GTD® Virtual Study Group

One of the key aspects of GTD is getting things out of your head. In this episode, you can learn more about how to use TheBrain's amazing prowess to do just that. Our guests were Harlan Hugh (CEO and Brain inventor) and Shelley Hayduk (Brain.com blogger). You can hear how to use tags to create contexts, thought types to categorize, link out to other files, and much more. Official GTD® Virtual Stud...

By request, we revisit mindmapping this week. In this episode, hear host & facilitator Tara Rodden Robinson give a guided tour to how she uses mindmaps to organize projects, brainstorm, stay on track, and much more. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

In this episode, hear special guest, Ken Case, CEO of OmniGroup the makers of OmniFocus. (You can learn more about Ken here: http://www.omnigroup.com/company/people/>) Ken introduced us to all the features of OmniFocus and answered burning questions from our listeners. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

In this episode, you can hear how we use someday/maybe to manage aspirations and goals. Get insights into the nature of "not-doing" from Augusto, as well as harness GTD to learn from your mistakes. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

David Allen calls it "captain and commander," a state of perspective and control nirvana that allows you to have mind like water. But how do you get there? In this episode, we talk about capture, weekly review, and the other GTD skills that are needed to get you in the upper-right quadrant. We also had a surprise special guest, Renzo Borgatti, who gave us the low-down on the Pomodoro Technique as...

Once wasn't enough! In this episode, we take on overload and overwhelm in a smackdown rematch. New perspectives on how overload can focus your efforts, dealing with crises, and keeping up when sheep happen (you gotta listen to get the joke). A dynamite conversation! Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

Drinking from the firehose? In this episode, the GTD Virtual Study Group takes on overwhelm versus overload in a GTD smackdown. Want to know how we cope with everything that we have coming at us? Listen in and find out. A couple of notes: The episode on social networking recorded on March 26 was lost to the technology gremlins. Both GarageBand and the backup recordings failed. The next meeting of...

Welcome to another great episode of the GTD Virtual Study Group! In today's discussion, you can hear how GTD has helped us stay in touch with our networks. Dan Stratton shares how maintaining your network may help you if you get laid off (timely advice!). We talked about what it takes to stay in touch and gave some thought to social media. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.c...

Welcome to another great episode of the GTD Virtual Study Group. In this episode, you'll hear Michael Deutch whose entire job consists of doing fun things with mindmapping. Michael is Mindjet's chief evangelist and is an avid GTD-er. He talked to us about how to enhance brainstorming, organizing projects, getting to higher horizons of focus and much more. Michael mentioned several links in the cou...

In this episode, you can learn how presenter Jim McCullen manages tasks as well as email using Outlook's inbox. If you'd like to have a copy of the accompanying PowerPoint, please request it via email to info@gtdvsg.com. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

David Allen's new book, Making It All Work, hit the stores in late December. In this episode, the group shares their thoughts on the book and what new insights they've gleaned from this latest addition to the GTD bookshelf. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

Looking forward to creating a great 2009? In this episode, you can learn how we celebrated our accomplishments of the past year and look forward to great things in the future. We talked about tools and tips and GTD ah-hahs that we'll use to make it all happen. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

Happy Holidays! In this special episode, we enjoyed David Allen as our guest. David gave us an update on the growth of GTD as well as answered lots of questions. The Study Group is off for the holidays and will be back in January with more discussions. We'll be talking about David's new book, how to stay on track with our New Year's aspirations, and lots more. I hope you'll join us. Official GTD®...

Lots of us keep someday/maybe lists but perhaps don't use those as effective tools. In this discussion, you can hear how some folks use someday/maybe to achieve goals and move next-actions forward faster. Our next meeting will be on Dec 11 when David Allen is scheduled to join us. Confirmed. Really. In the meantime, have a Happy Thanksgiving! Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvs...

In this episode, frequent contributer Augusto Pinaud shares the secrets of working in contexts. Learn how to fine tune your focus and get tons more accomplished from the contexts blackbelt! Our next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov 13. David Allen is scheduled to join us then! Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

Mind mapping can be a powerful tool to organize your thinking. Taking this process to a powerful new level, listen as group member Reed Shell takes us on a guided tour of his mind maps and his world. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

Frequent Study Group contributor, Doreen Hartzell, joins us to recap the recent Office 2.0 conference. You can hear a summary of the key points from David Allen's keynote, as well as Doreen's insights from her panel discussion. Doreen also shares a detailed, in the weeds view of her own system using Enleiten. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

We've been a going concern for an entire year! In this episode, we take a look back at what we accomplished and look ahead to topics for the next twelve months. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

Keeping all your projects going at once is a lot like plate spinning. To maintain any sort of momentum, there’s got to be some energy inputs by you or someone else. If you stop paying attention, the project wobbles and eventually grinds to a halt. In this episode, you’re sure to find something that will help you keep your own plates spinning smoothly with nary a wobble in sight. Official GTD® Virt...

My apologies for the delay in uploading this podcast! This is the June 12 meeting of the group. Sadly, the recording for the June 26 discussion of David Allen's In Conversation interview with Dean Acheson was lost. In this episode, listen as guest presenter, Matthew Cornell, talks about GTD and families. Many thanks to Matt for pitching in and huge thanks to guest facilitator, Doreen. Official GTD...

Travel can really disrupt your ability to be productive. So how do those road warriors get stuff done? Listen to this episode to hear the secrets of a real uber-road warrior. Phenomenal! Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

Those of us who are into GTD are often in the minority (if not alone entirely) in our homes, workplaces, and elsewhere. How do you cope with folks who don't, or won't, GTD? Listen to the discussion and suggestions for getting others on board, or coping when you can't. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

In this discussion, we talked about procrastination. Procrastination shows up in a variety of ways from resistance to projects we wish we hadn't taken on to following shiny objects to big-time overwhelm. We discussed ways to overcome and outwit procrastination using GTD tools, including Remember the Milk. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http://gtdvsg.com

My apologies for the confusion surrounding our meeting on April 10. The bridgeline was wonky and I've been slow in getting the podcast posted. Sorry! To those who persevered and attended, deepest thanks!!! We had a great discussion once all the dust settled. We revisited our weekly reviews from 3/31, then talked about waiting-for and context lists. Official GTD® Virtual Study Group website: http:/...

3/27/08 David Allen refers to it as the critical success factor. But lots of folks have allergies to doing their weekly review. Check out our discussion of what goes into developing a regular weekly review habit. The GTD Virtual Study Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, April 10 at 4 pm Eastern. Our topic will be a follow up on weekly revi...