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    Tracking Trends with Links

    ByBecky McCray March 1, 2006August 27, 2014

    The Del.icio.us Popular list is one of the methods I too have been using for several months now. From perusing the bookmarks on the Del.icio.us Popular pages, you can see the problems that people are trying to solve. For instance, right now the Popular pages contain several bookmarks related to (1) email triage, and (2)…

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    Motivation alone is not enough

    ByBecky McCray March 1, 2006August 27, 2014

    “Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.” Jim Rohn Knowwhatimean? [Jim Rohn] [motivation]

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    Brain Drain Fighters #2: "Come Home" Programs

    ByBecky McCray February 28, 2006May 26, 2022

    More on the subject of combating “brain drain.” This time: how to get your alumni back, at any stage of life. Action Items for Everyone: Hold awe inspiring alumni reunions. Cross the Year boundaries and combine all the classes. Do this more than once every millenia. (Waynoka does it every 5 years.) Pick one online…

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    Brain Drain Fighters #1: Actively Involve Young People in the Community

    ByBecky McCray February 27, 2006August 27, 2014

    My post on boosting the number of people going to college contained a laundry list of suggestions for combating brain drain. The topic is important enough to deserve much more attention. So here is the first of hopefully several posts with some additional specific action items for you as a small biz person. Topic #1:…

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    Innovation is the key

    ByBecky McCray February 27, 2006August 27, 2014

    Mark Drabenstott, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and director of the Center for the Study of Rural America, believes innovation is the key to the future for rural counties. The next great solution to the economy is sitting in a classroom right now. If you plant the seed early enough…

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    Boosting the number of people going to college

    ByBecky McCray February 27, 2006August 27, 2014

    Ed Morrison, over at the EDPro Weblog says: Boosting the percentage of adults with higher educational attainment is one of the most direct pathways to a higher income economy. In rural areas with declining population, we are used to additional education leading to more “brain drain.” We raise sharp kids, prep them, send them off…

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    Not Free Agents. Guild Members!

    ByBecky McCray February 26, 2006August 27, 2014

    How do you envision the future for skilled workers? Especially those of us outside the metro areas. Chris Brogan’s post Not Free Agents. Guild Members! is the starting point for a novel vision. Take your skills anywhere in the world and know that you will have access to the larger market because you are a…

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    Practice Makes …

    ByBecky McCray February 26, 2006August 27, 2014

    You don’t need me to convince you that practice is key to improvement. We’ve all been through enough sports or enough music or enough hobbies to know that is true. So here’s the question of the day: what are you practicing these days? Not just what are you doing, but what are you consciously, carefully…

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