The GTD® Virtual Study Group
GTD® VSG
Welcome to the GTD® Virtual Study Group! This is a twice-monthly live call that focuses in on productivity and Getting Things Done. We are a supportive global community dedicated to inspiring and empowering personal growth.
We focus on general principles of productivity, how to become more successful in life, and the Getting Things Done®* task management methodology.
Join our live calls on the second and fourth Thursdays every month at 4:00pm Eastern! Simply dial 1-857-216-6700, Pin 559525!
*This podcast is not affiliated with, approved or endorsed by David Allen or the David Allen Company, which is the creator of the Getting Things Done® system for personal productivity. GTD® and Getting Things Done® are registered trademarks of the David Allen Company. For more information on the David Allen Company’s products the user may visit their website at http://www.gettingthingsdone.com.
We focus on general principles of productivity, how to become more successful in life, and the Getting Things Done®* task management methodology.
Join our live calls on the second and fourth Thursdays every month at 4:00pm Eastern! Simply dial 1-857-216-6700, Pin 559525!
*This podcast is not affiliated with, approved or endorsed by David Allen or the David Allen Company, which is the creator of the Getting Things Done® system for personal productivity. GTD® and Getting Things Done® are registered trademarks of the David Allen Company. For more information on the David Allen Company’s products the user may visit their website at http://www.gettingthingsdone.com.
Episodes
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Jan 27, 2012 • 53min
080: GTD and Kids
Got kids? Know someone who teaches school or interacts with young folks? Listen into our conversation about how to help kids learn GTD for school and life. From the very small to college age, everybody can learn methods to help them get important things, like growing up, done.
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Jan 14, 2012 • 57min
079: New Year, New Toys
Happy New Year! As 2012 is getting underway, you may be playing with new toys that came your way over the holiday season. How do you make the most of that new iPad? Got a new smart phone? A Kindle? Some other gadget or goodie? In this call, we share the joy and talk about how to integrate new gadgets and tools into your GTD practice.
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Dec 23, 2011 • 52min
078: End of the Year Celebration and Review
As the year comes to a close, it’s time to gather and celebrate what we accomplished in 2011! We recap what we learned and our ah-hahs as well as talk about what to take forward in the New Year.
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Dec 18, 2011 • 48min
077: GTD and Corporate Life
Locked down, firewalled, hemmed in my “their” software? Yep, corporate life can really hamper your ability to create one system and practice GTD smoothly across all your areas of focus. In this session, we talk about how to make your practice flow across the barriers that come between you and blackbelt productivity.
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Nov 10, 2011 • 59min
076: Holiday Planning
It’s almost that time of year! The holiday crunch is on the way. Gift buying, travel, end of year projects, and parties. In this session, the Virtual Study Group explores all what it takes to get you through the holidays with joy to spare.
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Oct 27, 2011 • 59min
075: Back to Basics: Weekly Review Revisited
The Weekly Review. It's one of the big sticking points for lots of folks-and it's been a long time since we dedicated an episode to this important topic (like May 2010). Join us for lots of valuable advice from two of our Weekly Review champions: Barb and Ray.
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Oct 13, 2011 • 54min
074: Back to Basics: Getting Started and Setting Up
Remember Chapter 4 in Getting Things Done? That's where David Allen describes the initial set up process and the tools you need to gather. Whether you're a GTD old timer or a newbie, you'll enjoy this call. We talk about what our first set ups were like, how long it took us to really become fluent in GTD, and much more.
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Sep 24, 2011 • 58min
073: Using Evernote to Create a Trusted System with Special Guest, Daniel Gold
Tara returns as your host and welcomed Daniel Gold as our guest presenter. Daniel is an lawyer, productivity and gadget geek, and now, author of a brand new eBook on Evernote! He shared his system and considerable expertise with us-you're sure to learn something new about Evernote and practicing GTD from this episode.
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Sep 7, 2011 • 51min
072: Back to Basics: Five Phases of Project Planning
Our topic this week was Back to Basics: Five phases of project planning. This is Chapter 3 of Getting Things Done, for those of you scoring at home. Tara was on the road and Augusto kindly agreed to host.
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Aug 12, 2011 • 54min
071: Back to Basics: Reviewing the The Five Phases of Workflow
We've had a bunch of requests for discussions and reviews of Collect, Process, Organize, Review, Do and this seems like a great opportunity to do some Back to Basics sessions, following (more or less) the table of contents of Getting Things Done. (For those of you scoring at home, this would be Chapter 2.) Hope you can join us for this refresher course!
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