1. Time Saving Technology How I learned to love being organized and other tidbits from the Techno-trenches

2. Three basic ideas 1. Getting Organized 2. Getting Stuff Done 3. Getting Around Email

3. Getting Organized Fast, efficient, and simple way to schedule anything Quick, simple web interface Allows you to poll people for availability Best of all…it’s free! www.doodle.com

4. Getting Organized Web-based service for saving, storing, and sorting all the things you need to read. Save it for later, read it when you’re ready Tap to save buttons for all platforms (browsers, etc.) Easy and simple to share with colleagues www.getpocket.com

5. Getting Organized Organize literally everything: notes, photos, ideas, to-do lists, grocery lists … your “Life’s Work” Share and collaborate Cloud sync — keep all your stuff on all of your devices current and in sync as you work www.evernote.com

6. Getting Stuff Done Getting Things Done or “GTD” – David Allen Provides for a single, trusted system to “hold” all of your “stuff” Allows you to free your mind for “doing” and not “tracking” things Key point is to find a “system” that works for you, use it, and learn to trust it. More than just task management

7. Getting Stuff Done Single, trusted place for all of your tasks Cloud sync across multiple devices (Apple only) Allows for projects, groups, multiple different ways to capture, organize, categorize, and track tasks (follows the 5-step GTD method) Integrates with your calendar www.omnigroup.com Other products: Wunderlist, Things, todoist,

8. Getting Stuff Done Technique for organizing your time and getting things done effectively Breaks work into 25-minute intervals with breaks to recharge Proven technique for more productive work periods www.pomodorotechnique.com Lots of great apps (iPhone & Android) for this method

9. Getting Around Email Email is an enormous time drain Email is not intrinsically productive Email was never intended for collaborative communication We all spend too much time managing our email More and more companies are looking to eliminate or drastically reduce email usage

10. Getting Around Email

11. Designed to facilitate team collaboration Quick, simple interface Focus on communication, tasks, and Inbox items www.asana.com Benefit: simple and fast communication, easy project management, work anywhere

12. Getting Around Email

13. Designed to provide a company intranet for communication and collaboration Easy-to-use interface based on social platforms (Facebook) Focus on communication, collaboration, groups, projects, and messaging www.mangoapps.com Benefit: Allows for nearly unlimited uses for projects and groups with wikis, tasks, idea campaigns

14. “Men have become the tools of their tools.” - Henry David Thoreau