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Sustainable Systems, Marketing Trends, Meditation Technology, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got sustainable systems, marketing trends, meditation technology, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-11-27-process-hacker-news-sustainable-systems-marketing-trends-meditation-technology-and-more/

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Events

Catch Ann Mei Chang on November 28 in San Francisco as she discusses Transforming Global Development with Lean Startup.

Community

Fund Club, founded by Ashe Dryden is constantly on the lookout for startups in need of funding for their diversity-oriented tech projects. If your startup is the right candidate, then apply at Fund Club.

Media

On Work the System Podcast, Gavin Zuchlinski joins Host Josh Fonger to talk about systemizing schedules.

Hear about systems theory, wisdom traditions, and a path to sustainability in Author Jeremy Lent’s conversation with Lisa Dale Miller on the Groundless Ground Podcast.

Mad Mumzie is the online persona of Leanne Drew, a blogger and podcaster who made a career out of breaking gender stereotypes in the traditionally male-dominated mining industry. Listen in to her twelve-minute conversation with Engel Jones.

Writing

Mike Miksche bares all in his blog about chasing bears, and mentions the lessons he learned from Frank Strona’s recent TEDxProvincetown talk.

Steve Goldbach and his co-author, Geoff Tuff, discuss why companies should blow up their best practices in an interview for The Wharton School.

Social and video have been shown to have an impact on purchases made by consumers. Find out what the 2018 Holiday Social Marketing Trends are from a new report presented by Animoto, co-founded by Jason Hsiao.

Recommended Resources

Yaro Starak, a recommendation of Michelle Dale has a new business called Inbox Done. Find out about this innovative inbox management system on the Eventual Millionaire Podcast.

Deepak Chopra has been an inspiration for Luis Congdon, and you can find out more about him and his technology-based meditation in an article on Wall Street Journal.

Learn to become a children’s mindfulness instructor with a course being given on January 12, 2019 by Sarah Wood Vallely, who was mentioned by Heather Chauvin.

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Romantic Music, Uncomfortable Conversations, Finding Purpose, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got romantic music, uncomfortable conversations, finding purpose, and more.

It’s been a year since we started publishing Process Hacker News, and I’d love to know what you like about it and what improvements you’d like to see. Please feel free to add a comment or send a note and share your thoughts!

For all the links, check out the show notes at: http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-11-13-process-hacker-news-romantic-music-uncomfortable-conversations-finding-purpose-and-more/

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Launches

Check out the soundtrack created by Mike Massy for the new romantic comedy film, Khabsa!

Events

On November 16, catch Jon de Waal among the speakers of TEDxTacoma in Washington, as they explore bridging the gap between military and civilian families.

Curtis McHale joins forces with Jason Resnick for Stop the Cycle, a workshop designed to help freelancers learn how to get clients, which goes live on November 30. Curtis’s upcoming book, The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Started, is also now available for preorder on Amazon.

Media

The Dervish and the Mermaid Podcast has been around for five years, but they are now saying farewell. Tune in to Kyeli and Pace Smith’s final episode as they conclude their podcasting journey with what they call their 10 house rules.

Writing

This past week more than 100 women were elected to congress in the United States of America. In a new Forbes article, Ron Carucci explains why this is great for everyone.

Tiffani Bova’s book, Growth IQ, has won another award; this time from the 2018 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards. Congratulations!

More awesome news from Sasha Ariel Alston who is featured on the cover of Role Model Magazine’s fall-winter edition. Way to go, Sasha!

Why do you need to make room for uncomfortable conversations in the workplace? Read about Michelle Kim’s fight for diversity and inclusion in a Glass Door interview.

Did you know that you can reach out to your customers thru text messages with Avochato, a software startup co-founded by Alex De Simone? Well now it’s possible to automate customer text messaging with Avochato’s new Zapier integration.

Quizzes can be part of a great marketing strategy, and Josh Haynam can tell you the ten best quiz topics to use of when trying to create your own quiz.

Recommended Resources

On the Hack the Entrepreneur Podcast, whose host Jonny Nastor was recommended by Alistair Clay, hear how Tibor Laczay of Zenni Optical co-founded his company with his wife and how they went from their garage to one of the biggest glasses manufacturer in the world.

