vra 2012, engaging new technologies, productivity

Productivity Technologies

Betha WhitlowEngaging New Technologies

VRA Albuquerque 2012

PRODUCTIVITY TECHNOLOGIES HELP YOU GET STUFF DONE EFFICIENTLY…

Productivity Toolkit Considerations

• What “repairs” need to be made to my productivity system?

• How will I use this tool?• Does the tool need to be portable, usable

across multiple devices, utilize the cloud, or work across operating systems?

HTTP://WWW.DIIGO.COM/USER/ENGAGINGTECH

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

TO ME, WASTE IS UNPRODUCTIVE. AND CLUTTER IS WORSE.

PrintWhatYouLike

PrintWhatYouLike

Buh-bye, Clutter!

My phone can do what?

Scanner Apps

Scanner apps for IOS (Mac)• TurboScan• JotNot Scanner Pro• Scanner Pro

Scanner apps for Android• CamScanner• Scan to PDF

I CAN’T KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING I WANT TO READ!

RSS Feeds Still Rock!

Instapaper

Instapaper

SendTab

Good Reader

IT’S HARD TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE INFORMATION I NEED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY!

Evernote

Skitch

STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION

I NEED TO EXPLAIN A PRODUCT OR PROCESS TO SOMEONE QUICKLY AND CLEARLY!

Clarify

Clarify

Clarify

Other Screen Capture Apps

I NEED A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY EMPLOYEES!

Textingyouithinkjus Got away from me you are my very first textee I ove you.”

BroadTexter

Other “blind texting” software

TASK MANAGEMENT AND GETTING IT DONE

I have a project team I need to Organize and Galvanize!

Asana

Other Team-Based Apps

FORGET ABOUT MANAGING A TEAM! I CAN’T KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I NEED TO DO!

AskMeEvery

I’M STUCK! HOW DO I GET UNSTUCK?

Unstuck

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