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6 Life Principles I Learned from Bronco Mendenhall’s VA Press Conference

7 December 2015

As a BYU Football fan, I tuned in this morning to Bronco Mendenhall’s introductory press conference as the new head coach of Virginia (UVa) Football. I was struck several times by things…

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Create New Year’s Systems, Not Goals

8 January 2015

To achieve our resolutions, we often incorrectly focus on goals instead of systems.

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Home Teaching by Priority, Based on Need

21 August 2014

I was recently listening to the excellent LeadingLDS podcast. Kurt (contributes here), interviewed the mysterious person known only as @ldseqpres on Twitter. @ldseqpres is known for his usually humorous, sometimes…

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The Power of Questions 2: The Golden If/Then Question

3 July 2013

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Power of Questions” Questions are powerful things. These posts will help you use questions to bless the lives of others, and…

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Using Asana to Manage Your Ward or Auxiliary – MLH Live Hangout #3

3 June 2013

Previously I posted about using the excellent, free, “Getting Things Done” tool, Asana, in your ward or other church-related organization. Today, I interviewed Bishops & MLH-contributors Jeff VanDrimmelen and Kurt Francom…

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The Power of Questions 1: Finding the Problem by Questioning the Basics

7 May 2013

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Power of Questions” Questions are powerful things. These posts will help you use questions to bless the lives of others, and…

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Tithing Settlement Tear-Off Schedule

Kurt Francom
27 November 2012

Now that tithing settlement can be held as early as October 15, we hope the bishop can actually enjoy Christmas this year. That still leaves him the responsibility to get every…

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Optimize Your Life, Presidency, Bishopric, or Council with Asana

19 November 2012

A few months ago I was looking for a way to better facilitate communication, organization, responsibility assignment, and delegation for my business. Thankfully, I stumbled across the free webapp asana shortly after. We…

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GEEK.Q.P. — Use tech to organize an Elders Quorum

J Washburn
26 October 2012

Here’s how we’ve organized our Elders Quorum: We have a Google Sites site, and it links to all the important documents people might need. After the home page, we have…

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Tell Your Bishop Anything, Anonymously

24 October 2012

TellYourBossAnything.com is a free service of Happiily, a company that specializes in software that helps companies and manager provide a safe, anonymous way for employees to provide feedback and thoughts on…

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