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Kickstarting Volunteers: Getting stuff done with nothing
The first talk on at the Shopfront was mine. I
made a deliberate decision to go first for a number of reasons: Get it over with; I was ready; I wanted the rest of the day to listen to the other talks.
I chose to read the talk from the world lightest, thinest laptop - no cables required. In other words I read it from paper. Why? Well when everyone goes Hi-tech, I go Lo-tech. All I need is a bit of paper, some light. I don't even need an audience.
I made the short title up straight away to let everyone know an immediate application of the talk. Easy to understand and say.
I started by going down to the Shopfront, picked a spot in the light, marked out my standpoint - I tend to walk when I talk so placing 2 markers either side keeps me in 1 spot. Had a chat to a few people who came down first. Then talked.
I'd timed the talk over about 5 times in practice to make sure it was < 20 minutes. It was about 15 minutes in all.
The images you see here are by @dan who really did a great job transcribing my major points into pictures. I didn't realise he'd done this till lunchtime till I started taking shots upstairs. Thanks Dan.
I first read out some keywords on what the talk was about, some quick concepts then read the talk.
A quick intro to the fire is here www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/sets/72157615800278371/. Be aware this is a draft & I'll be posting later a linked & more polished version at seldomlogical and my wp site. For the purposes of the talk on the day I subtitled the talk Kick-starting Volunteers to not only make the title shorter but to put the talk in a bigger context. The ideas here can be applied to situations like Black Saturday but could just as easily be applied to Volunteers, even Startups. They all face the same types of problems.
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This is the rack with project back-up material and a few other categories, and a spread of project material showing its compact use.
There is more on organization tools on my website www.judyofthewoods.net
Deviders made from recycled manilla(1) and marbled card(2), paper is cut from standard letter paper with no waste, using old correspondence with blank back (3), no indexcard in sight. The clear pocket (4) is a business card wallet from a Rotomate for small scraps of notes. I blanked off the original holes with self adhesive paper and re-punched to fit my mini rack. The pencils (5) somehow crept into the photo.
There is more on organization tools on my website www.judyofthewoods.net
After going through the huge mess and trashing much of it, I was left with two main types of stuff: reference, and projects.
The reference went into files in a file cabinet, to be gone over again for Next Actions, Project Information, and Someday Projects.
The Projects themselves went onto a list, and I put each project in its own little pile.
This is my reference file at work. It's starting to be a really good resource for my job. I'm almost done re-filing all of the files from my predecessor. I file alphabetically and in reverse chronological order eg- BMES 2007 then BMES 2006.
I have a separate file drawer for supplies, where I file blank forms, handouts, etc. I make the distinction because they are not reference materials.
I have to use lateral hanging files for student records. I've been working on reducing the use of hanging files and using regular file folders inside of them, as recommended in Getting Things Done. So far I've reduced the required space for Minor student paperwork by 50% just by using this method.
Next I'm going to reverse the right-tab folders and relabel them so that they are all left faaccing. I started doing that at home and it's very cool.
This is the desk in my study (here's a pic of where I read in here). Gotta love the sanity that comes through GTD.
This is my first tickler file holder. I purchased it at the Museum of Useful Things in Harvard Square. I was reading GTD for the first time. Of course the #43 one was at the bottom of the window display. I explained to the employee why I wanted that one specifically. She was cool about it.
Since then I moved to another tickler because this one is too deep. But honestly, I'm probably not going to use a tickler anymore.
This is my first tickler file holder. I purchased it at the Museum of Useful Things in Harvard Square. I was reading GTD for the first time. Of course the #43 one was at the bottom of the window display. I explained to the employee why I wanted that one specifically. She was cool about it.
Since then I moved to another tickler because this one is too deep. But honestly, I'm probably not going to use a tickler anymore.
Making an A6 expanding file, inspired by the Moleskine.
There is more on organization tools on my website www.judyofthewoods.net
So after sorting through my "stuff" and dropping it into a box, I started to sort it. A quick trip to the store got me a label maker and enough folders to last me for years. I started at the top and made new labels as I discovered new categories. This is what I have after a half-hour of work.
"Getting Things Done" Wallpaper created by Stefanos Karagos of the Anabubula Blog, using MindManager and Photoshop.
A full rack with project back-up material.
