Getting Things Done @ Pub U

If you follow Mike Hyatt's blog at all, you will know that he has become an evangelist of sorts around a new method of workflow that has him checking his email only a couple of times a day (no longer a slave to the Blackberry - or iPhone in Mike's case) and generally increasing his productivity in ways he never imagined. This revolutionary new method is called GTD, or Getting Things Done, and was created by David Allen, author of the book by the same name.

Coming off the heels of a tremendous Pub U we wondered who we could bring in that would deliver the level of practical tools and provide real take-away for those in attendance. Well, guess what? We have found someone. Representatives from the David Allen Company will be spending a portion of the Pub U conference schedule with the entire "Class of 2008" as we focus on "The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" and learn cool new buzzwords like: RAM dumps, Next Actions, Weekly Reviews, 43 Folders, and Open Loops.

This is not your conventional Pub U session, and we have had to rework the schedule a bit to make it happen. You can rest assured that there will be plenty of great Pub U sessions to go around for each community within publishing, but this one topic is one that touches everyone for sure, and had we not snagged the GTD people now, we would have missed the opportunity forever, as their price tag is normally WAY too steep.

For more information I would encourage you to read Mike's blog on the topic, or watch this video.