Comments on: 5 time saving tips to archive research materials

By: The Organic Leadership Blog

The Organic Leadership Blog — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:44:32 +0000

First Edition of the Leadership Growth Blog Carnival…

John Hill presents Is Your Best Good Enough? posted at Universe Of Success.

Walt presents No Plan B! posted at Walt Nation!
Caroline Latham presents I don’t want to ever retire. What can I do to remain sharp? posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into …

By: Krishna De

Krishna De — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:46:50 +0000

Harp – thanks so much – will add this on my list of to-do’s! Isn’t Google a wonderful example of a strong brand who has become indispensible. I wonder if that is one of their values and part of their business strategy?

One of my clients has hist been offered a senior role with them so if they decide to join Google I’ll have to ask if that’s one of the questions they ask of any project – how their users will find their product indispensable?

By: Harp Arora

Harp Arora — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:35:17 +0000

Krishna, Google Desktop is a lifesaver. Reduces my frustration quotient in a huge way, and is insanely more efficient and effective than regular search facilities that come with Windows, Outlook etc. Honestly, I don’t know how I could live without it now that I have it. …Harp

By: Krishna De

Krishna De — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:01:48 +0000

Galba – yes using your blog as a content management system is one of the unexpected benefits I’ve come across.

Harp – thank you for your ideas too. I too leave articles in draft – I’ve so many
I probably have enough to write an article a day for the next 2 years – again I leave them in draft format on my blog so it’s easy to come back to them.

Great idea on presentations too – I hold index cards and also a file for future presentations to capture new ideas or key areas i want to include relevant to the organisation or event I am speaking to/at.

Thanks also for the thoughts on Google desktop – I’ve not download that yet as I just use the search facility on the PC – do you find it much easier and faster?

Thank you both for the comments and ideas.

Best wishes

Krishna

By: Harp Arora

Harp Arora — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:37:32 +0000

Krishna, these are great ideas. I’ll add two more and a bonus:

1. For speaking engagements – when I come across an interesting fact or idea, I take a minute or two to immediately open a recent version of a presentation on Powerpoint , insert a slide or two with the new thought and my perspective on it, and a reference to where I’ve stored the full information. Then the next time I open up the file to create a new presentation, I have great new content waiting for me and it takes no time to flesh th ideas out. Keeps my content current and relevant.

2. For writing articles and blog posts – I create a new email to myself which I keep in my drafts folder. When I have new topic ideas or thoughts I open up the draft, dump in the info with a link or reference point if there is one, and carry on with whatever I’m doing. Of course, I quickly forget most of the ideas so when I open up the email draft later when I need it, I’m always surprised and delighted to find new and interesting ideas that I can follow up on fast.

Bonus thought – I finally caved and downloaded Google desktop. I can now find any obscure piece of information or terminology on my hard drive, whether it’s an email, Word doc, web page etc.. in seconds. http://desktop.google.com/

Saves me hours of searching a week. …Harp

By: Galba Bright

Galba Bright — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:31:03 +0000

I like the idea of the extended use of the blog as a content management system for non-public uses.