Workflow, Time Management and Productivity for Creatives

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You have everything you need to create and implement effective, lasting organizational systems, whether you know it or not. As creatives we’re taught to believe this isn’t true.

Do any of these common myths about creatives sound familiar to you?

• Creatives are inherently disorganized
• They’ll never get a handle on their workload.
• They lack the ability to create solid systems for getting things done.

These false ideas keep so many creatives from even trying to seek better workflows and organization systems, and ultimately bars the creative from doing better work. Not only that, believing these negative perceptions leave so many feeling stressed, scattered and unable to fully capitalize on their artistic strengths. It’s time to shatter these myths and learn to create the systems you need to to your best work as a creative.

Fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon has worked with over 75 clients around the world including MoMA, REI Co-op, Harvard University, Martha Stewart Living, Chronicle Books, and Random House Publishing, among many others. In this class she will teach you how to establish effective, workflows and time management strategies that will to streamline your processes and maximize creative work time. Lisa has spent years developing these systems. The monumental success of her career is proof these systems work. Join us.

In this class you will learn:

• How to organize and implement a workflow system.
• How to manage to-do lists effectively.
• How to utilize time-blocking.
• How to identify and manage the distractions that keep you from being productive.
• And so much more…

• Class Introduction
• How to Create an Effective Workflow
• Organizing a Workflow Document
• 5 Tips for Managing Your Workflow
• Working with a Rolling To-Do List
• Setting Up Your Rolling To-Do List
• Time Blocking: What it is and Why it Works
• How to Use Time-Blocking Effectively
• Motivation and Distraction: How to Deal