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?
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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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