Digital Efficiency for Business Journalists
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Jeremy Caplan, director of education for the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, presents "Digital Efficiency for Business Journalists -- 36 Tips to Tame Info Overload." This free workshop was held at CUNY during the Society of American Business Editors & Writers 2011 Fall Conference. For more information about free training for business journalists, please visit businessjournalism.org.
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- 2. “...Such is the flood that event things “...Of Making Books “The Abundance of that might have there is no end...” - Books is done some good Distraction” lose all their Ecclesiastes 12:12 - Seneca goodness...” - Erasmus We Haven’t Even Mentioned...
- 3. Developing Solutions Rituals Rituals/Systems/Tools Establishing Implementing systems tools Einstein’s desk on the day he died
- 4. 3 keys for set up and stick to a system Digital efficiency establish and refine rituals pick and learn your tools Phone leashes Digital Efficiency requires: a system I. Check your reality rituals lay the II. set up your help Tools groundwork III. prepare your systems I. track your time Reality check Gain Awareness with Time Maps and Timers
- 5. II. set up your help bill payment automate deposits spend your time, energy and brainpower budget tracking where it’s needed or enjoyed email filtering calendaring
- 6. III. prepare your 6 Levels of focus system free up your mind for thought The Big Picture: Reality on the Ground: break projects into pieces Life Overall areas of responsibility (Mission, Purpose) (Family, Job, Charity) plan backwards from the deadline Longterm Goals Projects (Five Years) (Requiring multiple steps) Specify the very next actions Short-Term Goals Tasks (This Year) (Individual To-Do Items) Taming Info Establish Overload Don’t rely on Rituals Strategies for staying sane and calm willpower
- 7. “It is a profoundly erroneous truism that we “...We each have one reservoir of will should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we and discipline, and it gets progressively are doing” depleted by any act of conscious self- regulation...” “The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of Rituals operations we can perform without thinking first things first - Tony Schwartz, about them.” weekly review digital sabbath Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/rituals101 - A.N. Whitehead, Philosopher, 1911 “Launching my work day by focusing first on whatever I've decided the night before is the most important activity I can do Establish a 1st things 1st that day. Then taking a break weekly review start the day with the most important project after 90 minutes to refuel...” A Weekly Brain Refresh Review: Calendar, Projects & Tasks - Tony Schwartz, Harvard Business Review Weekly Review Review Once a Week: Calendar Next step: (Upcoming Week & Previous Week) tech sabbath Pick your tools no-tech Sunday Projects or (Review Progress, Change tasks) No Tech before bed OR tech-free early morning Tasks (Individual To-Do Items)
- 8. The 9 Buckets Email Calendar Tasks Pick & Stick to The 9 Buckets capture tools The infoStuff that we manage For random bits of info and thoughts Docs InfoScraps Feeds Links Paper Reading Hunt for system Keep it simple Paper works gaps Choose basic tools that are good enough index cards and the hipster PDA find the leaks Identify your weaknesses specify your adjustments Google Calendar Google Calendar Calendars Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps
- 9. Toodledo toodledo Tasks Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps Google Docs Docs InfoScraps Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps evernote evernote
- 10. Evernote Google reader Feeds Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps Instapaper Trunk.ly Links Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps Google Contacts Contacts Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps
- 11. Google Voice Google Voice Voicemail Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps Google Voice The 9 Buckets Email Calendar Tasks One final bucket? $$ Docs InfoScraps Feeds Financial Reading Paper Docs Links Calendar Feeds Tasks InfoScraps Info $$ Links Contacts VoiceMail Mint Betterment Backing Up & Sharing
- 12. bit.ly Sharpen Your Toolkit
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- 14. Our Most crucial information Making the Most source of E-Mail Email Key email DO, DELETE, DEFER JUICE UP YOUR GMAIL MINIMIZE INTERRUPTIONS techniques Mastering email Filtering FILTER AUTOMATE BATCH Settings Labs Automating Filters & labels apps & Add-ons batching STRENGTHEN BOOKMARK one-touch SIGNATURES EMAIL ADD CONTEXT Filtering Automating Filtering Clarify the characteristics of the email that needs to be filtered type it once, fine. Type it twice, fine. Type the same thing 50 times? Fool me once, shame on you... Examples: - Sender’s Name/Address You’re wasting time.. fool me twice, I need a filter - Subject Line - Recipients - Keywords
- 15. Textexpander Textexpander Textexpander My Textexpander Stats: My Textexpander Stats: batching batching Check and act on email periodically, not some people find that checking every hour is constantly. a reasonable compromise. find a frequency that works for you. One-Touch your attention and focus are valuable. don’t squander them. When you act on email, don’t just read. act. Either archive, reply or defer 8 Gmail One-Touch Shortcuts Settings & c"="compose 3 basic options for acting on an email: r"="reply Archive = delete or label Shortcuts a"="reply"all do = reply or take some action f"="forward e"="archive defer = Schedule for later or delegate l"="label" v"="move"with"label s"="add"a"star
- 16. Juicing Up GMail Reply from Gmail Settings other Email Addresses Send & receive Email Customize your Gmail from work accounts email Labs 6 best Gmail Labs Undo"Send Auto"Advance Canned"Responses Send"and"Archive Quick"Links Create"a"Doc
- 17. More Gmail Labs Add Gadgets Filters & Labels
- 18. Create a Filter Create a Filter Step 1 Step 2 Create a Filter Boomerang Step 3 Apps & Add-ons Boomerang Nudgemail Nudgemail
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- 20. 173 Questions? jeremy@ jeremycaplan.com Twitter: @jeremycaplan