Starter Workbook
Workflow Mapping Canvas
Speaker Guide
Supporter Pack
How to process map: do this before you try automating
Learn how to process map before automating. Follow two worked examples, spot repeated steps and waiting time, and make a job easier to hand over.
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Guides, examples, printable worksheets and event notes that grow out of what people actually automate.
Print something useful.
Four more downloads, each with a different job. The workbook is for planning; the canvas is for mapping; the speaker and supporter packs explain how the community works.
Find a project worth trying.
Follow a worked example, write down the failure path and adapt the checks to your own project.
A small admin workflow for a charity or volunteer group
Plan an equipment reminder while keeping sensitive decisions, personal information and access under human control.
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Document workflow automation: six jobs to stop doing by hand
Six practical document workflow automation examples for creating, routing, checking and filing documents.
Read the guideEmail automation examples that do not turn you into a spam machine
Practical email automation examples for routing, reminders, receipts and follow-up, with sensible boundaries around human replies.
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Event automation: keep one approved event record
Prepare announcements, changes and follow-up from a checked event record, with a person approving each public step.
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Home automation ideas: my night lights, movie mode and a ridiculous door
My Home Assistant night-light setup, plus morning routines, movie mode, a shutdown button and a door that thinks it is in Family Guy.
Read the guideMarketing automation without turning your stack into another job
Practical marketing automation ideas for publishing, follow-up and content reuse, with human review kept where it matters.
Read the guideHow I use n8n to make a personal RSS newsletter worth opening
RSS feeds, JavaScript and an HTML email in n8n, with a button that turns an interesting story into a document ready for me to write.
Read the guideTask automation: start with the small job you keep putting off
A practical way to spot small task automation opportunities without overbuilding the solution.
Read the guideWorkflow automation: start with the job nobody wants to do twice
A practical guide to workflow automation: triggers, conditions, actions, human review and how to choose a first workflow without overbuilding it.
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Try it before you build it.
The browser tools are deliberately small. Score a repeated task first, then count the boring bit if it still looks worth testing.
Time Savings Calculator
Estimate weekly and annual time saved and a rough setup payback period.
Run the numbersWant editable files?
The starter kit contains a Markdown workflow brief, test-case CSV, handover checklist and implementation worksheet. The public PDFs above stay freely downloadable.
Come along to the next one.
Little Automations is next up: small projects, short demos and people to work things out with.