This document discusses time management strategies for improving productivity. It addresses topics like using the 80/20 rule to focus on the most important tasks, multitasking less and focusing on one task at a time, checking email only a few times a day, eliminating unnecessary meetings, finding a workflow rhythm, and maintaining a balance between work and personal life. The overall message is that effective time management is key to project success and reduced stress.

1. Time Management for the
Productivity Challenged
Presented by Phillip Smith,
Community Bandwidth
www.communitybandwidth.ca

3. Why would
anyone trust
this guy?

5. So why do we do this work?

6. What is it that work gives to us?

7. How can we give back to our work?

9. Integrity
Comittment
Purpose

10. Us.

11. Stewardship

12. Earth again

13. Time

15. Back to that Web 2.0 plan…

17. Time management vs.
Project management

18. Time
Scope
Cost

19. The Iron Triangle

20. Time
Scope
Cost

21. Time management is a pillar
of project success

22. Unsuccessful projects

23. “Work is killing me!”

24. Successful projects

25. “I love my job.”

27. The Fallacy of Time

28. 75 years

29. 365 days

30. 52 weeks

32. Invest it wisely

33. 80/20 rule

34. effectiveness vs.
efficiency

35. Less is more

36. Forgiveness vs.
permission

38. And… all your teachers?
They were wrong.

39. Why 9-5?

40. “ The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
became law in 1938. Administered by
the Department of Labor, the Act set a
minimum wage of 25 cents per hour and
a maximum workweek of 40 hours”

41. We use what we have available

42. A case for leaving things
to the last minute
(at least some of the time.)

44. Learning to let go

45. Multitasking vs.
Monogamy

46. Inbox sanity.

47. Respond to e-mail once or
twice a day

48. The end of
(unecessary)
meetings

49. It’s your job to train those
around you to be
effective and efficient

51. Finding flow

52. Use your natural rhythms

53. Group similar activities

54. Eliminate distractions

55. the Three Evils

56. Confess your sins!

57. Work & Play

58. the end.