Catch feminist Gloria Steinem, who inspired Jenny Feinberg at Lesley University’s Boston Speaker Series on November 19 and 28.

Sam Altman, President of YC Group, talks about choosing projects, creating value, and finding purpose in a new episode of the Y Combinator Podcast. Y Combinator is a startup accelerator firm co-founded by Paul Graham, referenced both by Ankit Shah and Ricky Yean.

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Publicity Stunts, Daily Habits, Outsourcing Options, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got publicity stunts, daily habits, outsourcing options, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-11-06-process-hacker-news-publicity-stunts-daily-habits-outsourcing-options-and-more/

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Events

On November 14 Guy and Ilan Ferdman present their Abundance and Freedom Mindset Live Coaching Webinar, in which entrepreneurs and professionals can learn to improve their mindset and outlook in life and business.

Media

Build your video marketing strategy according to six social media statistics shared by Animoto, the video creator platform which Jason Hsiao co-founded.

Writing

Impact investors go for both social and financial returns, but what else is missing? The latest guest on Hack the Process, Ann Mei Chang, shares her insights on impact investing in a recent LinkedIn blog post. She’ll also be joining the speakers at the Lean Startup Conference from November 14 to 16 in Downtown Las Vegas.

In a guest post for the National Coach Academy, Frank Strona shares his experiences about being a “Bear” and how his Bear Talk at TEDx Provincetown impacted his life and others.

Love him or hate him, Kanye West has a way of getting our attention. In a new Entrepreneur article, Luis Congdon explains what entrepreneurs can learn from Kanye West’s publicity stunts.

There are some potential disadvantages to sales-led development in B2B enterprise companies, and Rich Mironov has a new post in which he discusses these, and proposes some solutions.

Want to double your energy and productivity? Check out these five simple tweaks to your daily habits from Julian Hayes II in Inc.

Can’t decide whether to create your own blog posts or outsource them? Jon Dykstra has some experience with both options, and his latest article discusses the benefits of writing your own content versus outsourcing it.

Recommended Resources

Find peace while meditating at Spirit Rock’s Mindfulness Meditation on December 15. Spirit Rock is an organization founded by Jack Kornfield, a Buddhist practitioner who has inspired Loic Le Meur.

Is Adam Grant Superman? He’s inspired folks like Kesha Moore and Jennifer Riel with his writing and speaking, and Emily Goulet has a new article in Philadelphia Magazine in which she tries to uncover who Adam Grant really is.

Tune in to a conversation between bestselling authors Dr. Mark Hyman and Lewis Howes to hear how food can heal the body. Lewis Howes is a podcaster who influenced Malek Banoun and Paula Jenkins among others.

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The lean startup methodology shifted the way many companies think about business by encouraging hypothesis-driven experimentation, iterative product releases, and validated learning. But can the same concepts be applied to social impact organizations? Author Ann Mei Chang thinks it is essential, and her decades of experience as a Silicon Valley executive and Chief Innovation Officer at USAID led her to write her new book on the subject, Lean Impact. In this episode of Hack the Process Ann Mei shares how she used data to evolve and scale USAID's social programs, what role her network played in developing the ideas in her book, and why she decided to focus on fixing the systems of social giving instead of devoting her time to one particular cause.

For all the links, please check the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/using-lean-thinking-for-social-impact-with-ann-mei-chang-on-hack-the-process-podcast-episode-69/

Expressive Voices, Viral Communities, Mental Workouts, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got expressive voices, viral communities, mental workouts, and more.

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Events

The Voice Matters Workshop, led by Mike Massy, is opening its doors again from November 26 to 28 in Beirut, Lebanon for people who want use their voice to express their emotions.

Media

How do you launch a financially successful business without letting go of what’s in your heart? Mark Silver recently published a video about Heart-Centered Launches as part of a series being released to the Heart of Business Learning Community over the next three Mondays.

Listen as Rhonda Magee inspires us to bring mindfulness to our current place and position on the Insights at the Edge Podcast.

