I was hanging out on the Together Forever private Facebook group this week (Are you in the group? If you have ever attended any event of ours, you can join us for some behind-the-scenes Together topics/gossip/tips!), and I asked if anyone had any holiday rituals or...
Occasionally, I receive urgent messages from folks that say things like, “Do you have a favorite scanner or digital document storage app / software?” We haven’t talked about this in a bit since we chatted about digital notebooks and other daily digital tools, and it...
We recently had the privilege of hosting a public Together Your Holidays virtual gathering for our friends interested in prioritizing and planning for the busy seven weeks ahead. We’re not talking the Pinterest Perfect kind of holiday organizing, but instead how we...
Often in the world of calendar management, things can seem well. . . additive. Another quick meeting? Sure, let me hold time. You need a deliverable for the board meeting? Okay, I’ll get that in too. Plus meetings, of course, and prep for those meetings and follow up...
Recently when working with a group of school leaders, we got to chatting about Calendar Clutter. You know, the types of things that just land on one’s calendar, like teachers out of the building, various school-based events, grade and department meetings that are...
I recently met with a school network CEO and her assistant and then had my weekly household meeting with Dr. Together, and I found myself repeating a phrase that cues a very strategic process. “Sweep the calendar, scrub the calendar.” I realized I have used this idea...
