Approaches to calendar management

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak talk calendar management.

Podcast notes

Guest: Dave Stachowiak

Dave shared about his “Wayne’s World” moment, coming back as a guest on the show.

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Keep the calendar’s purpose central

Exceptions to only having items calendared that have to happen at a particular time

• Grading, as a means of budgeting time

See the big picture My/our set up

• Mac Calendar (BusyCal)
• Exchange / Outlook
• Planbook
• RSS Calendar Subscriptions

1. Preschool
2. TIHE from Asana
3. US holidays

Make it easy for your students and other stakeholders

• TimeTrade for office hours and podcasting appointments
• Time blocks

Support collaboration through scheduling tools

• Doodle
• The Best Day

Review and reflect

• Weekly review – each of us goes through a review each week to help us reflect on priorities and commitments
  • Look back to last week
  • Look forward next two weeks
• Monthly review – the monthly review allows for a bigger picture view of how we are tracking toward goals
  • Look at next month

Recommendations Bonni recommends:

• Sunrise Meet
  • Review on FastCompany
  • Overview on The Chronicle

Dave recommends:

• Fantastical