Notes on Productivity

Notes on Productivity www.NotesOnProductivity.com http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/ en-us Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:23:19 -0700 A question only a Lotus Notes for Mac user can answer... Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:23:19 -0700 this topic to this blog, seeking an answer to question. The title I chose did not actually ask a question. So, as you might expect, I didn't get the answer I hoped for.

If you are a Lotus Notes for Mac user, I'd appreciate your quick thoughts on this.
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Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/notes-mac-users-can-you-answer-this-question Lotus Notes Eric Mack http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/notes-mac-users-can-you-answer-this-question?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/notes-mac-users-can-you-answer-this-question this topic to this blog, seeking an answer to question. The title I chose did not actually ask a question. So, as you might expect, I didn't get the answer I hoped for.

If you are a Lotus Notes for Mac user, I'd appreciate your quick thoughts on this.

Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/notes-mac-users-can-you-answer-this-question http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/notes-mac-users-can-you-answer-this-question?opendocument&comments How to use File and Folder Aliases in Lotus Notes for Mac Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:02:46 -0700
Oops. I should have tried it first.

When I drag the alias into a Notes document, Notes properly shows the attachment type:

However, when I go to open the attachment, I get an error indicating that the file is already open in Mac OS X.

I use this capability all the time with Lotus Notes on Windows. Works great. Next to doclinks, this is a powerful feature for managing information that resides outside of Lotus Notes.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that I can do this with Lotus Notes on the Mac.

I told my client I would reach out to the Lotus Notes Community to see what I could learn...

Please post any feedback below. Thanks!
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Oops. I should have tried it first.

When I drag the alias into a Notes document, Notes properly shows the attachment type:

Image:How to use File and Folder Aliases in Lotus Notes for Mac

Image:How to use File and Folder Aliases in Lotus Notes for Mac

However, when I go to open the attachment, I get an error indicating that the file is already open in Mac OS X.

Image:How to use File and Folder Aliases in Lotus Notes for Mac

I use this capability all the time with Lotus Notes on Windows. Works great. Next to doclinks, this is a powerful feature for managing information that resides outside of Lotus Notes.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that I can do this with Lotus Notes on the Mac.

I told my client I would reach out to the Lotus Notes Community to see what I could learn...

Please post any feedback below. Thanks!

Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/how-to-use-file-and-folder-aliases-in-lotus-notes-for-mac http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/how-to-use-file-and-folder-aliases-in-lotus-notes-for-mac?opendocument&comments Technology Solves Problems, Frustrates - David Allen Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:59:28 -0700 http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=technology-solves-problems-frustrates---david-allen http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/technology-solves-problems-frustrates---david-allen Notes & GTD Eric Mack http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/technology-solves-problems-frustrates---david-allen?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/technology-solves-problems-frustrates---david-allen
Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/technology-solves-problems-frustrates---david-allen http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/technology-solves-problems-frustrates---david-allen?opendocument&comments What if computer problems were real? Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:06:43 -0700 http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=what-if-computer-problems-were-real http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/what-if-computer-problems-were-real Eric Mack http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/what-if-computer-problems-were-real?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/what-if-computer-problems-were-real
Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/what-if-computer-problems-were-real http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/what-if-computer-problems-were-real?opendocument&comments Take the 14 day GTD Challenge and Get More Done Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0700 http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=take-the-14-day-gtd-challenge-and-get-more-done http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/take-the-14-day-gtd-challenge-and-get-more-done Getting Things Done Eric Mack http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/take-the-14-day-gtd-challenge-and-get-more-done?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/take-the-14-day-gtd-challenge-and-get-more-done
Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/take-the-14-day-gtd-challenge-and-get-more-done http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/take-the-14-day-gtd-challenge-and-get-more-done?opendocument&comments Invitation: Super Productivity Tools for Superwomen Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:17:34 -0700 http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=invitation-super-productivity-tools-for-superwomen http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/invitation-super-productivity-tools-for-superwomen Getting Things Done Eric Mack http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/invitation-super-productivity-tools-for-superwomen?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/invitation-super-productivity-tools-for-superwomen
Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/invitation-super-productivity-tools-for-superwomen http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/invitation-super-productivity-tools-for-superwomen?opendocument&comments Why some users only see Notes as email Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:05:06 -0700
For some users of Lotus Notes, that's all they can see, access, or use.

What an extraordinary waste of resources to pay well for talent and expertise, give workers and extraordinary tool to support them, and then lock it down so all they can use is email.

Today, I worked with a senior executive at a large organization. He had transferred from a global organization that used Outlook. Now, he has Lotus Notes. Like many highly productive executives, he's involved in a GTD community (this one happened to be on LinkedIn) where he learned that Lotus Notes could be transformed into a highly effective information and action management tool. He contacted me for some guidance and I offered to help him. I asked him if he had received any training in how to use Notes. He replied no, so I offered to do a quick web meeting to get him started. It was there that I found out that his Lotus Notes was locked down to the screen above. So, for him, Notes truly is about email and basic PIM. He could not view the Notes workspace or anything else. Strictly email and calendar.

