We have three terrific public GTD webinars coming up in April. These webinars are 60-75 minutes long, and are held via GoToWebinar. Tuition is $49 per registration.
Click here to learn more about GTD webinars.
This excerpt is from an interview that Mike Williams, President and CEO of David Allen Company, did with Inc.
OWNER’S MANUAL | Jeff Haden Mar 5, 2013
Best Way to Start, Well, Anything
The road to success starts with asking–and answering–one simple question.
To be more productive and truly engage other people, always start with that one question: What does a wildly successful outcome for this meeting, this project, this sales call, etc. look like?
Don’t start anything until you know the answer.
Read the full article here.
You can get 20% off GTD productivity gear, including physical and digital products. The sale is on now in the David Allen Company online store.
One-minute video describing life with GTD.
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If you’re an account executive looking for a new job, or know someone who is, David Allen Company is hiring in three cities. More details and contact information below.
We have an immediate need for highly motivated, successful Account Executives in the Washington DC, Chicago and Dallas markets. Candidates must have 5+ years of successful professional services sales experience in the training and HR/OD arenas. Major job responsibilities include managing existing accounts and being proactive in managing new sales opportunities. Prospecting is a very big part of the job. This position exists primarily to create new demand for company products and services. Compensation is a blend of salary and commission. Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and their resume to jobapplicants@davidco.com.
David Allen has announced a partnership with SMCOV to expand the GTD productivity coaching internationally.
International Expansion
Productivity Expert and Author of Getting Things Done, David Allen Goes Global with SMCOV
David Allen, the pioneer of the modern productivity movement and the author of the seminal business book Getting Things Done, announced today a partnership with SMCOV that will help the David Allen Company bring his productivity coaching to an international audience. Founded by co-CEO’s Stephan Mardyks and David Covey, SMCOV is a leader in global training distribution.
Through the partnership, SMCOV will distribute Allen’s world-class Intellectual Property (IP) based on his international bestseller, Getting Things Done, to the global business community. GTD® is the product of 30 years of studying productivity, and training millions of people to achieve greater performance in their daily lives. Allen’s philosophies, which have been wildly popular among the business and technology industries in the U.S., give people the tools to help alleviate the feeling of overwhelm, instilling focus and clarity while providing for a system of stress-free productivity.
The full press release is posted here.
Ever feel like your email processing would be better if your coworkers just sent better emails? David Allen Company is offering a 30-minute Express webinar on this very topic. You’ll hear advice from one of their senior GTD coaches about the best practices for email communications with others—including when to use email, using To vs: Cc, writing effective subject lines, creating agreements about response times, and more. Get tips you can bring back to your teams for more productive email communication.
Tuesday, November 27th from 10am-10:30am. Open to all GTD Connect members. Not a member? Try a free, two-week guest pass, which makes you eligible to sign up for this webinar. Look for the registration link on the home page after after logging in.
For those of you who use OmniFocus, there’s a brand-new setup guide that describes how best to configure OmniFocus for GTD. The David Allen Company online store has letter and A4 sizes of the guide for sale as PDF downloads. You’ll find information here about the GTD & OmniFocus Setup Guide, as well as other guides. A free sample is also available for download.
You can get practical, targeted GTD training with webinars scheduled in September and October. Choose from these topics: Keys to Getting Things Done®, GTD® & Outlook®, and Guided GTD Weekly Review®.
Whether you are setting up your GTD system for the first time, or want to get better at working what you already have, these webinars are the way to go. You’ll get tips for improving your productivity right away in these lively, interactive, bite-sized chunks of GTD learning.
The overview is here, or you can learn more by clicking on the date below that works for you.
Keys to Getting Things Done
Friday, September 14, from 10:00am-11:00am Pacific Time
Thursday, October 18, from 10:00am-11:00am Pacific Time
GTD & Outlook
Friday, October 26, from 10:00am-11:00am Pacific Time
Guided GTD Weekly Review
Friday, September 28, from 10:00am-11:00am Pacific Time
Check out this free podcast from David Allen. In just over two minutes, he gives practical tips for getting started with GTD. It’s available for download now on the David Allen Company podcast page.
