Time Management and Goal SettingKeeping the Plates Spinning without losing your sanityMarc A. Pitman, The Fundraising Coach, www.fundraisingcoach.com

Does you day seem a raging fire?Does your world feel perpetually on fire?

And you’re running around putting them out?And that your day is spent constantly putting those fires out?

What do you do when everything’s an alarm?How do you navigate your day when everything is an alarm?

My wife once told me, “Marc, no where is it written ‘Thou shalt not drop any balls’”My wife once told me< Marc, no where is it written ‘Thou shalt not drop any balls’”

Who am I?Certified FranklinCovey CoachChosen for Seth Godin’sBullMarket Guide as a person “will shake things up”Creator of the Extreme Fundraising Ezine (http://fundraisingcoach.com)Author of Ask Without Fear! and Creating Donor Evangelists

Your Goals?

Tools for TodayThe 4Q'sYour Report CardManaging UpPareto PrincipleMagnetGoalsForest & Trees Perspectives

I want to overwhelm you with practical toolsI want to overwhelm you with practical tools.

TOOL #1 :: Q2 PlanningImportantNot Important7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Q2 PlanningImportantNot Important7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Q2 PlanningImportantNot Important7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Q2 PlanningImportantNot Important7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Q2 PlanningImportantNot Important7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Q2 PlanningImportantNot Important7 Habits of Highly Effective People

How Do You Move Into Q2?Interactive

To-do Lists are so 1900’sTask List scrapped, All tasks take…time!!So schedule them on your calendar!

Do You Ever Feel Like This?Insert Video

TOOL #2 :: Pareto – The 80/20 RuleItalian economy

Pareto – The 80/20 RuleItalian economyYour clothes

Pareto – The 80/20 RuleItalian economyYour clothesYour donors

Pareto – The 80/20 RuleItalian economyYour clothesYour donorsYour time

Pareto Principle ExerciseInteractiveWhat’s in your 20% piece of the pie?Lunch with mediaGetting out from behind the desk?

The Myth of Time ManagementTime management Task listsUsually urgencies onlyTime keeps marching on

The Myth of Time ManagementStimulusResponse

The Myth of Time ManagementSPACEStimulusResponse

The Myth of Time ManagementSPACEStimulusResponseWe really do get to choose

TOOL #3 :: Managing Up When all priorities are top priorities… what do you do?

TOOL #3 :: Managing UpList current tasksList all new tasksIndividually, all of them look “top” priority, don’t they?

TOOL #3 :: Managing UpList current tasksList all new tasksIndividually, all of them look “top” priority, don’t they?Ask for guidanceDon’t let the simplicity fool you!

TOOL #4 :: Report CardList tasksRank A, B, CRefine rank 1, 2, 3BUT when all priorities are top priorities…what do you do?

Exercise: PersonalChoose “Managing Up” or “Report Card” List out “top” prioritiesPrepare for your boss or circle what you’re “graded” on

Tool #5 :: MagnetGoalsList 100 things to doGoalsDreamsWishesHistory of the FutureIDENTIFY MagnetGoals

MagnetGoalsList 100 things to doHealthMoneyRelationshipsTravelLife-long LearningHistory of Future

MagnetGoalsLet rest for 2-3 daysRe-read and identify for “MagnetGoals”These are your 20%!

MagnetGoalsRoad MapGoalWhat?When?Allies & ResourcesObstacles?Who can help?Coach or Accountability

Tool #6 :: Get Above the TreesEasy to neglectEasy to miss the forest for all the trees

Get Above the TreesBlock out timeMonthly check in(like at Starbucks)Block out WEEKLY timeParticularly Sunday & late FridayCOMMIT TO IT!

FREEBIE Tool #7 :: Scotty TechniqueUnder promise over deliver

FREEBIE Tool #8 :: Unplug Your PCIncredibly increases focus

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