On the Unregistered Podcast, Daniel Coffeen shares his insights about divorce, academia, and rhetoric versus philosophy.

On The Flow Podcast from CloudApp, Andi Galpern digs into her years of experience to show you how to build a viral community.

The Goal Digger Podcast features Nicaila Matthews-Okome sharing the secret of how she turned her podcast into a full-time career.

Online marketing guru Tara Hunt talks about her career shift and becoming Truly Social on the Startup Canada Podcast.

Writing

If you’re a fan of mind-sharpening puzzles, grab the new Sudoku book by Engel Jones for a challenging mental workout. Profits will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association of Trinidad and Tobago.

Andrew Nance is visiting Title One School in New York City in December to read and sign copies of his newest book on teaching mindfulness to children. The school would also welcome your donation to help provide copies of Andrew’s book, Puppy Mind, to their hearing-impared students.

Mailing List Exclusive: Video marketing for social media promotion is valuable, especially for small businesses, as Jason Hsiao, founder of video creation platform, Animoto, explains in his interview with Rebecca Lerner for Forbes.

Recommended Resources

John Lee Dumas, whose podcast was an inspiration to Nicole Holland, Tom Morkes, and Nicaila Matthews-Okome, has been holding a live podcast masterclass series, where participants can discover how to create, grow, and monetize a podcast. Be sure to register soon, since the next session is on November 8!

Congratulations to Amazon for being honored with the 2019 Helen Keller Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was mentioned by Ricky Yean, Jason Hsiao, and Barth Getto.

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Magic Moments, Odd Jobs, Writing Tools, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got magic moments, odd jobs, writing tools, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-10-23-process-hacker-news-magic-moments-odd-jobs-writing-tools-and-more/

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Events

In a Liminal Space may be able to help you Find Your Calling through an all-day self-discovery workshop led by Jon de Waal on October 27 in Washington.

Take control of your schedule and your life with Heather Chauvin’s very first Time and Energy Intensive online class, which will go live on November 9.

Magic Moments: Amazing Customer Experiences is a conference that centers on customer experience. It’s happening from November 7 to 8 in San Francisco, and Tiffani Bova will be one of several speakers in the sales and customer support field.

Media

We’ve all had our fair share of working odd jobs, and Alex Cespedes shares his wide ranging experiences on The Odd Jobs Podcast.

Paula Scatoloni is a psychotherapist who uses the Embodied Recovery training program to treat eating disorders. Learn more about her methods on the Groundless Ground Podcast with Lisa Dale Miller.

Listen to Omar Zenhom discuss how to get a good return on investment through long-term Facebook marketing in the newest $100 MBA episode.

Writing

Thinking about creating a picture book in the children’s realistic fiction genre? Starting November 1, you can begin submitting them to Cardinal Rule Press, founded by Maria Dismondy. Check out their website for more details!

Did you know you can actually use free Facebook groups to generate sales and leads? Luis Congdon reveals how in his article for Entrepreneur.

Are you searching for the best novel-writing software? Tom Corson-Knowles has put together a list just for you!

Recommended Resources

From November 8 to 10, the Catalyst 88 team led by Steve Simonson, will be gathering entrepreneurs for a mastermind at the Motif Seattle hotel. Steve was recommended by Barth Getto.

On November 7 at Stanford University in California, Cheri Huber, who was mentioned during Mike Massy‘s and Kate Swoboda‘s episodes of Hack the Process, will be leading a class in Recording and Listening: Focusing Attention to Live Authentically.

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Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got personalized marketing, fear of failure, sharp iron, and more.

For all the links or to watch the video, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-10-16-process-hacker-news-personalized-marketing-fear-of-failure-sharp-iron-and-more/

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Events

If you’re looking for more information about integrative thinking, Jennifer Riel, co-author of Creating Great Choices, will be speaking at TEDxToronto on October 26.

Changemakers: NYC speaker series will feature Steve Goldbach and other executives on October 19 discussing dynamic entrepreneurship and disruptive intrapreneurship.

Community

Brennan Dunn, co-founder of the RightMessage website personalization service, has just launched the Personalization Marketing Mastermind with RightMessage where folks can share ideas and learn about personalization marketing strategies.

