Archive for Newsflashes
Enhancements to NewHabits Foundations
Over the past year, we have made several major enhancements to the NewHabits time management and productivity programmes. the programme now includes 6 games, 2 of which are electronic instructional simulations. Gamification is here to stay as a design principle for all Framework programmes after seeing the success of these initial efforts. a new email [...]
Facebook Pages
The recent shift on Facebook has us pretty excited with the possibilities of sharing the Framework story, which now spans all of 19 years. Here are a few of our Facebook links that you may want to <Like>. Francis Wade, Columnist NewHabits Time Management Programs FirstCuts ezine Time Management 2.0/2Time Labs All these pages will [...]
Speaking at the ICD Conference
I have the honour of speaking at the annual conference of the Institute for Challenging Disorder (ICD) in Chicago, IL in September. The Institute offers training to professional organizers who work with clients who suffer from chronic disorganization. I’ll be doing both a speech and a workshop on how organizers can be effective in working [...]
Presentation at the Jamaica Employer’s Federation Convention
The countdown is on to the beginning of the JEF Convention 2011. It’s the biggest conference of it’s kind in the English-speaking Caribbean and I’ll be making a presentation on Saturday, May 7th on the topic of Smartphone Productivity. We recently conducted an interview with Wayne Chen – JEF President – on the conference and [...]
Conference Presentations
I had some good news recently — a paper I wrote was accepted by the annual conference at the Institute of Industrial Engineers in Reno Nevada. I’ll finalize the exact topic soon to reflect the latest research but you might have guessed that it has something to do with time management and the ways that [...]
CaribHR.Radio Launched
I recently conducted the first test broadcast of a new project I started: CaribHR.Radio It seemed to go well, and got some nice feedback, and I plan to go into “full production” with shows every two weeks during Tuesday lunchtimes. Fortunately, each show is recorded after its broadcast on the internet, and you can listen [...]
Why Jamaicans Need to Follow Trini Politics
A snap election has been called in Trinidad, and Jamaicans are not paying attention to what is happening. Read my two articles that appeared today and learn why Jamaican business-people need to pay very close attention to the latest political developments in the twin-island republic. Here is my letter to the editor of the Jamaica [...]
The Weekly Review Video
Recently I took on a pretty difficult topic — how to fix the weekly review that is the cornerstone of so many time management systems. The result was a video that is well over 20 minutes long, that has apparently upset some of the established thinking. I published it over at my time management blog: [...]
New Radio Program
Good news! I now have the pleasure of co-hosting a fairly new radio program here in Jamaica, on BESS FM – 100.1. It’s a business program, and I got off the mark on February 1st with a focus on the topic of the acquisition of Air Jamaica by Caribbean Airlines. I’ll be working for a [...]
MyTimeDesign Has Launched!
After a lot of work, MyTimeDesign is now available to the general public. To see the information page, and the 22 minute video I made, simply visit http://mytimedesign.com/registration/ It offers a 16 program that takes you through a process of upgrading your time management system, while showing you how you can keep on doing so [...]