Hello, and thanks for checking out my eProductivity Template for Lotus Notes. I have posted this information in response to several requests from members of the "GTD Palm" forum as well as several interested clients. this web site has screen shots of my eProductivity template in use.

As a technology consultant since the early 80's, I am constantly in search of the ultimate productivity tools, technology, and education to support my own work as well as the needs of my clients. Click here to learn about some of the eProductivity systems which I have implemented. My research has led me to attend many seminars and to purchase many books, tapes, personal organizers, hardware, and software tools. I won't distract you with the details of each; however, you would recognize the names of these products as some of the most popular names on the market.

While I have learned something valuable from each seminar, book, or tape I have studied, I often found that the methodologies presented were often quite difficult to implement (and sustain on a long-term basis) in my own life. Further, many of the systems that I examined, required that I use their software, their book, planner, or organizer. This did not work for me.

For most of the past decade, I have focused my efforts on designing collaborative systems using Lotus Notes. While Notes is probably one of the most powerful environments in which to work, there are appallingly few personal productivity tools which have been adapted for it.

I have been privileged to have as a friend and a client, David Allen of "Getting Things Done" (GTD) fame. I have found his methodology to be easy to apply regardless of the type of personal organization system I have used. The GTD Methodology has allowed me to consistently accomplish my objectives and has influenced many systems that I have designed since, including my eProductivity Template for Lotus Notes. (If you have not heard of GTD, I strongly encourage you to pickup a copy of David's book or attend his seminar. I provide a link to David's web site at the bottom of this page.)

Many years ago I began to develop an eProductivity Template for Lotus Notes which can be applied to a standard Lotus Notes Mail Database. This template provides a suite of productivity tools and is based upon the various productivity methodologies which I have studied. The template that I have designed is inherently group "aware" and supports distributed/delegated ToDos, Calendar Entries, and more. Using a synchronization tool for Lotus Notes such as Pylon, I can easily synchronize this information with my Palm and soon, with a WinCE handheld. Finally, as a template, it can be easily deployed to 1 person or 40,000 people just by specifying the preferred template in the user's mail database or applying it to a master template on the server.

If you are not familiar with, or do not use Lotus Notes, then this template will be of little use to you. You are welcome to look at the screen shots to see what you might learn and apply in your own systems. Regardless of what system you use, feel free to look at what I have done. You may come up with some ideas to use in your own systems. I hope that you find this helpful and perhaps a source of inspiration.

These screen shots are an example some of the tools that I have created to help my clients to become more efficient and productive, using technology. The eProductivity Template for Lotus Notes is available exclusively to my eProductivity Coaching clients -- It is not available for separate sale at this time. If you are interested in my eProductivity Coaching or consulting services, or if you would like to be notified when this template becomes available to the public, feel free to send me an email.


Eric D. Mack
ICA.COM, Inc.


NOTE: In my eProductivity Template for Lotus Notes, I use many of the concepts and terms which you can learn in the public "Getting Things Done" Seminars presented by David Allen. You might find these foreign if you have not been to a seminar or read David's book of the same title. (I highly recommend both) If you are an Outlook user, I highly recommend an excellent document on David's web site which describes how to configure Microsoft Outlook in a manner that is consistent with the GTD Methodology. To learn more about the GTD Methodology, visit The David Allen Company web site: www.davidco.com


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