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May 01, 2005

More public seminars coming...

Heads up to my network out there. You're the first to know the name and potential cities & dates of a new one-day public seminar I'm going to launch this summer. It's going to be

GTD: The Power Principles

Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life

Going to be my higher-level view of the principles behind the principles, and lots of practical application of both the horizontal and vertical control models.

Tentative, but likely (waiting on hotel confirmations etc.)

Los Angeles - July 21
Chicago - August 2
San Jose - August 18
Boston - August 22
Minneapolis - September 22

More to come in the fall, but I wanted to start planting the seeds for first upcoming. Pricing and location details will be forthcoming. Next newsletter (soon) will link to it. Full houses are likely, but I wanted to give the GTDers already out there the chance to spread the word to your network, as well as come on back, yourself, too, for another spin around the block with me.

I've wanted for a while to create a venue to give more of the higher-level view and experience of what GTD is really about. Most people who read the book never remember the vertical stuff - horizons of focus, particularly. I understand getting jacked up about gear and files and labelers and action lists and all that. But real power will come from engaging with 20- to 50,000-ft stuff with equal utility, equanimity, and ebullience (how's them big words?)

Posted by David at May 1, 2005 07:00 AM

Comments

Hi David--

I am a two time seminar attendee (Attended "MAP" in '89), and audited your current GTD seminar in October 03. Are you also planning on setting up some more one day seminars for "Managing Leverage and Focus"? That's one I've always thought would be a great companion to GTD. Or if not, do you have any plans to put that seminar out via CD as you did with GTD (I have GTD on CD, and it's a great once-in-a-great while refresher for GTD principles)?

Thanks,

Kent

Posted by: Kent Valentine at May 1, 2005 09:53 AM

Anchorage sure is nice in the summer. Yup. It's a great place for a summer seminar. (Well, okay, the hotels are expensive in the summer, but whatever...)

Posted by: George Dick at May 1, 2005 09:20 PM

Kent - I'm going to be including a little of the Focus & Vision seminar material in the new GTD: Power Principles. But you're right - it'd be great to have that whole seminar available somewhere. I'll just say that's probably in the line-up, but not real soon. The core material from F&V is going to be feathered into a higher-level, longer-term offering of a masters course for GTD, probably launching in early 2006. - But thanks for asking and mentioning. - David

Posted by: David Allen at May 1, 2005 10:29 PM

David,
I'm very excited about this seminar. I've never attended your live events (although I almost punched the expedia button to London a little while ago). But I was first introduced to you when I read "Ready for Anything". I was so turned on the the theory behind this 'system' you were talking about that I had to get GTD book and well...sorry to gush...but the system has improved the quality of my life immeasurably.

Anway, while I'm trying to learn and practice everything I can about GTD workflow, etc, I still find myself going back to RFA over and over (and over) because I retain better through deep understanding of principles.

Can't wait.

-Randy

Posted by: Randy Coy at May 2, 2005 02:05 AM

I'm still waiting and hoping for that seminar in Santa Barbara!

Posted by: Mike Sale at May 2, 2005 08:23 AM

We need a seminar up here in Canader!

Posted by: Kevin Kane at May 2, 2005 12:12 PM

We need a seminar up here in Canader! My house is usually free on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so give me a call.

Posted by: Kevin Kane at May 2, 2005 12:13 PM

David,

I would be hugely interested in attending the 7/21 in Los Angeles, and would hate to miss the reservation window - I'm sure it will fill up fast.

My question: I'm getting ready to go offline for almost 3 weeks starting at the end of next week. Is there somewhere I can add my name to a waiting list to make sure I get a spot? I'd be happy to provide payment info at the same time to hold a slot.

Sorry to spam your blog with a personal item like this - - but it seemed on topic, so I decided to use it. Please let me know if it would be better to direct this sort of inquiry direct to Davidco.

thanks!
Thomas

Posted by: Thomas at May 2, 2005 08:36 PM

I am ready to sign up for the August Boston seminar as soon as it is posted.

Posted by: Marsha at May 3, 2005 08:50 AM

I wonder if (Seattle) there are any other (Seattle) cities that you could visit (Seattle). Hmmm.... I can't think (Seattle) of any.

--- JRJ

Posted by: Joseph R. Jones at May 3, 2005 09:51 AM

Congrats on the new program, but I hope you can reconsider the "Power Principles" title. It sounds like something right out the late 80s golden age of motivational speakers. Will Tony Robbins co-star?
:-)

Posted by: CB at May 3, 2005 07:36 PM

Any plans to come to Houston?

Posted by: Richard Davis at May 3, 2005 09:31 PM

Thomas,

you didn't leave your email address, so I have to respond here. Just contact our office and tell them to put you on the list for X city. They'll make sure you get a spot...!

CB,

Sorry about "power principles." The truth is, that actually is what it's about. I'd love it if Tony hadn't used that already..., but I couldn't find a better way to headline the topic.

David

Posted by: David Allen at May 3, 2005 09:39 PM

Will this have additional information to the old two-day seminar? or will it be a summary? Not sure I see where is fits into the progression of becoming a GTD black-belt.. is it more introductory or more advanced?

thanks.

Posted by: LB at May 5, 2005 04:40 PM

Re: the one-day seminar - it's an advanced version of an introduction. There are no "beginner's moves" in the martial arts.

David

Posted by: David Allen at May 11, 2005 10:19 PM

Looks like it will be a great seminar! Thanks David. Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Rick Cooper, The PDA Pro at May 14, 2005 08:17 PM