Emily's Biz Talk posts

Free GTD Resources Online

The folks at GTD Times (the official David Allen Company blog) recently posted a directory of free online GTD resources, including articles, podcasts, and the like.

Check out the list here: http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/10/23/a-ton-of-free-gtd-resources/.

All of these resources are stuff that David Allen and company have created, but there's a bunch of other GTD-related material out there from people outside DavidCo. If you have a favorite GTD resource not included in the GTD Times list, please share it here.

Thanks! Emily

GTD "Tweekly" Review

GTD coach Kelly Forester has come up with an interesting idea: a collective Weekly Review facilitated by posts on Twitter. She's calling this a "Tweekly" Review, and the first one is scheduled for next Thursday, May 28.

Read the genesis of Kelly's idea and an overview of how it's going to work here: http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/05/15/join-the-worldwide-gtd-weekly-review/.

If you're interested in joining, follow Kelly on Twitter; she's @GTDCoachKelly.

I'll be on vacation next Thursday so I probably won't take part in the worldwide weekly review, but I'm very curious to hear how it goes. If you participate, please post your experiences and impressions hear afterward.

Best, Emily

Free GTD-related articles

Hi everyone,

On the David Allen Company website, you can download a bunch of articles on various aspects of Getting Things Done (systems, implementation, roadblocks, best practices, and so on) totally free. Here's the main articles page: https://secure.davidco.com/store/catalog/Free-Articles-p-1-c-254.php.

I especially like the Advanced Workflow Diagram, which is based on the diagram used in "Getting Things Done" but is much more detailed (and, in my opinion, MUCH easier to follow) than the original. It's here: https://secure.davidco.com/store/catalog/WorkFlow-Diagram-Advanced-p-16193.php.

Enjoy!

-Emily

GTD Connect

I've been using a free trial of GTD Connect (https://secure.davidco.com/connect/), David Allen's subscription service, for the past few weeks, and have been pretty intrigued by it. The service includes access to a huge array of articles, whitepapers, videos, teleseminars, audio recordings, interviews, and on and on, all somehow related to the GTD methodology and concepts.

I'm now nearing the end of my trial and am contemplating whether to sign on for an actual subscription. Have any of you used GTD Connect? Have you found it worthwhile? I'd love to hear your feedback and experiences.

-Emily

Your experience with GTD

Welcome to the GTD group! I hope this will be a place where anyone interested in Getting Things Done can share ideas and experiences, ask questions, and get support in actually putting this methodology to work (which is not always as easy as it seems).

To kick things off, I'm curious to get a sense of people's range of experience with GTD. Do you use David Allen's method? If so, are you new to it, or has it been a habit for a while? Do you go whole-hog on the system or just choose bits and pieces that work for you? Is there anything about GTD you particularly like or dislike?

I first read "Getting Things Done" a few years ago and found the concept interesting but the book a bit hard to get through. I've used some of the techniques in my own life and in my work with clients, but I've never really been fully on board.

After attending the GTD Summit in San Francisco last week, though, I'm inspired to really give it a go. I've been re-reading "GTD" and have started doing the collection and processing pieces. Next up is actually starting to organize and work on the many, many actions I've collected.

I look forward to hearing about your experiences.

-Emily

Outstanding in the field (and not out standing in the field)

Hello!

My name is Emily, and I'm the owner of The Organized Life, a Professional Organizing firm based in San Francisco.

My passion is working with small business owners and solo practitioners to help them overcome organizing obstacles so they can be more efficient, more competitive, and more successful. Now more than ever, it's critical for all of us as small business owners to be outstanding in our respective fields so that we don't succumb to the economic downturn; that's a hard thing to achieve when disorganization gets in the way.

I believe organization goes far beyond how things look. Much more important are how things function and whether your spaces, stuff, and systems truly set you up for success.

I look forward to participating in the Biznik community and, I hope, to connecting with many of the other entrepreneurs here, in SF and beyond.

From my bad indie self to yours, Emily

www.organizedlife.org