- Author: Jodi Azulai
Feeling overwhelmed or scattered? Want to manage distractions for better productivity? Then join us for “The Perfect 15-Minute Day Method: From Scattered to Accomplished and Happy!” from 12:15 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. (40 minutes) on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Pierre Khawand of People-OnTheGo will deliver this complimentary webinar for ANR employees on how to be more efficient.
The maximum number of participants is 500 so register now to attend at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/115705284730571268.
Description
Information overload, social media, mobile apps, constant interruptions, competing priorities, you name it! Our day has become so fragmented and so inefficient. Fulfillment and satisfaction have become rare commodities!
Fear not! The Perfect 15-Minute Day Method (PDM) comes to the rescue! PDM uses “tags” to allow you to be more mindful about what you are working on at all times, and prompts you to work in 15-minute increments and stay mindful and strategic all day long. Most importantly, PDM provides a method for recording and managing distractions of all kinds. It is like a new “language” that makes mindfulness achievable every step of the way, every day.
In this complimentary lunch and learn webinar, Pierre Khawand, the founder of People-OnTheGo and creator of the Perfect 15-Minute Day Method (PDM), explains the fundamentals of PDM and some of the underlying research and deeper meaning.
Key takeaways:
- Free access to the Perfect 15-Minute Day eCourse so you can learn the details of the method quickly and easily, try it out, and reap its benefits.
- Becoming aware of how you spend your time, how long things take, and what time wasters are getting in your way.
- Ability to focus and get amazing results, and when needed, multi-task and manage competing demands with ease.
- Discover mindfulness at work, be calmer and less stressed, happier and more fulfilled than ever before!
About the presenter
Pierre Khawand has led several technology ventures and completed successful mergers and acquisitions. He founded People-OnTheGo in 2001 to enable business professionals to communicate and collaborate more effectively using leading-edge technologies. His bestselling “Accomplishing More With Less Workshop” and "The Accomplishing More In Less Time, Less Effort, and Less Stress Leadership Program" enable business professionals to better cope with information overload and competing priorities. He has published Time for Leadership, The Accomplishing More With Less Workbook, Accomplishing More With Google Apps, The Results Curve,The New New Inbox, and The Perfect 15-Minute Day: Managing Your Time, Thoughts, and Emotions.
For those of you who are unable to join the live webinar, it will be recorded and I will provide a link to the recording later.
- Author: Jodi Azulai
You're working on an important task to complete by day's end, then:
- A reminder email pops up requesting you respond to a scheduling inquiry.
- As you look at your calendar to respond to the email, a co-worker walks by and asks, "Aren't you joining us for the meeting?"
- You rush to gather your pen and notepad and walk briskly to the meeting.
- When you return from the meeting you settle into your task.
- Then you read a few texts: one from your spouse reminding you to stop by the grocery store and another from a couple of friends about meeting after work to plan for a fishing trip.
- Your respond to several more emails.
- When you check the time you see there is only 40 minutes to rush through your task before you need to leave.
Is this scenario familiar?
ANR Learning and Development has resources to train the brain to focus. If you'd like to understand the scattered brain so you can transform it, review the following video and blog:
The Perfect 15-Minute Day (3 minutes; YouTube video)
Less-is-more blog (website)
The video and blog are produced by Pierre Khawand, founder and principal of People-OnTheGo. His best-selling “Accomplishing more in less time, less effort, and less stress” workshop enables business professionals to better cope with information overload and competing priorities. He has published “The Accomplishing More with Less Workbook,” “Accomplishing More With Google Apps,” and “The Results Curve: How to manage focused and collaborative time!”
From Scattered to Centered (47 minutes; YouTube video)
"Modern life is making all of us a little scattered and feeling anything but centered." says psychiatrist Alicia Ruelaz Maher. “I have been fascinated to watch symptoms that were hallmarks of ADHD now showing up in just about everyone. And this is because the way we are currently using technology is actually changing the ways our brains function and this is generally in a direction that causes us to be less calm and effective."
For training resources on Time and Project Management go to the ANR Learning and Development webpage: Results Orientation and Execution.
- Author: Jodi Azulai
Those of you with access to the UC Learning Centers at UC Davis or UC Berkeley have free access to thousands of books online from Books 24x7.
Search, browse and view the full contents of thousands of IT and business books online. Books24x7 offers a self-paced learning tool, which provides immediate answers to your questions. This web-based platform enables you to:
- read the contents of the entire collection
- place books on a personal bookshelf
- create bookmarks
- take notes and collaborate with colleagues
- access it from your desktop computer or a mobile device
- filter your search
Books 24x7 adds new titles every day so that you have access to the latest technical and business trends and strategies on topics such as project management, programming languages, operating systems, time management, communication strategies, security, web development, leadership and so much more.
To find Books 24X7, log in at http://lms.ucdavis.edu for UC Davis or UC Berkeley.
UC Merced and UC Riverside Learning Centers do not provide Books24X7.
For more information, contact Jodi Azulai, learning and development coordinator, at (530) 750-1239 or jlazulai@ucanr.edu.
The goal of MSAP is to address skill gaps and grow competencies that will prepare people for future management opportunities in their UC workplaces.
During the four-day program, Westbrook and Downing participated in simulated UC management scenarios, received behavioral feedback from MSAP assessors, attended a career development workshop and connected with colleagues from throughout the UC system.
Before they arrived, Westbrook and Downing participated in pre-assessment activities and will be involved post-program activities to continue their professional development.
“Being able to participate in the Managerial Skills Assessment Program was very intense,” Westbrook said. “However, it was also positively amazing. I'm extremely thankful to be given an opportunity to focus on my professional skills that are necessary as I continue to grow as a manager. Being in a beautiful location, dedicating time for professional growth away from the day-to-day duties, and connecting with other UC managers permitted me reflection and access to mindfulness on how I will use the experience after the assessment program. The positive coaching and feedback makes the program unique. I recommend all managers take part in MSAP.”
Downing expressed similar sentiments. “It was an intense and enlightening experience,” he said. “It has already made me a better manager. It was also a great opportunity to make connections with campus-based managers and spread the word about ANR's work.”
“A big THANK YOU is due John Borba, 4-H Youth Development advisor from UCCE in Kern County,” Azulai said. “John served for three very full days as the ANR assessor this April, as well as taking the assessor training.”
“It was a mind-expanding experience for the assessees and the assessor,” Borba said. “It also reinforced to me that some of the issues they need to address are also issues I personally need to address.”
The next MSAP will be held Oct. 10-13, 2016. Application announcements will be made in early June. We strongly recommend that department heads, unit leaders and directors discuss the program with supervisors and managers who exhibit potential for management development and encourage them to apply.
A video of the March 17 Training Tools Demo webinar is now online and available for viewing.
The one-hour webinar covered the following topics for giving more effective trainings:
- Speaking tips from a Toastmaster (Anne Schellman, UC IPM)
- Developing specific and measurable learning objectives (Steven Worker, CA 4-H)
- Assessing learning outcomes (Steven Worker, CA 4-H)
- Best practices in developing quizzes (Shannah Whithaus, UC IPM)
- C3 Software for clickers and cell phones for quizzes & polls (Sarah Risorto, UC IPM)
- Using the ANR Survey tool for quizzes (Lauren Snowden, UC Master Gardeners)
- Building a better webinar (Melissa Tamargo and Rebecca Lyn Brock, EFNEP)
- Easely for infographics (Jodi Azulai)
The unlisted YouTube link to the training video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbQEPpTfFK8. There are plans to add closed captions to the video in the near future. If you have any suggestions, please contact Anne Schellman, Jodi Azulai or Sarah Risorto.
