If you’re a GTD’er (or want to become one) and you happen to live overseas, your opportunity to learn from the master has just come much closer to home.  Nathaniel Stott, a contributor to GTDtimes has reported that he and his associates at Life Architect have been working on the details for months and now, finally, they are ready to release the information.

From Nathaniel:

“Life Architect is about helping people get more done. Achieving more with less stress. More time for fun! And the things we love to do in life. With this in mind we (started the company) invited David Allen to Holland and Germany to present his GTD Roadmap seminars on 17th and 19th February 2009. We are jointly organising these events with the David Allen Company. Its about getting your blueprint to a new life. Getting things done is the foundation on which Life Architect intends to continue building.”

This is less than a month before the GTD Global Summit in San Francisco so a lucky group of people might have the chance to use the Roadmap in Europe as a tune-up and then could follow David back across the Atlantic to join us for the grand-daddy of all GTD events on March 11th through the 13th of 2009.

GTDtimes would like to congratulate Nathaniel on his big news and wish him much success with Life Architect which is going live today.  Be sure to check it out.

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Don’t forget that tomorrow and Friday we’ve got the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.  David Allen, the creator of GTD will be opening the conference in a joint keynote interview with conference founder and staunch GTD proponent Ismael Ghalimi.  In case you missed this, it is already available online via event sponsor Veodia.  Just check out the links below for resources that will allow you to see all the action at the Office 2.0 conference in real time.

The next GTD related event will be the GTD Applications Panel Discussion at 1:30 This afternoon.  I (Oliver) will be moderating the discussion.  Panelists include David Allen, Doreen Hartzell of Enleiten, Neil Mendelson of Mindjet and Kevin Merrit of blist .

To view David Allen and Ismael Ghalimi during the keynote please click here.  For the GTD Applications Panel this link will get you to the page with the Veodia video.

Online Attendees

Anyone can participate in the Office 2.0 Conference 2008 online using the following resources:

• Tag: o208
• Google Apps Account:  http://www.google.com/a/office20.com/

• Office 2.0 Blog Feed:  feeds.feedburner.com/office20
• Clearspace Feed: feeds.feedburner.com/o208
• Twitter Feed: twitter.com/o208
• Video Broadcast: Veodia

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If you’re one of the people that wouldn’t miss the GTD Global Summit for anything than you probably aren’t too concerned with hearing about the recent updates to the GTD Global Summit website.  However, if this is something that you haven’t yet reached a conclusion on one way or another you might want to click on over to the site once more to take a look at the schedule and the different educational tracks that are going  to be included.   I have to say it looks like it is going to be an amazing event and I can’t wait to participate as well as blog it for those of you that can’t be there.

In addition to information about the schedule, there is also material that has been posted regarding exhibiting, sponsorship opportunities and more.  If you want to go but haven’t yet made up your mind be careful about waiting too long.  The number of spaces is a fairly limited and you don’t want to wait too long only to discover that you’ve missed your chance and are now on a waiting list instead of happily registered.

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The GTD Community seems to be buzzing quite a bit about the GTD Global Summit.  I can relate - I’ve been excited about the forthcoming event from back when my dear friend Marc Orchant first started talking about it last fall.  While it’s a little bit bittersweet to see it coming to fruition without having Marc be a part of things, it is nevertheless exciting and from my perspective contributing to the success of the event is one way I can pay homage to my departed friend.

Since I’ve been involved in various aspects of the Summit for a while now I wanted to mention a few things and also ask some questions of GTDtimes readers.  Here goes:

For the Media:

First, if you are accredited press and you want to attend the GTD Global Summit as a member of the media I strongly suggest that you get your ducks lined up and get an early start on applying for a credential.  Free slots for members of the media are going to be fairly limited due to the pretty restricted number of conference particpants and also due to the size of the venue.  If you are not a legitimate media professional - and by that I mean someone that earns all or most of their living producing written materials for regularly published and highly regarded publications or whom produces video or audio material that is widely circulated via the Internet or network television then please refrain from applying for a press credential.

