Proposed Session:
Session Title: Are you “Getting Things Done”? How to kick ass and take names at work and in life.
Description: Fact: You will always have more to do that you have time for.
Reality: If you’ve ever said to yourself, “As soon as I get this project done, I’ll be able to catch my breath” or “Things will calm down right after XYZ”, you’re fooling yourself. You’ve got to have a way to manage the 1.5 million things that you have to do (or in my case, I have 165 items in my “Next Actions” folder).
Most of us have heard of David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done”, but have YOU effectively implemented GTD into your life? I’m been working hardcore for the past year to get all my “stuff” organized so that I can embrace the words of the subtitle of GTD, “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”. Join me in this GTD workshop where I will share how I have implemented GTD in my life and others will share productivity and organizational tips and tricks that work for them.
We will explore:
1. “Mind Like Water”
2. Managing internal commitments
3. The 5 basic steps: Collect, Process, Organize, Review, Do
4. Capture tools
5. Tickler files
6. Projects
7. Calendars
8. The Next Actions List
9. The Weekly Review
10. Making action choices
11. Different types of work
12. Inbox Zero
13. The Natural Planning Model
14. What is done?
15. What is the next action?
16. Brainstorming
17. Workspaces
18. Dating (not the cool kind)
19. Unitasking
20. The 2 Minute Rule
21. “Waiting For”
22. “Someday Maybe”
23. Categories including @Calls, @Computer, @Errands, @Office, @Home, @Agendas, @Read/Review
24. Checklists
25. Why going to the pool and catching some rays might be the best idea for Thursday at 2pm as opposed to tackling that next action at the office
Leader(s): Brantley Beaird
Brantley Beaird is just a 25 year old die-hard entrepreneur with pie-in-the-sky aspirations of changing the world. You should probably come to this event because he is a dynamic presenter and very passionate about organizing, personal productivity, and GTD. By no means do I claim to be a “black belt” GTDer, nor should you expect miracles, but I do work my tail off every day and think I’ve done a decent job at implementing some of this stuff and would love to share some insights as well as hear from other folks.
The resume:
1. BS Biomedical Engineering ’06 Georgia Tech
2. MBA ’11 Georgia Tech
3. Founder of Knowcleus Education, a tutoring and educational services company which he uses to pay the bills while in grad school
