There are a number of excellent free resources here on David Allen's site.

The Advanced Workflow Diagram is EXTREMELY useful, and pretty much sums up the entire book on just one page.

...in house. However, as you point out, those of us making a living (or considering doing so) based on the concepts of GTD-like systems need to be careful not to violate David Allen's copyright. I'd be glad to talk about the presentations I've done - just send me an email.

I was asked by a prof to try to implement this system for field notes taking. Since I'm doing fieldwork now, I think it might work a great deal. I just have to take the time to set it up.

If you do develop a presentation, would you mind sharing?

Thanks!

I have seen a lot of those free resources available that summarize the book. Chrome, is that advanced workflow diagram the one by Scott Moehring? I have that from before, but now to download it from the davidco site, I think you have to register or something. Which is weird, I've never seen a free thing like that which you need to add to a shopping cart. Any changes from the rev 2/27/04 version?

Basically, I'd be able to put together the presentation without a problem, I have enough resources and I've made dozens of presentations in the past. What I'm looking to do is save the 6-8 hours it will probably take me to do it [read: i'm lazy]. Plus no reason for a bunch of us to all reinvent the wheel.

Additionally, I think the GTD system as described in the book is not perfect, and it took me several months of reading this site (and others) to actually figure out how to successfully implement the system. I was hoping someone had already created a second part to the presentation, with the limitations and problems with the GTD system as described in the book, and then the various modifications and online resources available.

If no one has a presentation that they are willing to upload or to email to me, I will create one in early March, and I'd be happy to upload it. I'll have to figure out some kind of disclaimer that it would only be for nonprofit use, because I don't need any headache about copyright.

Thanks

I don't know about any changes as I downloaded it less than a month ago.

I don't think I'd worry about it too much, except saying something to the effect that these ideas are generally taken from the book Getting Things Done by David Allan, and that you in no way are compensated for this or seeking compensation except to create a more productive environment and create an open discussion in which more productive techniques may be developed.

Or something like that. :)