NCCE 2010 Session 7 - Overwhelmed at Work? Become an Organizational Wizard

Overwhelmed at Work? Become an Organizational Wizard

Alan Walker & Brenda Graham

Not much info so far but he is a good presenter, keeping our attention.

A step by step plan to get more done with less stress and resources.

Overwhelmed?

Not enough time?

Not enough resource?

Job too big?

CHANGE OR DIE

A lot of his ideas are based on Getting Things Done by David Allen. Also, Upgrade You Life by Gina Trapani (lifehacker)

Process to get things done

• Projects
  - break into achievable tasks
• Tasks
  - brain won't let go of it until you put the task in a TRUSTED SYSTEM (Outlook, Daytimer, etc.)
• Trusted Systems
  - Store,organize implement

So where to start . . .

• Determine project
  Mission/Vision/Goal/Outcome
  how much energy and drive needs to go into it
• Old Stuff Procedure
  systematically go through piece by piece.
  
• Have organizing "Stuff" ready
• Deal with EVERYTHING!
  put away
  file
  list it

Productivity Rules

• Don't just shuffle papers/stuff
  - systematic instead of random
• Prioritize
  - Do It
  - Delegate It
  - Defer it
• email
  - delete it
  - DEAL WITH IT

DIGITIZE WHEN POSSIBLE!!!

• scanner (copy to scan)
• find it digitally
• print to pdf

Money is a renewable resource . . . time is not.