As you know we Not for Profit workers accumulate heaps of information e.g. networking details, events coming up, where to get resources etc. How do we keep a track of it all?
About 3 years ago I brought a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). This works wonders for me. As it costs money to buy a PDA next week I’ll talk about Google Calender which is free.
I find the following features on my PDA the most useful:
- Contact list
- Notes – This is the section I use most often. In here I can organise my information into folders. I have a folder for example called “good websites” in which I store the names of good websites that I plan to check out at some point.
- A calender in which I can set up repeating appointments and set an alarm which reminds me 15 minutes before an appointment is due.
- Active tasks – I mainly put information I only need to keep short-term in here
How do you organise your information? I would love to hear any innovative ideas you have.
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