Media

Fear of failure can hold us back from even trying. Listen as Byron Morrison inspires you to move forward in his latest vlog on The Freedom Mindset Show.

In the latest episode of Kate Swoboda’s podcast, Kate announced she’s coming out with a new book: The Gift of Coaching! Tune in to the episode to discover what’s in store and how the book came about.

Marisa Murgatroyd, referenced by Nicole Holland, talks about online courses and her career shift on In the Trenches Podcast with Tom Morkes.

Writing

Culture Amp’s list of 21 diversity and inclusion influencers just came out, and it includes Hack the Process guest Michelle Kim.

Congratulations to Sasha Ariel Alston for being chosen as an honoree in Her Campus’s 22 most inspiring college women under 22!

Engineering managers, be sure to check out Ron Lichty‘s thoughts about a programmer’s motivation in his recent interview for Plusplus.

Recommended Resources

Tickets for the upcoming Success Squared event in Australia with Gary Vaynerchuk are sold out, but folks willing to drop by Las Vegas can catch him at the National Achievers Congress Conference on November 26. Hack the Process guests who were influenced by Gary include Malek Banoun and Tara Hunt.

Iron Sharpens Iron is a life-transforming men’s mastermind led by Aaron Walker, whose previous mastermind Engel Jones was a part of. Check out a video of Iron Sharpens Iron’s past events to see what goes on and find out if it might be right for you.

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Fractional Vegetarians, Catalytic Mechanisms, Politically Active Moms, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got fractional vegetarians, catalytic mechanisms, politically active moms, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-10-09-process-hacker-news-fractional-vegetarians-catalytic-mechanisms-politically-active-moms-and-more/

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Events

How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings is the title of the upcoming book from Sarah Cooper. It will be out this month, and she’s throwing a party! Come to the book launch in New York on October 30!

Learn the concept of Catalytic Mechanisms and turn goals into results with Kimberly Wiefling on November 20 in Santa Clara, California.

Be a more compassionate and mindful leader! Join the 5th Annual Mindfulness Leadership Summit which highlights some prominent speakers including Bill Duane. The event runs from November 1 to 4 in Washington, D.C.

Media

The Shade Room is a media company that supports black culture and has a huge following on Instagram. Listen in as founder Angelica Nwandu chats with Nicaila Matthews-Okome on Side Hustle Pro.

The newest episode of The Dervish and the Mermaid with Kyeli and Pace Smith deals with being vegetarian, and how no one takes you seriously if you’re not doing it 100 percent.

Grow and gain muscle. Malek Banoun teaches you how to do it in three steps on The Coach Malek Show.

On the Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Podcast, Ron Carucci reveals how he rises to the occasion when he needs to step out of his comfort zone and how he helps others do the same in business.

Writing

Frank Strona shares his appreciation for an article by Stephen Lucas about being a big gay man and discussing some of the ways that size matters.

After months on hiatus, Loic Le Meur is back on his feet, sharing what he’s been up to lately, and he invites you to sign up for the Leade.rs Newsletter for more updates to come.

In these turbulent political times, Maria Dismondy just announced that she is a contributing author for an upcoming book, The Lose the Cape Mom’s Guide to Getting Socially and Politically Active, which comes out this October!

Recommended Resources

Expect Seth Godin’s new book, This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See to hit the shelves on November 13! Some fans of Seth’s work are Tara Byrne, Alex Cespedes, and Tiffani Bova.

Is being a highly-paid employee worth it? See what Robert Kiyosaki has to say about choosing employment over being the founder of your own company. Robert was a huge influence on JuVan Langford.

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Rentable Fashion, Courageous Parenting, Effective Moonlighting, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got rentable fashion, courageous parenting, effective moonlighting, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-10-02-process-hacker-news-rentable-fashion-courageous-parenting-effective-moonlighting-and-more/

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Launches

Congratulations to Rent the Runway for opening up a standalone shop in San Francisco! The fashion startup, where Hampton Catlin is VP of Engineering, lets members rent special occasion clothing for a monthly subscription fee.

Events

Some seats are still available at Integrative Thinking for Leaders on October 5 in Toronto, where Jennifer Riel will teach participants to use differences to create new options.

