One of the things I’ve discovered over the years is the “flow” of my notes is as important as the content. What do I mean by flow? Let’s dig into this. There’s normally two times I’m actively taking notes: when … Continue reading Do your notes flow?
LinkedIn, the social networking service for the working world, is today taking the wraps off its latest effort to provide its users with better tools for presenting their professional selves, and to make the process of recruitment on the platform more effective. It will now offer a new feature called Skills Assessments: short, multiple-choice tests […] Source: LinkedIn launches skills assessments, tests that let you beef up your credentials for job hunting | TechCrunch Will you be using the tests on LinkedIn to share your skills? Let me know in the comments below. Continue reading LinkedIn launches skills assessments, tests that let you beef up your credentials for job hunting | TechCrunch
I use IFTTT (If This Then That) to keep an eye on any package shipment notifications from Amazon and let me know when their status changes. The process of setup is fairly easy Read more… Continue reading Tracking your packages using IFTTT | Productive Professionals
As we go through our days trying to be as productive as possible, how do we know when we’ve accomplished that goal? What tells us we’ve been successful in reaching the targets we’ve set for us, or better yet identifies when we’ve missed those targets? One of the methods I’ve been exploring more lately is the idea of Active Tracking when it comes to time and completion of tasks.
If you’re using OneNote Online and have created links in your notebook to other pages in your notebook you will have a problem if you decide to move those pages. OneNote Online will not dynamically update links to OneNote pages … Continue reading OneNote Online breaks page links when moving pages
With two teenagers at home managing active schedules can be a huge challenge for anyone. I’ve turned to Todoist and a custom designed filter to keep track of what needs to be done by and for whom within the next … Continue reading Tracking your kids busy life using Todoist
I use Todoist for tracking all my tasks and things to remember especially when I am likely to need a reminder to get something done. One of the features I have begun using more frequently is the location based reminder. … Continue reading Being Productive with Todoist Location Reminders
More than just a timepiece I’ve been an avid wearable tech fan for a long time now. More than a year ago I added an Android Wear smartwatch to my arsenal. With the pending release of Android Wear 2.0 and … Continue reading How a smartwatch made me more productive
Microsoft is rolling out SharePoint Sites as part of their Groups offering in Office 365 beginning this month. The premise is when a Microsoft Group is set up, not only will the group get common notebooks and a Yammer site, … Continue reading Office 365 Groups get SharePoint Sites
When managing tasks for yourself or especially for others, there are three questions you need to answer for each task. These questions make sure you have the minimum amount of information needed to successfully complete the task. These questions are: … Continue reading Task management success comes from three questions
The idea of reducing stress through forgetting things seems to be an oxymoron, right? You would think the majority of stress is caused by things you have forgotten to take care of, so forgetting them intentionally would just be asking … Continue reading How to Reduce Stress by Forgetting Things
Every Wednesday at 8:00pm EDT, a great guy by the name of Ray Sidney-Smith hosts a chat on Twitter under the hash tag #prodchat. The topics vary from week to week and this week the topic was one suggested by … Continue reading OneNote Question and Answer from #prodchat
As part of moving my writing workflow to OneNote I needed to ideate a solution around creation of new draft articles in a consistent and efficient manner. In plain English…I needed a template. Templatizing work in OneNote using the desktop … Continue reading OneNote Writing Template
Beginning in January 2017, The Idea Pump site is going to focus on content and posts specifically around the consultancy and it’s operation. Other articles from The Idea Pump around technology, business process, and strategy will be posted over at Medium and then provided on the home page as part of the RSS Feed. Please add the feed from Medium to your feed reader by using the URL: http://www.medium.com/feed/the-idea-pump Or by following the publication at Medium, The Idea Pump. Thanks for following and here’s looking forward to a productive 2017! Continue reading A new focus in the new year
In most information based businesses there is a need to write proposals when securing opportunities for your organization. Without proposals there is no easy way to get your client and yourself on the same page when it comes to what … Continue reading Writing proposals using OneNote
In the latest episode of Being Productive, I do a brief overview of Microsoft’s note management tool, OneNote. If you’re not familiar with OneNote or haven’t heard of it before this is the episode for you. Continue reading Episode 2 – OneNote to Rule Them All
This episode of Being Productive is about gamification of task management and how a little positive reinforcement can go a long way. The tool covered this time…Todoist. Continue reading Episode 1 – Achievement Unlocked
Are you being naughty or nice? At some point in our recent history it became acceptable to take whatever possible perceived slight and propel it to a public tirade against all things we don’t agree with. Whether it’s red coffee … Continue reading Holiday Shopping in the Age of Outrage
There’s a struggle point for many analog users (pen and paper people to the non-stationery geeks) when it comes to finding a balance between using their paper based system and their smartphones. What should go where? Deciding what information is … Continue reading Using a Journal AND a Smartphone to be productive
It’s that time of year where holidays come into our schedules and time off looms as the double edged sword of relaxation and stress. Do you have a process for making your time off more relaxed and still being productive when you get back to work? Here’s three easy steps to take before you leave for a holiday. 1. Fill your first day back. Make sure you plan out your first day back before you leave for the holiday. The worst thing for you coming off vacation euphoria is spending the morning trying to figure out what you need to … Continue reading Three ways to reduce stress and get back to work after a holiday
