I co-led a session with Bill Lester of EngenderHealth and NPOKI at my organization’s annual member’s meeting. I thought I’d share my list of tools at large. It comes from months of finding tools that help me implement GTD. For our session, I went over the list below and the GTD quick reference. (Here’s my secret: my fav tools are still a legal pad and pen). What are the tools you use?
Personal Tools
To process, automate, and file
Tips:
Create subfolders
Filter messages
Set reminders in your calendar or tasks
Set up general accounts like info@ for a team to manage
To-Do Lists
To remember
Remember the Milk
Evernote
Google Tasks
Meeting Scheduler
To schedule meetings easily
Doodle
TimetoMeet
Diarised
Online Backup Systems
In case your computer crashes
Mozy
Carbonite
Collaboration & Communication
Project Management
To track and communicate
Excel
Google spreadsheets – templates
Zoho
Basecamp
Wikis
To collaborate quickly
PBworks
Google sites
File Sharing / Syncing
To store your files easily online and share
Dropbox
Screencasting/Screen Shots
To show people what you mean
Jing
Aviary
There’s always PrintScreen on PC’s
and Command+Shift+3 or 4 on Macs
Surveys
To gather info quickly, free
Google Forms
Survey Monkey
Other
Texter
To reduce repetitive typing – info in Life Hacker book and blog
News and Info Aggregation
To let the news come to you
Google Reader
For blog reading/RSS feeds
Netvibes
For social media RSS feeds – listening
Atomkeep
Automate your social media profilles
Further Reference
www.lifehacker.com
www.zenhabits.net
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Upgrade Your Life by Gina Trapani