edscape nj | digital productivity by mike st. pierre
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D I G I T A L P R O D U C T I V I T Y
M I K E S T .
P I E R R E
7 Ways to Get More Done in Less Time
A B O U T M EH U S B A N D
D A D
P R E S I D E N T , M O R R I S
C A T H O L I C H . S .
W W W . M I K E S T P I E R R E . C O M
E N D O F P R E S E N T A T I O N :
B O N U S M A T E R I A L S
O N L I N E
O B J E C T I V E S
• Define digital productivity
• Stress as an tension to be
managed, not solved
• How to achieve a “less is
more” approach
• Tips & tricks
• GTD (Getting Things Done)
• What can you do TODAY?
(7 things)
N O W T H A T ’ S P R O D U C T I V E !
S O U R C E S O F S T R E S S
• Employees/coworkers
• Students in crisis
• “Tough parents”
• Budget
• Enrollment
• Technology that works/doesn’t
• Family
S E C O N D A R Y S C H O O L L E A D E R
“Identify your stress and you can leverage
your leadership”
S T R E S S I S R E A L
What if you could
pin-point the
sources of
stress?
H O M E N O I S E
A N T H O N Y P . G R A E S C H , C O - A U T H O R ,
"It's difficult to find time to sort,
organize and manage these
possessions… Thus, our excess
becomes a visible sign of
unaccomplished work that constantly
challenges our deeply ingrained
notions of tidy homes and elicits
substantial stress."
O F F I C E
N O I S E
C O M P U T E R N O I S E
B R U C E L E E
“It is not a daily increase, but a
daily decrease. Hack away at
the inessentials.”
A U G U S T I N E
“Peace is the tranquility of order.”
less really is more
Y O U R
S C H E D U L E
• Meetings
• Interruptions
• Crisis events
• Needy people
• Fatigue
P A T R I C K L E N C I O N I
Adding up all of the time that these meetings require
amounts to approximately twenty percent of a leader's
time.
If you think about it, a leader who hates meetings is a
lot like a symphony conductor who hates concerts.
Meetings are what leaders do, and the solution to bad
meetings is not the elimination of them, but rather the
transformation of them.
The fewer meetings the better
Meet to decide
Honor the time of others
The cost of a meeting
T I P S
I N T E R R U P T I O N
S
• Be interruptible but set boundaries
• Use 6:00am-7:00am
• Use 3:30pm-5:30pm
• Use an occasional Saturday
M I C H A E L H Y A T T
“Surround yourself with enough positive people so
you can keep your energy level up. And, you
want to have this same kind of effect on others.
Sometimes, you just have to tell people the
truth. Not only for your sake, but for theirs.
P E O P L E
F A T I G U E
• The hidden enemy
• Weakens our will
• “Tired of being tired” stress
• Promotes bad behaviors
• Can hinder school progress
D I G I T A L P R O D U C T I V I T Y
D E F I N E D
• Getting the right things done with
the best tools available.
• Fun.
• Inspires others.
• Results.
A S M A L L E D G E C A N
P R O D U C E B I G R E S U L T S
S M A L L P R O D U C T I V I T Y E D G E S
• Email inbox no more than one screen.
• Neat workspace.
• Smart use of voicemail & “away” messages.
• Generally organized.
“ H E ’ S G O T I T T O G E T H E R ”
G T D / G E T T I N G T H I N G S D O N E
• Approach to work.
• OS agnostic.
• Personal.
G T D B A S I C S
• Write it all down.
• Inbox ninja.
• List guru.
• Match tasks to energy.
• Review 1x / week.
L E S S S T R E S S , L E S S N O I S E , M O R E
O F W H A T M A T T E R S
W H A T C A N Y O U
D O T O D A Y ?
• Batch your email.
• Plan your week.
• Match energy to tasks.
• Use inboxes like religion.
• Use a digital task manager.
• Write everything down.
• Streamline your social media.
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