Events

Community Event for GTD’ers in Minneapolis

GTD Connect member & GTD Times contributor Meghan Wilker is hosting a Tweetup for GTD’ers in Minneapolis, on March 3rd @ 6:30pm.

GTD® Tweetup at CoCo Collaborative

Are you a fan of GTD? Do you have questions about what it’s all about? Come join us for the first GTD Tweetup in the Twin Cities. No matter if you have achieved mind like water or feel like you have water on the brain, all are welcome. Meet others in the area that are fans of GTD or just come hang out with us. It’s all going down at Honey Lounge, one of the hippest new venues in one of the coolest areas of Minneapolis.

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Take a GTD & Lotus Notes class

ConnectwebinarsFor those of you looking for the best ways to implement GTD with Lotus Notes®, join the next Webinar class on GTD Connect, our subscription-based online learning center.  It will be held February 4th at 12pm Pacific Time.  If you can’t make the live event, the replay will be posted to the GTD Connect Media Library (screenshot shows all of the replays currently available.)

GTD Connect is a great way to get practical & tactical coaching advice on implementing GTD.   Webinars are held about twice a month on a wide range of topics for GTD’ers.  If you’re not a GTD Connect member, check out the free trial (which will also allow you to take a Webinar class during your trial membership.)  If you decide to join beyond your trial, it’s only $48 a month and you can cancel anytime.  The free trial is a great way to see if GTD Connect is for you.  Trial members can access to the full site except for podcasts and downloads.

I’m a retired teacher who now has a tiny gem or a business called ‘Life in the Flow Lane.’  I read Getting Things Done a couple of years ago and implemented some things.  I am a GTD Connect newbie.  The Webinars are simply invaluable.  You have given me a much greater understanding of the whole GTD process.  For example, I really get that I need to have a list that attracts rather than repels me!  It seems obvious, but you show how to make that happen.  All the resources on Connect work well together.  I think the mix you have put together is simply outstanding. – Sharry Teague

David Allen presents for ASTD

ASTD is hosting a free Webinar with David Allen next Wednesday for its members.  Visit ASTD site to learn more.

David Allen at ASTD

A GTD Tweetup in Oslo

osloGTD enthusiast Frode Odegard is hosting a free GTD ‘Tweetup’ in Oslo, Norway next week.  You can also follow the event through live video stream.  Check it out.  Frode said he also plans to host a San Diego one as well this fall.

The GTD Weekly Review event

Thanks to all of you who joined the GTD “Tweekly” Review I did this morning. Hope you found value!  Let me know if you’d like me to do another one. If the pace was a bit too speedy for you, you can always go back and review the Tweets I sent.  Here are all 11 steps to the GTD Weekly Review, for your reference:

GET CLEAR

  • Collect loose papers and materials
  • Get “In” to zero
  • Empty your head

[Read more →]

Hop into the Twitter river tomorrow

In case you hadn’t heard, I will be hosting a free, guided GTD “Tweekly Review” through Twitter tomorrow.

What: It will be a working Twitter session. I’ll guide people through the 11-steps of the GTD Weekly Review through a series of Tweets. You’ll want to be in front of your system (at least calendar, lists, email, inboxes etc.) to take action based on the Tweets.

When: Thursday, Aug 13, 9am – 10am PDT (Los Angeles time–find your local time)

How: Follow @GTDSpecialEvent or just launch this web page during the event to follow the Tweets.

Who: Probably good to have at some basic understanding of GTD workflow model and at least a basic structure of GTD setup for yourself already.

Tracking Projects in Outlook

A Microsoft Outlook user recently asked one of our coaches:

After working with the GTD system for quite awhile, I find tracking next actions in Outlook to be pretty easy.  The harder part is tracking projects.  Where do you do that and how do you move from the 10,000 level (projects) to the runway (actions)?

Coach Wayne Pepper replied:

I keep my Projects list in Outlook Tasks.  I simply create a category in Tasks labeled “Projects”.  [Read more →]

The Strategic Value of Personal Productivity

David Allen is doing a webinar event next Wednesday, July 8th, hosted by Unbound Ideas.

In this 90-minute interactive webinar, David Allen will describe the strategies, tools and specific behaviors that dramatically upgrade individual and organizational productivity. In particular, he will focus on:

  1. The 5 stages of control and the 6 horizons of focus necessary for personal self-management
  2. How to get immediate control of “current reality”
  3. How to keep track of the total inventory of your commitments
  4. Why organizational issues are often personal process issues
  5. Why it’s so challenging to change the simplest habits
  6. How to continually self-consult to get back on your game

Register here.  David also does free events like this for GTD Connect members.  If you’re not a member, you can check out the two-week free trial, or join for by the month ($48) or year ($480).  If it’s not for you, canceling is easy. Really.