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GTD & the Cloud

Whenever I’m on a plane and we fly through a cloud, I can’t help but think “Oh man, I hope this isn’t the one that has all my data in it…” Tony_D on Twitter.

Eric Mack recently interviewed David Allen on his use of Lotus Notes, eProductivity and cloud computing.  Hear what David thinks of working in the cloud and where he’d love to see things go…

For more of these videos, stay tuned to the Notes on Productivity blog.  We’ll also post some of them here too.

Put your office on the same path with GTD

workflowmap10Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your co-workers?  Out of ideas on what to get the boss who has everything?  Still hoping your co-workers would just “get” GTD and make your life easier?  Buy them the new GTD Workflow Map!  We have a new “office bundle” that includes one large Workflow poster, one small poster, coaching DVD + 10 additional folded-desk size mapsLearn more.


Save some bucks on postage

foldedmapThe new GTD Workflow Map + DVD now also comes in a folded version, which is packaged in a flat-rate envelope, which makes international shipping much more economical.  You can also still get the rolled version, that ships in a tube, if you prefer that.

What’s different about this map versus the diagram that’s in the GTD book?

The diagram in the book (page 120) only includes Collect, Process and Organize phases. This new one also includes Review, Horizons of Focus, 3-Fold Nature of Work and Criteria for Choosing.  It’s a very cool map describing how all parts of GTD intersect and work together.

Can I still use the one in the book? [Read more →]

A ton of FREE GTD Resources

Here is a list of all of the FREE GTD resources offered by the David Allen Company:

  • GTD Times – This is the the official blog for David Allen, GTD & the Coaches.  Loads of helpful advice, tips, tricks & strategies for implementing GTD.
  • Podcasts - Includes the GTD best practices series with David & his team.
  • Coach’s Corner - Dozens of free articles from the Coaches, from GTD philosophy to tactical tips and tricks. [Read more →]

Coaching videos for GTD Outlook Add-In users

addinvidsMeg Edwards, one of our senior coaches, created some fantastic coaching videos with the team at Netcentrics–makers of the Getting Things Done Outlook Add-In.  If you use this tool, you’ll find these to be a great series for learning to get the most out of this tool for your GTD system.  Even if you don’t use this tool, there is gold to be mined in Meg talking about the best practices of using Outlook.

Watch now

(GTD Connect members can watch these inside the Connect Media Library)

GTD for the adventurous

Think GTD only works if you sit in a cubicle?  Think again…

A takeaway from a GTD class

Carley, a life coach and mom, recently attended a public GTD class and was so inspired about a tip she learned, that she created a little video to share with other GTD’ers.  Enjoy!

Hot Off the Press: David Allen Launches New GTD Channel on YouTube

gtd_yt_channel.jpgI’ve got some big news for GTD enthusiasts and followers of David Allen’s Getting Things Done systematic approach to personal productivity.  David in conjunction with the David Allen Company have just launched a new YouTube Channel dedicated to Getting Things Done. This new YouTube Channel is a compilation of those videos that David or his staff feel are especially useful for helping people to put David’s GTD methodology into practice.

If you’re a regular YouTube viewer you may have seen some of these before but in any case this new channel consolidates these useful videos into one location making them easier to find and more accessible to the community.  Be sure to subscribe so that you get notifications as new videos are added and, if you’ve made any GTD videos of your own, be sure to let them know so that those too can be made a part of this new resource.