5 crippling habits to your productivity (and the tools to fix it)

5 crippling habits to your productivity(and the tools to fix it)

Amanda Ingle@amandaingle

productivity

• Is the measurement of efficiency of production

• People are working harder than ever

• myth buster: overtime doesn’t necessarily mean more production

• There are plentiful tools to help manage todays workplace

• Yet, something is missing

these bad habits, eh?

so how ‘bout...

computer distractions

#1

longgg to-do lists

#2

people distractions

#3

tired

#4

break-less

#5

tools

Rescue Time

Monitor your daily/weeklyproductivity

Change level of distracted vs.

productive programs

Learn where you spend the

majority of your time

http://rescuetime.com

Dropbox

Ability to share files with anyone

2 GB Free Space

Get your documents anywhere, anytime. http://dropbox.com

Backup to the cloud!

http://crashplan.com

Mobile, tablet, computer...access ALL files anywhere.

Crash Plan

Multiple backup destinations

Real-time backup

Unique, free project/task

management tool.

At a glance tasks of all team members

http://trello.com

Get real time updates

Trello

Responsive design for use on any mobile

device. (+ iPhone app)

#1 in the market for removing

noisy co-workers

use spotify to drown out the whining about

benefits packages..

http://spotify.com

less likely to get interrupted

Headphones

Save anything. Recipes. Notes.

Ideas.

Access information anywhere!

http://evernote.com

Share with friends and colleagues.

Evernote

Organize your life

Easily share mockups with

clients, co-workers

Sharing is easy with a

generated url

http://mocku.ps

Annotate your design with options and information

Mocku.ps

Easy & FREE project

management tool

Manage team account information and passwords.

http://freedcamp.com

110% secure assurance

Freedcamp

Add teams with UNLIMITED users

easy drag & drop

Clean interface with big buttons

Desktop notifications with

Chrome app

http://pomodoro.me

Complete tasks with the

pomodoro technique

Pomodoro

25 min - 1 task

5 min - break

Create good habits by

tracking them daily

Stay on track no matter where you

are!http://chains.cc

Get support by joining in with

others!

Chains

Amazing support and reliability

Collaboration apps for getting

work done

http://google.com

Manage your calendar, email, and documents

in one place.

Google Apps

2 GB storage or just upload

and send

Statistics on downloads

http://ge.tt

Share files real time- as they

upload

Ge.tt

Live preview of document(s)

Create interactive

mindmaps in seconds

Organize your ideas with color coded systems

http://mindomo.com

Desktop application

available for offline use

Mindomo

Monitor your website with one

dashboard

Visually appealing

graphics for easy to reading

http://chartbeat.com

Real time updates on traffic, page

views, and more.

Chartbeat

Easy to update to-do list

Stored on the web, no need to

create an account

http://strikeapp.com

Share your list for collaboration

Strike

Accomplished tasks are

strike’d for easy viewing

Responsive design- perfect for mobile use

physically move!

stretch, get up, move.

now what?

challenge:

on monday, figure out 3 things you have to do. those are your priorities for the day...

anything else you complete is frosting on the cake.

just having the tools isn’t enough, you need to better manage your time.

but the tools will help you get there.

what are some of your favorite tools to manage

productivity?

post powerpoint tools

Vue

Free Mind

Wunderlist

Wunderkit

Pivotal Tracker

Sprint.ly

FitBolt

Boomerang

Asana

Toggl

Sign Now

Rapportive

Fresh Books

Invoice Machine

Skitch

Now Do This

Awesome Note

post preso philosophy

Inbox Zero

Meeting Agendas ARE A MUST

@ergobot

TURN OFF EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

Gmail - Priority Inbox

Skip Inbox > Tag Gmail

awesome resources, man

• A busy person’s guide to maintaining sanity:http://bit.ly/Hig8pA

• 5 tips to better time management: http://bit.ly/Hig8pA

• 10 laws of productivity: http://bit.ly/Higi09

• Unique break ideas to boost productivity. http://bit.ly/HigkoM

Amanda Ingle@amandaingle