PUBu 2008

Presented by David Allen Co.
Coach: Maurice Gavin

GTD productivity concepts, developed by David Allen, presented at PUBu in one-day workshop

GTD is the popular shorthand for “Getting Things Done” a work-life management system and book by David Allen that is recognized as the gold standard in personal management and productivity for many top leaders and companies. ECPA’s PUBu will feature a one-day seminar on “GTD: Mastering Workflow” on its second day of programming, November 4. “I know of many top executives that have used the GTD system and it has revolutionized their work habits and productivity,” says ECPA president Mark Kuyper. “We are excited to make this unique and proven system available to the publishing professionals in our industry at PUBu. I’m convinced that no one will leave it unchanged in their personal and work habits.” This one-day workshop would normally cost $595 alone, but it is included in your PUBu registration cost.

This one-day seminar delivers a dynamic, systematic, five-phase approach to dealing effectively with the incoming "stuff" of our lives - mail, memos, meetings, email, ideas, notes, to-dos, projects, reference materials, etc., and provides a practical methodology for utilizing paper-based and computer-based systems to organize it.

Our ability to focus effectively on the job and priorities at hand is too often handicapped by the non-stop flood of required, but not necessarily urgent, input, decisions and actions with which we must deal. Mastering Workflow teaches a simple, fundamental thought process which participants immediately apply to current work at hand, creating critical enhancements and seamless integration of their own unique personal management systems.

Upon completion, participants experience an increased sense of relaxed, focused control. Projects, action steps, and supportive information are clarified and organized in a streamlined, workable context. Key issues such as “personal vs. professional,” staff communications, email overwhelm, filing, reading material, and project support, are addressed.

Any and all types of paper-based and computer-based tools can be used, with emphasis on the customization of a practical, leakproof personal system for the individual. Participants gain much greater understanding of how to best coordinate the different types of tools available and maintain a continuously improving, flexible approach.