There is more on organization tools on my website www.judyofthewoods.net
Kickstarting Volunteers: Getting stuff done with nothing
The first talk on at the Shopfront was mine. I
made a deliberate decision to go first for a number of reasons: Get it over with; I was ready; I wanted the rest of the day to listen to the other talks.
I chose to read the talk from the world lightest, thinest laptop - no cables required. In other words I read it from paper. Why? Well when everyone goes Hi-tech, I go Lo-tech. All I need is a bit of paper, some light. I don't even need an audience.
I made the short title up straight away to let everyone know an immediate application of the talk. Easy to understand and say.
I started by going down to the Shopfront, picked a spot in the light, marked out my standpoint - I tend to walk when I talk so placing 2 markers either side keeps me in 1 spot. Had a chat to a few people who came down first. Then talked.
I'd timed the talk over about 5 times in practice to make sure it was < 20 minutes. It was about 15 minutes in all.
The images you see here are by @dan who really did a great job transcribing my major points into pictures. I didn't realise he'd done this till lunchtime till I started taking shots upstairs. Thanks Dan.
I first read out some keywords on what the talk was about, some quick concepts then read the talk.
A quick intro to the fire is here www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/sets/72157615800278371/. Be aware this is a draft & I'll be posting later a linked & more polished version at seldomlogical and my wp site. For the purposes of the talk on the day I subtitled the talk Kick-starting Volunteers to not only make the title shorter but to put the talk in a bigger context. The ideas here can be applied to situations like Black Saturday but could just as easily be applied to Volunteers, even Startups. They all face the same types of problems.
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I already bought a 2007 planner/calendar identical to the one I used extensively in 2006, but yesterday I switched to a pocket-sized Moleskine diary 2007 (one day per page).
Silly me! ;)
After going through the huge mess and trashing much of it, I was left with two main types of stuff: reference, and projects.
The reference went into files in a file cabinet, to be gone over again for Next Actions, Project Information, and Someday Projects.
The Projects themselves went onto a list, and I put each project in its own little pile.
Stack of brand new Moleskines. In no particular order: diary 2007 (day per page), sketchbook, info book, squared notebook, plain notebook and ruled notebook.
Contacts, Stocks, Only2Clicks, FirstClass, Shazam, Yelp, NYTimes, PocketMoney, My Website, Facebook, AOL Radio, Shopping List, Files, WeDict, Pageonce, Mobile Fotos
Let's All Kill Constance / A Gun For Sale / Getting Things Done
Inspired by Nina Katchadourian's Sorted Books project - where a set of books drawn from a collection are arranged so that the titles can be read in a particular order.
There are a few from other folks scattered around Flickr, it might be interesting to set up a group pool.
Pocket Moleskine infobook (with GTD hack).
View of expandable inner pocket (close-up) which has now been dubbed my mobile inbox.
For more info, please read this entry on my GTD blog.
Overview of the six pocket Moleskines I just bought. From left to right, top to bottom: diary 2007 (day per page), sketchbook, info book, squared notebook, plain notebook and ruled notebook.
Pocket Moleskine infobook (with GTD hack).
View of expandable inner pocket which has now been dubbed my mobile inbox.
For more info, please read this entry on my GTD blog.
Buying a box of 500 coin envelopes seemed a bit excessive until I got this idea for organizing my lists of index cards. Previously I pinned each index card to the board individually. This saves me an awful lot of space and is easier to manage.
Several coin envelopes were harmed during the making.
Note is MUJI made. I write out to this note that come up with kaind of evrything...thing one want, message, todo, evening foot, meaning of English word...CD, DVD, movie, book, and joke .
it is BUNKOBON size , 105x148 mm, just about A6. It is important not too small too greatly.
I use HI-TECH-C of PILOT. Two or more colors of colors want.
I write to right page. I think on experience that it is the best.
Thumbnails from my personal productivity workshop. It's an interactive full day seminar that uses ideas from "Beyond Bullet Points" and "Telling Ain't Training".
Cables, CD's, DVD Player, what else could possibly fit in this thing. It's not even the largest one.
Pocket Moleskine infobook (before).
Original tabs read (from top to bottom): bed, food, people, sights and facilities. In the back you will find an expandable inner pocket.
For more info, please read this entry on my GTD blog.