If you were one of the folks we heard from who wished to attend the GTD Global Summit but simply couldn’t get away for both days this should be some welcome news. In response to a surprising number of requests that we make passes available for each of the two days of the Summit, the …
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Editor’s Note: Over the next two weeks we’ll be providing some advanced coverage of the GTD Global Summit so that you can get some idea of what to expect (and what those of you foolish enough to miss this event will be missing) as well as whom to expect it from. Following a brief bio …
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Fokke Kooistra, author of the popular “Productivity 101” blog as well as a former contributor to GTDtimes recently attended one of David’s new “Making it All Work” seminars recently. Below is an excerpt of his thoughts on this experience. To read his full review, please visit Fokke’s site directly at right here. was visiting the …
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A Community Contribution by Arif & Ali Vakil I love GTD Connect. And within Connect, my favorite bit is the David Allen Teleseminars. In my early GTD days I would gets heaps of coaching and guidance from every single minute of the teleseminar. However recently it’s more of the stray comment that David mentions which …
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A new study conducted jointly by Harris Interactive and Xerox indicate that reducing information overload can yield better use of time – particularly for those working in government positions. This in turn is associated with the possibility that additional cost savings can be realized as a result. David Allen has long been aware of this …
Robert Scoble, the well known blogger and ultra popular twitterer (Is that a word? This new lexicon is getting weirderer all the time ;-) just had a full day of Workflow Coaching from David Allen Company. Robert was very impressed and had nothing but good things to say about the experience and the fact that …
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According to executives at the David Allen Company, MP3’s of some of David’s most popular recordings are one of the most oft-requested items but unavailable items in the GTD Stuff line-up. No more! iamplify a company with the world’s largest selection of downloadable audios and videos has partnered with the David Allen Company to put …
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If you’re a David Allen fan then this is news you probably want to hear. David, the man behind GTD has finally leaped with both feet fully into the Web2.0 World by signing up for Twitter. So if you are interested in what David has to say – or as Twitter says – “what David …
According to the results of a recent survey that appeared in USA Today on Dec. 29, 2008, productivity has become one of the top challenges for executives. The survey was conducted by Robert Half Management Resources. If the survey is to be believed — and there’s no reason why it should not — then there’s …
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Editor’s Note: Here’s a post from new contributor Erik Hanberg. When he wrote me about this and said that he was going on his honeymoon with no more advance planning then the tickets home I thought to myself poor man – he’s going to come home a divorcee… Apparently he chose more wisely that I …
Personal productivity is low. Room for productivity improvement in the average employee is high; on a scale of 1-10 the average score is 4.8. Use of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology shows a mimimum of 20% improvement in personal productivity and effectiveness. This was shown in a recent Productivity Scan research conducted by Life Architect http://www.life-architect.eu/ and set up in collaboration with the David Allen Company http://www.davidco.com/.
The David Allen Company and MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV) have just announced their partnership to produce a full array of products based upon the productivity strategies outlined in David Allen’s best-selling book, “Getting Things Done”. Well known for their incredibly successful “At A Glance” products, Meade is introducing a number of items including note-taker wallets, …
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From his recent book signing, here’s David and friends in Seattle
Michael Sampson, the collaboration expert and author of Seamless Teamwork: Using Microsoft® SharePoint® Technologies to Collaborate, Innovate, and Drive Business in New Ways (BP-Other)(which will be reviewed here soon) spent some time talking with David recently about Lotus Notes. Mainly they discussed how he and the company use Lotus Notes and how Notes supports GTD. …
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Dave Patrick from the David Allen Company just forwarded this link to my attention. Seems that they recorded David’s book signing interview over in Philadelphia the other night. Here’s the link so you can check it out for yourself.
A Community Contribution by Venkatesh Rao If you are into GTD, your desk/main workspace is probably a constant source of intellectual stimulation for you. Do you think your workspace manifests and models the future of work? If so, take a quick picture and tweet it to @cloudworker on twitter (run by the folks at cloudworker.org). …
Venkatesh Rao is a quintessential GTD’er. Seven years in the trenches and he’s probably forgotten more about GTD than most people every learn. He’s also one of those individuals gifted with the intellect and the energy to manage a level of productivity that few people even aspire to, let alone achieve. In a mammoth post …
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If reading his book is not enough and you’d like to meet David in person and even get your copy of one of his books personally autographed, your opportunity is at hand. David’s press tour for his new book starts tomorrow, January 6th in Pasadena, California. Here’s the current schedule of dates, times and locations …
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TheSimpleDollar is a website devoted to straightforward talk about personal finance. The author, Trent Hamm, is clearly a David Allen fan (he considers David’s first book, “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” to be one of the ten books that changed his life) and he states up front that he is very excited …
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You’ve heard about it, you’ve read preliminary reviews for it, and now, finally, after months of waiting, you can own it yourself:David Allen’s new book, “Making it All Work; Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life”, has gone on sale at book stores everywhere. You can get your copy by clicking …
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