Category: Promotion
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Happy Thanksgiving
I want to extend my best wishes to all my readers celebrating Thanksgiving today. I am thankful for all of my blessings, including all of you. Your readership, clicks, comments, and ideas are much appreciated.
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Setting Up A Digital GTD System: Next Actions and Waiting For
This week, we are looking at how to use the GTD / Getting Things Done methodology inside a digital system. In this segment, we see how to integrate next actions and things you are waiting for.
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Managing Projects and Notes Digitally
In the second segment of our series on creating and using a digital productivity system, we look at how best to track projects and notes following the GTD/Getting Things Done methodology.
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Digital Productivity
The key advantage of a digital workplace lies in its transformative impact on productivity. This is the first in a series on how to adapt the GTD methodology to a digital environment.
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5 Tips To Maximize The Power of Your Calendar
Effectively managing your calendar is one of the most important elements of productivity. Here are 5 tips to maximize the power of your calendar.
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Improving Your Time Management Skills
Time management is the key to your productivity. Here are top 10 tips to improve your skills.
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Dealing With Workplace Distractions
You can’t be productive at work if you have to deal with a lot of distractions. As difficult as it may be, it is possible to eliminate them.
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Why Meetings Are (Usually) A Waste of Time
The truth is that 50% of people find meetings to be unproductive. But there are ways to make them better and more productive.
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Making Virtual Meetings More Productive
With more and more workers working remotely, the number of meetings conducted virtually has increased dramatically. But if not done well, they can waste a lot of time. Here is how to make them better.
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How To Effectively Faciltate A Meeting
The person who facilitates a meeting has the ability to make a meeting successful or a failure. Here are some tips to help you run your next meeting.
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There Are Only 3 Reasons To Schedule A Meeting
There are only three reasons why you should schedule a meeting with your colleagues at work.
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Declare A “No Meeting” Day
If you aren’t careful, your calendar can fill up quickly leaving you little time to get real work done. But if you struggle to carve out enough time to get your work done, there is a trick that will boost your productivity. It is to declare a no-meeting work day.
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Holiday Break
do the same. Please enjoy the previously posted blogs. Fresh content returns on Wednesday.
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What Do You Do When You Need Advice?
Some of the most successful people in business work with executive coaches. Why are they so popular and what do they do?
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Some of the Things I Keep In Evernote May Surprise You
Most people have gotten used to keeping meeting notes and other important files in Evernote because they are accessible on any device. Here are some of the things Dave Edwards keeps in Evernote, that might surprise you.
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Is Time Blocking A Good Idea?
If you follow online discussions there seems to be a debate over whether you are being true to the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology if you block off time on your calendar to work on specific projects. Let’s examine the controversy.
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When Its Time To Delete Stuff From Evernote
It’s easy to put things into Evernote, but what should you do when you’ve cluttered it with unneeded files and notebooks?
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What Should I Do Next?
You’ve got a long to do list. How should you decide what to do next? Here are 4 questions you should ask yourself based on the GTD, Getting Things Done methodology.
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Effectively Managing At Home Employees
Working at home is here to stay for many. But how do you manage remote workers effectively?
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Answering Your Productivity Questions
I’m collecting your questions on productivity in a digital environment for an upcoming free webinar. Please take a moment and fill out the form at www.tinyurl.com/ProductivityHelp
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Today, I Need YOUR Help
In a couple of weeks I want to share a free online seminar on using the strength of Evernote and the principles of Getting Things Done (GTD) to build a powerful productivity system. I also want to include any questions you have about digital productivity. This way I can answer your questions while teaching my…
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Happy New Year
I would like to send best wishes to you, my reader, for 2023. Let’s hope it is better, calmer, and healthier than the past 365 days.
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The Most Popular Blog Posts of 2022
The end of the year is always a good time to reflect on the past 52 weeks. This week, while I take a bit of a break, I wanted to share with you a list of the most popular posts of 2022 based on the number of views.
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Tips For Job Hunting In A Post Covid World
Covid has changed so much about how we work, and it has also altered how employers hire and how successful applicants find their ideal job. Employers are hiring, but you face increased competition if you are looking for a job. Here are some things you can do to be more successful
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I’m Back……
It’s always good to go on vacation and nice getting back into our normal routines. All of my regular content will resume tomorrow. But before I get the blog back to its regular schedule, I thought I’d preview some of the things I have coming up this fall.
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Evernote Features Dave Edwards With Back To School Tips
Many thanks to the folks at Evernote for featuring me in a recent blog post with my tips for using Evernote as a student.
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Dave Is On Vacation
I am on vacation. My posts, videos, and other content will resume on Tuesday, September 6th.
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How To Be A Better – And More Confident – Public Speaker
If you have a fear of public speaking you are hardly alone. For more than 20 years, Dave Edwards has taken the skills he has learned to make presentations easier and taught them to hundreds of people. He now wants to share those ideas with you.
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An Idea for Planning Summer Vacations
In a recent blog on efficiently planning your next summer vacation, Evernote.com used an idea of mine.
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Best Wishes for 2022!
As we begin this new year with the hope for a healthier time when we see prosperity instead of gloom, I would like to thank you for being a part of my professional life. Here’s a look back on 2021 and to the hope of 2022.
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Need Someone To Help You?
Do you sometimes feel like you’ve ran out of time and energy to work on all of the things you hoped to accomplish. Do you feel like you have no one to turn to when you want to discuss a difficult issue?
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Never Lose Track Of Your Notes and Obligations
When important decisions are made at meetings, they can easily be forgotten or misinterpreted unless you are taking notes. But the importance of notetaking really happens after the meeting when you are finished taking notes.
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End Unproductive Meetings
This week, we will look at some of the biggest time-wasters at work…..and how to deal with them.
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Take A Vacation For Your Own Well Being
If you haven’t already, there is still time to schedule your vacation this summer. It’s important. Here is my approach.
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Top 20 Research Tested Productivity Tips
We all seek to be more productive especially as our task list gets longer. I’ve been researching the best tested productivity methods and concepts.
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Simple Tips To Become A Better Manager
If you don’t have time to read leadership books, but still want to be a great manager, I have ideas for you.
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A New Year’s Message from Dave Edwards
Even though 2020 was not the kind of year any of us had expected, I am truly honored by the number of people who I have gotten to work with and coach. I am grateful for the wonderful comments I have received on my blog, book, online course, and videos.
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Things You Will Need To Know To Be a Public Media Manager
There is a great need for new managers in public media. Here are some things you will need to know.
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Managing The Crisis You Inherited
Sometimes new managers inherit a series of problems that have been left unsolved. That can be a challenge for experienced managers but especially challenging for those with limited experience.
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I Wasn’t Ready To Be A Manager….I Just Didn’t Tell Anyone
If someone put you in charge of your station today, would you know what to do? I sure didn’t when I got my first job as a general manager. Over 30 years, I made plenty of mistakes and enjoyed a fair amount of success. Here’s how you can avoid some of the mistakes I made.
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Pro Tip: Finding A Job During The Pandemic
Here’s a tip on how to be successful with your job hunt during the pandemic.
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Looking For A New Job?
Have you been thinking about looking for a new job? I know what it will take for your application to stand out from all the rest.
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How Can I Help You?
What would make you a better leader? Do you need help managing people, your time or even your boss? I would like to help you find solutions to your problems.
Dave Edwards Media 