Are You Ready For Anything?

Sudden changes. Everywhere.

If you or your organization is dealing with change, and expecting more, attending the GTD Summit should be in your projects list! There is perhaps no time in recent memory where staying productive, focused and flexible has been more important. All over the world, from large companies to start-ups to non-profits to government agencies, people are being asked to do more with less. It's a fact.

GTD has perhaps never been more pertinent or powerful. Staying on top of your commitments has gone from being a sign of high performance to an expectation of performance. It's that simple.

We invite you to spend some time with people who have learned to leverage GTD to help them to adapt to change – flexibly and with confidence. Listen to great speakers like Guy Kawasaki, James Fallows, Dave Logan, and Marshall Goldsmith. Listen to David discuss how developing your control and perspective in these times are critical in a world of uncertainty and constant change. Visit our Coach's Corner and Coach's Theater to explore practical ideas and recommendations from David's senior coaches and facilitators. Come and preview a new David Allen product that is going to make it easier than ever for people to improve their personal productivity... wherever they work.

You do not want to miss the GTD Summit, and we want to do all that we can to help to get you there. Please enter the coupon code GTDSUMMIT at checkout and you will receive a 25% discount – a savings of more than $550. We have also arranged for special room rate ($209) for all Summit attendees.

See a short invitation from David: www.gtdsummit.com/invite

Group Rates are available. For more information about group rates, please contact Rachelle Bonsignori at the David Allen Company at rachelle.bonsignori@davidco.com or 805-646-8432.

We hope that you will join us!

Talking About Change

It’s impossible for the GTD Summit not to recognize the tremendous changes going on around us! James Fallows and Michael Winston are two of the GTD Summit speakers who thrive on change, and they will be there to share their perspectives. Check out all of the speakers at http://www.gtdsummit.com/speakers-panelists.

James Fallows
James Fallows is National Correspondent for The Atlantic. He has worked for the magazine for more than 25 years, based in Washington DC, Seattle, Berkeley, Austin, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, and now Beijing. He was raised in Redlands, California, received his undergraduate degree in American history and literature from Harvard, and received a graduate degree in economics from Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. In addition to working for the Atlantic, he has spent two years as chief White House speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, two years as the editor of US News & World Report, and six months as a program designer at Microsoft. He is an instrument-rated private pilot.

Fallows has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award five times and has won once; he has also won the American Book Award for nonfiction. Since the creation of the New America Foundation in 1999 he has been chairman of its board. His books include “Blind Into Baghdad” (2006) and "Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China," (2009).

Michael Winston
With more than 25 years of cutting-edge experience as a business leader, change agent, and organization strategist, Michael G. Winston has been in the "eye of the storm" of businesses undergoing massive transformations. Dr. Winston has served in executive positions for five esteemed Fortune 50 companies. Michael Winston has held top management positions at Merrill Lynch, Motorola, McDonnell Douglas, Bank of America, and Lockheed Corporations during seismic changes in their industries. Michael's work has been recognized year after year by inclusion in several "Top Business Thought-Leaders" lists.

A special Summit invitation from David Allen

Officially, the purpose of the Summit is to provide and inspire collaborative and productive conversation, in a rich, high-energy, structured but informal space; and help everyone who has taken to GTD leverage it and related resources to the max. Unofficially, it is a place where people can hang out with other equally inspirational, interesting and thoughtful people for a couple of days, who share the common focus on getting things done in productive and sustainable ways, for themselves and the people they serve.

It's a unique combination of challenge, irony, and perfection that the first GTD Summit was planned way ahead of anyone's awareness of a global financial meltdown. What worse time could there be to ask people and organizations to invest discretionary time and financial resources for process improvement, innovation, lifestyle, organization and leadership development? And on the other hand what better time would there be to enhance and apply the best practices for staying focused and in control?

Our work has always been about helping people have richer, better lives; and we’re doing our best to continue doing that in a time when it's so needed. For anyone to have the chance to share some quality time with any of thirty-six extraordinary panelists would be worth the price of admission. Along with my senior coaches and trainers, I will also personally be available and sharing my latest and greatest thinking and experience with the GTD best practices throughout the event.

Because of the crunch happening in many travel and training budgets, we're extending a special registration discount offer that you can extend to your network.

I invite you to register with a special discount of 25% (more than $550) off the Summit fee.

and enter the coupon code: Summit25

See you there!

David

MORE GREAT SPEAKERS

Marilu Goodyear is the Chair of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. Formally, she held the position of Vice Provost for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at the University in which she lead all campus-wide software, hardware and networking technology services, printing services and the KU libraries. Her research areas include organizational change, and mentoring.

Ben Hammersley is a British journalist and deputy editor of Conde Nast's Wired UK magazine. He is also a freelance reporter for the BBC. He previously worked as the first Internet reporter for The Times, where he was shortlisted for one of the British Press Awards, and as a reporter for The Guardian and the UK arm of MSN.

Just added–featured guests Guy Kawasaki and James Fallows.

In March 2009, thought leaders, influencers and professionals will gather at the new InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco for the GTD Summit.

GTD (the paradigm-breaking methodology by David Allen) has become widely recognized as the best practice for managing information, tracking commitments and allocating resources. It has struck a nerve with corporations, non-profits and millions of users around the world and spawned an ecosystem of software developers, writers, bloggers and productivity tools.

The GTD Summit will be the gathering place of GTD adopters and innovative guests who are changing the way we work and live. You’ll hear ways to impact individuals, teams, and businesses.

At the GTD Summit you will experience thought-provoking and practical discussions, panels and presentations. David Allen will share content and thinking from his new book "Making It All Work - Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life" (All participants will receive an autographed copy).

You’ll hear from Guy Kawasaki, a noted speaker, entrepreneur and author. Guy is also the founder of Alltop.com and Garage Technology Ventures and author of “The Art of the Start”.

Another renowned guest is James Fallows, an internationally respected journalist and author, who is currently based in Beijing as a National Correspondent for The Atlantic. Visit the speaker page regularly to see new guests as they are added.

Take this opportunity to come to the Summit and learn how to win at greater levels.

More will be shared in the coming weeks. We are still developing events on the schedule to meet participants' requests. See the schedule for a glimpse of the topics and share your ideas with us.