better Work” can
change lives.
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Results
In the last year…
Results4
Automation
Roll Your Own: API’s
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Automation
IFTTT
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Automation
CloudWork
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Automation
Zapier
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Automation
Workflows
Work Requests !
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Gmail Label !
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Twitter Search !
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URL Requests !
Project Manager
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404 Reports !
Project Manager
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RSS Feed !
Project Manager
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Photos with # !
Flickr
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Instagram Flickr
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Email Subject !
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There are no magic bullets.
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Warning
Don’t fiddle.
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Warning
Don’t over-automate.
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Warning
Maddie
Homework
Reframe “what you do.”
1Homework
Rethink your daily routine.
2Homework
Do Better Work.
3Homework
[email protected] ! @jesselavery #heweb14 # #mpd12