Selecting Apps to Improve your Productivity
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Russell Cummings
Strategic Business Development
May 2016

Find an Extra 8 Hours in Every Week
http://www.sbdbusiness.com.au/lifting-personal-productivity/

TIME
MANAGEMENT
PYRAMID


WHAT IS
YOUR CORE
TECHNOLOGY?

BASIC PRINCIPLES

KEY AREAS OF
YOUR
ECOSYSTEM

Technology
•Define your core technology – Desktop, mobile tech
•Does the tech work together? Eg. Windows v Apple
Ecosystem
•Define the key elements of your Ecosystem
•Select core apps that are “Fit for Purpose” & productive
Integration
•Do these apps work across all platforms?
•Do they integrate with other Apps?
THE PROCESS

WHAT APPS
ARE YOU
USING IN
EACH AREA?



• Evernote: Livescribe Pen, Cloudmagic, Insightly, AirMail2,
browsers
• Trello: Cloudmagic, email, OneDrive, Google Calendar
• Insightly: emails, Google Calendar, OneDrive, Xero, IOS
Contacts
• TripIt: scans emails, Google Calendar
• Xero: Receipt Bank, Insightly, Bank Feeds
• CloudMagic (IOS), AirMail2 (iMac): Evernote, Trello, OneDrive
• OneDrive: data storage - Trello, Office 365, Insightly
• Google Calendar: Trello, Insightly, Calendly, TripIt
All apps work across my iPhone, iPad and iMac desktop.
THE ANALYSIS – CORE LINKAGES


TRELLO.COM

EVERNOTE

LIVESCRIBE PEN

MICROSOFT
OFFICE 365

ONLINE FILE STORAGE –
ONEDRIVE

INSIGHTLY

VIDEO
CONFERENCING

TRIPIT.COM

XERO
&
RECEIPT
BANK

30-
MINUTE
REPORTS

USE VIDEO & AUDIO
INSTEAD OF EMAIL

AUDIO &
VIDEO
TOOLS


TIME
MANAGEMENT
PYRAMID

Technology
•Define your core technology – Desktop, mobile tech
•Does the tech work together? Eg. Windows v Apple
Ecosystem
•Define the key elements of your Ecosystem
•Select core apps that are “Fit for Purpose” & productive
Integration
•Do these apps work across all platforms?
•Do they integrate with other Apps?
OUR PROCESS

Russell Cummings
Business Consultant
M: 0414 929 585
W: www.sbdbusiness.com.au