Media

Teens can be tough to manage, but you can listen to some tips from Psychologist Dr. Ken Wilgus as he shares his knowledge about effective parenting of teens in the newest episode of the Groundless Ground Podcast by Lisa Dale Miller,

As a guest on the Raiseology Podcast, Kate Swoboda discusses the courage habit and how it applies to the challenges of being a parent.

On the Building A Business That Lasts Podcast, Gavin Zuchlinski talks about Acuity Scheduling’s history and growth, and how the appropriate work attitude can support learning and decision-making.

Curtis McHale compares running a business to running a race, and sheds light on what happens when the going gets tough for a business.

In Tiffani Bova’s Let’s Be Clear interview at Dreamforce 2018, she shares the wisdom learned from the thirty companies she talked to for her book, Growth IQ.

Writing

Got a full-time job? Ryan Waggoner recommends you try moonlighting as a freelancer and provides several great reasons why in his updated article.

If you’ve been exercising and eating well, but these healthy habits are leaving you worn out, Julian Hayes II suggests eleven possible reasons in his recent article.

As a Mindfulness Instructor, Andrew Nance shares some ways to use performing arts to help children express emotions instead of acting out.

On Quora, Rich Mironov gives his thoughts on the challenges of product acquisition for a large tech company, as opposed to new product development.

Recommended Resources

Tony Robbins is a motivational speaker who was mentioned as an inspiration by Byron Morrison, Jay Wong, Adam Siddiq, and Luis Congdon, and on his recent podcast episode, he chats with author and leadership expert Sam Walker about what it means to be a true leader.

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders can register now for the Black Girls CODE Computer History Museum Enrichment Event on October 28 in Mountain View, California to learn about designing and coding. Kimberly Bryant, the founder of Black Girls Code, was recommended by Michelle Kim.

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Powerful Conversation, Finding Happiness, Financial Control, and More

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got powerful conversation, finding happiness, financial control, and more.

For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-09-25-process-hacker-news-powerful-conversation-finding-happiness-financial-control-and-more/

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Events

Join Tom Morkes and the rest of the writers at International Authors Summit online from October 1 to 5 to uncover the secrets of becoming a professional author.

Both engineering team members and managers alike can discover a manager’s role in agile and learn how to create the best team at Managing in an Agile World, presented by Ron Lichty from October 13 to 14 as part of Silicon Valley Code Camp.

Planning to start a podcast? Find out if podcasting is for you by joining Nicole Holland’s webinar on October 1.

Learn the power of conversations and maximize your business potential through audio at We Are Podcast 2018 which runs from October 18 to 20 in Brisbane, Australia. The event will highlight some influential podcasters, including Omar Zenhom, who is offering listeners a 25% discount if you use the code IKNOWASPEAKER to register.

Media

Bloggers, take a look at the video Brennan Dunn recently published: a behind the scenes look at how he personalized the Double Your Freelancing website.

Steve Goldbach went on the TD Ameritrade Network to explain disruption and his book Detonate on camera with host Oliver Renick.

Writing

Who runs the world? Women leaders! Kimberly Wiefling provides an infographic showing their importance, where they are, and what challenges they’re meeting.

Josh Haynam shares the steps he took to increase signups by 98 percent in 60 days on the Interact Blog.

Marianne Williamson is a best-selling author known for books that deal with spirituality. In a recent interview with Luis Congdon, Marianne shares her wisdom about finding happiness when life knocks you down.

Recommended Resources

Tim Ferriss is a widely known author and speaker who impacted many, including Michelle Kim, Omar Zenhom, Alex Cespedes, Vinay Patankar, and Malek Banoun. His latest podcast episode shines the spotlight on Adobe Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky.

The Smart MoneyTour hits San Francisco this October 2! Discover how to take control of your finances with Chris Hogan and Dave Ramsey, who was recommended by Engel Jones.

For entrepreneurs on the other side of the world, catch Bozoma Saint-John and other big-name entrepreneurs at DigiCon XE 2018 in the Philippines from October 3 to 5. Bozoma is one of the influences recommended by Sasha Ariel Alston.

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