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Welcome to the whiteboard for Session #33 of Making Business Happen Radio, the show to help you build your business playbook. This is the podcast to help you become more profitable, productive, and prepared to grow your business. I?m Dallon Christensen, your host and the founder of Whiteboard Business Partners.

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I have discussed how you must build your own workflow ideas without the help of technology. However, technology can be a tremendous way to improve your productivity. Smartphones and tablets, when used correctly, can give you the ability to stay productive and organized anywhere. These eight tools are productivity applications I?ve tested for at least one project to help me become more organized.

Asana ? The Simplified GTD Experience

Free for up to 30 users
I have used this for shared projects and grocery lists
iPhone app is very easy to use
Tags give GTD functionality
Allows sharing and comments among team members and outside people

Evernote?- The All-in-One

Cross-platform is the biggest benefit
Not designed as a GTD tool, more of a reference tool
Very flexible ? can arrange the system as you like
Evernote?s key functionalities
- Scanned paper
- Forwarded e-mails
- Tagging
- Notebooks ? I share a notebook with my coach, for example
$45/year or $5/month for premium version. Free version available

IQTell- The Collector

Currently in private beta ? sign up here
I have tested the beta and found several great features
- Single point of access for many productivity items
  - Calendar
  - E-mail
  - Tickler items
  - Reference items
- Can link many tools into IQTell
Can also link multiple e-mail accounts
Ability to create action steps and projects from a reference item or e-mail is a good touch
Great for people who want a single point of contact for their productivity system
Sahaf Flam, IQTell?s co-founder, is a future guest on Making Business Happen Radio.

OmniFocus?- The GTD Powerhouse

Closest thing to a GTD-approved app ? GTD/Omnifocus manual
Follows the GTD workflow very closely
Many features
- Subtasks
- Different perspectives
Most expensive option

$11.99 on Mac App Store, $4.99 for universal iOS version
Three structures
Use tags for any identification desired
- @today ? What you want to complete today
- @next ? What you want to do next for each project
- Could also tag with context or people names
Clean, simple structure

Things?- The Mac Experience

Must pay for all three versions
Most visually appealing of the ?traditional? task apps
No contexts like OmniFocus
Can use tags for contexts, people, etc.
Good mix of GTD methodology and flexibility

Trello?- The Visual Experience

Currently free
Corkboard concept ? Like adding cards to a series of boards
Can set up boards by project, client, or other setup
Ability to share with co-workers and outside users
Colored labels have flexible use
- Red ? Today?s tasks
- Green ? Next actions
My wife and I use this for many home checklists and tasks
- Grocery lists
- Nightly cleaning duties

Zendone?- Evernote integration

Free beta testing as of February 2013
Intergrates with Google Apps and Evernote
Able to turn an Evernote item into an action item or a reference item
Can create items from Zendone directly into Google Calendar
iOS app available

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Eight Productivity Tools for Getting Things Done ? Business coach ...