As a member of the working press myself I can tell you that it is becoming more and more competitive to get press credentials to the major events each year and it is a real injustice when people that write recreationally but don’t earn their living writing manage to get press passes for high demand events at the expense of someone that really needs to be at the event in order to fulfill his or her own publication’s need to cover the event.

It adds insult to injury when people attending an event on a media credential don’t even provide legitmate coverage of the event.  Not only are you taking the opportunity to attend away from someone that really needed to be there, but you are also taking advantage of the event promoter.  Keep in mind that the reason promoters give out media credentials is for the exposure that this nets. It’s this trade-off that makes the system work so as a favor to all the journalists out there that work through the night so that you’ve got interesting content to read in the morning, only apply if you’re a pro and only then if you’re really going to cover the event as a working journalist.

That said, the best way to get a media credential for the GTD Global Summit will be to monitor the site as well as to continue checking here.  As soon as the page goes up that has a questionnaire for folks that want a press pass I’ll be making an announcement here.  Filling out this questionnaire completely and doing so sooner rather than later is your surest way to get yourself in the door as press.

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GTDtimes is pleased to be the first site anywhere in the world to announce news of a major event in the world of GTD…

For the first time anywhere  five hundred of the most intelligent, inspired and productive people on the planet will gather in San Francisco, California to learn, share, explore, inspire and most importantly to Get Things Done…

The Getting Things Done Global Summit!

Headlined by the inimitable David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress Free Productivity” this first GTD Global Summit, taking place on March 11th to the 13th, 2009,  promises to be a truly once-in-a-lifetime event.

Not only will attendees get the chance to  learn the latest on GTD by the man that created the strategy, David will also be sharing new material from his forthcoming book “Making it All Work: Winning at the Game of Business and Business of Life“.

Complimenting David will be a cadre of some of the most accomplished and effective people in the world:

• CEOs that have have had the insight and vision to implement a GTD culture throughout their organizations yielding extraordinary results

• Coaches who will share how implementing a GTD strategy has had profound benefits for their clients from world class athletes to struggling students

• David’s Senior GTD Facilitators who will lead hands on sessions to share their real-world techniques to help you implement GTD for yourself and your organization and maximize the success you will achieve as a result.

• Surprise guests that will inspire, awe and excite you with their stories of how they managed to achieve success, in some cases against unimagineable adversity and odds that would have been dramatically improved had they only been one in a million.

If  other conferences are about ideas and inspiration, the GTD Global Summit is about action and implementation.  No other event will have this level of practical, how to information to help you further refine your personal GTD strategy, troubleshoot your own implementation, or introduce you to new tools and techniques to take even the most advanced GTD Blackbelt to a whole new level.

In addition, demonstration areas will be reserved for attendees to check out the latest in high tech gadgetry- a veritable “geek’s paradise” of software, hardware, and accessories will be available for you to discover, test, and compare; from tried and true products you may have seen to the latest whiz-bang prototypes that you may not have even heard of, let alone seen or touched.

Of course one of the greatest benefits to attending the GTD Global Summit will be the opportunity to meet and network with five-hundred other GTD practitioners all in one place.  If you’re a GTD’er you already know that people that use GTD to help them stay on top of things are consistently among the most intelligent, informed and productive people on the planet.  Here’s your chance to make new friends, develop new professional relationships and capitalize on the energy and collective intelligence that only a group such as this can generate.   If you’ve attended special events in the past, you know that half the value lies in the people you meet and the friendships you establish.  Now take that prior experience and multiply it by 500 and imagine the possibilities.

The GTD Global Summit is scheduled to take place from the 11th to the 13th of March, 2009 at the unparalleled new Hotel Intercontinental in San Francisco, California.  Only five-hundred fortunate individuals will have the chance to attend this life-changing event.  Reservations can be made at the official GTD Global Summit Website.

Further news about the GTD Global Summit will be made available here as soon as we receive it.  The link to the conference website above is now live so be sure to make your reservation before it’s too late!

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