Consider the importance of time, meeting, and project management skills and
how planning in these areas can lead you where you want to go.� Being able
to organize yourself and your time will be noticed by some, whereas, being
able to organize others by leading meetings and projects is visible to more
people.� The skill areas of time, meetings, and projects are related in
principle and similar in technique.� Adopting one of these skills and
applying the principles can lead to learning the others.�
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Below is a diagram showing how these three management skills, plus the
additional time saving aspect of workspace organization, interconnect.� The
arrows represent how one planning skill can help to build or improve
others.� A two-way arrow indicates having this skill can help with the
improvement of another skill and vice versa.� A one-way arrow indicates that
the skill the arrow goes from helps with improvement of the skill at the
arrows point.�
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example of how these skills are related would be setting tasks and
priorities.� In time management a written set of tasks to do is prioritized
according to goals.� In a good meeting, the goal is the meeting purpose and
the group has a prioritized task list in the form of an agenda and action
items.� In managing projects, major tasks for reaching the goal are listed
as the plan and assigned resources according to priority.
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issue on Prioritizing Tasks.
There are software applications available that allow individuals to plan and
prioritize their time, as well as some for project management.� Many of
these same applications, if used on a network, can also be used for group
planning and communication.� Some allow for setting up meetings, sending
invitations, assigning tasks, or directly booking meetings on the calendars
of others on the network.� Using these applications can be a great time
saver in coordination of both meetings and projects.�
A
popular group activity that requires planning and communication uses a metal
ring with long strings tied to it for each participant.� A ball or egg is placed
in the center of the ring.� The group task, while each holds the end of
their string, is to take the ball or egg from
their current location to their target/goal location (onto the top of a
bottle or glass/ or into a bowl or tube) without dropping it.� The activity
can be made more difficult by placing obstacles in the group�s way or by
blind-folding all but one member of the group.�
"Plans are nothing,
planning is everything" - Dwight Eisenhower
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If you feel like
this is you on a typical day...
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Don't miss your chance to
attend the seminar:
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Managing
Time
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on
Thursday,
July 14, 2005,
at
Rosemeade
RecreationCenter
1330
E.Rosemeade Pkwy
Carrollton, TX� 75007
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please register
by July 11.
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Or if you feel you could be more successful at
accomplishing what you want if you could make time work for you instead of
against you, then register right away!
