Productivity and Organizing - Resources, Tips and ideas for being more productive and organized

Productivity and Organizing -
Resources, Tips and ideas for being more productive and organized.

7 Habits of Highly Effective People-Outline, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People-Wikipedia


Great for every aspect of your life

Getting Things Done 5 Steps
I use this daily, especially with emails

Ben Franklin’s Daily Schedule
I love his philosophy and organization

Organizing Resources from this blog and some more
Get Organized - tips and resources for students, teachers, admin and more
My Workflow as CIO - includes heavy use of Evernote

Apps, Articles and Resources
Evernote
Evernote Tips and Tricks Series (updated often)
Yes, I still use Evernote. Because it’s still the best way to get s**t done.
Introducing Templates, A Better Way to Make Notes

Google Keep and more tips

Outlook Tips from Microsoft, 13 Outlook Productivity & Organization Tips

OneNote
10 Tips and Tricks That Will Make You a OneNote Ninja
11 Tips for Improving Productivity using OneNote
How to Master Microsoft Office OneNote

7-Step Prep: Make a Weekly Plan for YOU! Planning sheet under #3 is great

Project Management Guide for Beginners

Take a Moment and Assess Your Workspace for Productivity

My First Month Using A Paper Planner After A Decade Drowning In Apps
Full Focus Paper Planner
Weekly Momentum Planner (free printable download)
The Basics Notebook
Franklin Planner (I used these for years before moving to digital)

15 Habits That Will Totally Transform Your Productivity

How to be More Productive and Eliminate Time Wasting Activities by Using the “Eisenhower Box”


Find a system that works for you - paper based, digital, combination, etc.

Set reminders in digital apps - Calendar, Keep, Evernote, etc. to make sure you don't forget things.

Focus on your priorities.

Read and learn.



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Centrallo productivity app announces some great updates

Centrallo is a productivity app with some really nice features that I wrote about last year. You can create lists within lists and inside store links, photos, video,voice notes, important dates, contacts, Dropbox links and more.Priorities are brought front and center so you don't loose track of them and it now has location based reminders, similar to Google Now.

They just announced some great updates to their app:

1. Shared Checklists - multiple people can add and edit real time.
2. Updated their web version.
3. Improved their iPhone, iPad and Android versions, including the ability to publish lists containing rich media.

Centrallo is a great app with some great features to get you organized.

Related:

Evernote - super productivity, organization and note taking app

Asana - free teamwork and productivity app

kanban2go - free visual task management and organization

Taking organizing and planning lessons from Ben Franklin - great tips for educators too

Getting Students and Teachers Organized - tips and resources
Great tips, ideas, resources, links (including to paper and electronic planners)

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Subscribe to premium Pocket, Evernote, Wunderlist, and LastPass for just $60 - great deal!

Evernote, LastPass, Pocket, Wunderlust, and the New York Times have team up to launch the Productivity Pack, a promotional bundle that includes premium subscriptions to each service at a 68% discount ($185 savings for a year). The apps are available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

Evernote is the "remember everything" app - create text, audio and image notes, clip web content and so much more. The premium subscriptions gives some nice added features and limits. I use the premium version.

LastPass is a password manager. 

Pocket is another app I use to save web pages and articles to read later (saves offline too) as well as share through other apps. 

Wunderlust is popular to-do list with some great features. 

Included as a free bonus is an eight-week digital subscription to The New York Times, opening up access to the main website and available smartphone apps.

This offer ends on February 13, 2015. Go here for more information on and to purchase The Productivity Pack.

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Centrallo launches Productivity App - has some great features

Centrallo recently launched the new version of their Productivity App, a free web, iOS and Android app that helps you stay organized and productive.

The update includes iOS and Android widgets, list sharing, location based reminders and Google drive, One Drive and Dropbox integration.

Centrallo has some different features than other productivity apps. You can create lists within lists and inside store links, photos, video,voice notes, important dates, contacts, Dropbox links and more.
Priorities are brought front and center so you don't loose track of them and it now has location based reminders, similar to Google Now.

Features include:

• Simple note creation
• Drag and drop list creation
• Unlimited hierarchical lists (lists within lists)
• List sharing at any hierarchical level
• Photo, video, voice, calendar, PDF and Office attachments
• Prioritization of notes and lists
• Password protection
• Location-based reminders
• iOS and Android widgets for quickly adding from external sources
• Twitter, Facebook, email and SMS list push
• Fast search for active, archived and deleted content
• Email and link forwarding to private Inbox
• Self-publishing to private web link, Twitter, Facebook, Email and SMS
• Cross platform instant synchronization

Take a look and see if it is something you could use - teachers and students can always use something to stay organized and productive. It's free. http://centrallo.com/


Related:

Evernote - super productivity, organization and note taking app

Taking organizing and planning lessons from Ben Franklin - great tips for educators too

Getting Students and Teachers Organized - tips and resources
Great tips, ideas, resources, links (including to paper and electronic planners)

Great infographic with mobile productivity tips and tools

We use our mobile devices more and more for work, business, school and more. Tony Vincent has a great site, Learning in Hand, where he has been posting information, tips and resources about using mobile device in learning for years, starting with the Palm PDA's.

He created a great infographic with his tips and tools for mobile productivity. It has some great information for teachers and students, and anyone else for that matter, for being more productive using mobile devices.

Here is the infographic and you can download it from his site. Also check out the other great resources his site has.