I showed him my Lotus Notes desktop, specifically my Notes workspace where I have over 400 icons on my workspace neatly organized across more than a dozen tabs. It may sound like a lot but Lotus Notes makes it very easy for me to get things done quickly by organizing my work in this way. We reviewed some of the features of Notes and within minutes he said that he could see how Notes could do so much more and that prior to our meeting he had only heard the negatives about Notes. Now, he was interested to learn more about Lotus Notes and what it could do for his organization.

In the short time we had, I did not make him a Notes expert, but I did manage to give him a glimpse into a tool that has served me and many others quite well for over two decades. The very tool he has on his desktop has the ability to transform the way that he and his team comm
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For some users of Lotus Notes, that's all they can see, access, or use.

What an extraordinary waste of resources to pay well for talent and expertise, give workers and extraordinary tool to support them, and then lock it down so all they can use is email.

Today, I worked with a senior executive at a large organization. He had transferred from a global organization that used Outlook. Now, he has Lotus Notes. Like many highly productive executives, he's involved in a GTD community (this one happened to be on LinkedIn) where he learned that Lotus Notes could be transformed into a highly effective information and action management tool. He contacted me for some guidance and I offered to help him. I asked him if he had received any training in how to use Notes. He replied no, so I offered to do a quick web meeting to get him started. It was there that I found out that his Lotus Notes was locked down to the screen above. So, for him, Notes truly is about email and basic PIM. He could not view the Notes workspace or anything else. Strictly email and calendar.

I showed him my Lotus Notes desktop, specifically my Notes workspace where I have over 400 icons on my workspace neatly organized across more than a dozen tabs. It may sound like a lot but Lotus Notes makes it very easy for me to get things done quickly by organizing my work in this way. We reviewed some of the features of Notes and within minutes he said that he could see how Notes could do so much more and that prior to our meeting he had only heard the negatives about Notes. Now, he was interested to learn more about Lotus Notes and what it could do for his organization.

In the short time we had, I did not make him a Notes expert, but I did manage to give him a glimpse into a tool that has served me and many others quite well for over two decades. The very tool he has on his desktop has the ability to transform the way that he and his team communicate, collaborates and coordinate their work.

I am glad I was able to champion the software he already has and give him a new outlook on Lotus Notes.

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Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/dominopower-getting-things-done-with-lotus-notes http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/dominopower-getting-things-done-with-lotus-notes?opendocument&comments PCWorld: Making Lotus Notes users more productive Wed, 25 May 2011 01:31:00 -0700 For the second time in just six months, PCWorld's Robert Strohmeyer writes about making Lotus Notes users more productive. As a follow-up to his article, "master your email so it doesn't master you", Strohmeyer talks about the recent announcement of eProductivity Stand-Alone:

Last week, eProductivity released a new version of the product, eProductivity Stand-Alone, designed for Notes users who lack the administrative permissions to change their mail template. However, like its enterprise-grade cousin, eProductivity Integrated, it still has the ability to turn messages into next actions, set customized contexts, categorize the inbox, and walk you through your weekly review.

While he no longer uses Lotus Notes as his primary email system - a point not missed in his article - he's quick to point out that there are many professionals who depend on Notes for the bulk of their daily business communications, calendar tracking, and other essential work stuff.

I should take a moment to say that, while Notes isn't my preferred communications tool, it does happen to be the chosen messaging and calendar platform of a certain Mr. David Allen. And I think it's fair to say that Mr. Allen knows a thing or two about GTD. And when I last spoke to David Allen about his personal toolkit for GTD, he claimed to use eProductivity. So there's a solid recommendation for you.

Strohmeyer also mentions the new "Essentials" version of eProductivity that is free and does not require any change to the user's mail file.

I enjoy reading Robert's Smart Productivity articles
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Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=pcworld-making-lotus-notes-users-more-productive http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/pcworld-making-lotus-notes-users-more-productive Notes & GTD Eric Mack http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/pcworld-making-lotus-notes-users-more-productive?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/pcworld-making-lotus-notes-users-more-productive For the second time in just six months, PCWorld's Robert Strohmeyer writes about making Lotus Notes users more productive. As a follow-up to his article, "master your email so it doesn't master you", Strohmeyer talks about the recent announcement of eProductivity Stand-Alone:

Last week, eProductivity released a new version of the product, eProductivity Stand-Alone, designed for Notes users who lack the administrative permissions to change their mail template. However, like its enterprise-grade cousin, eProductivity Integrated, it still has the ability to turn messages into next actions, set customized contexts, categorize the inbox, and walk you through your weekly review.

I should take a moment to say that, while Notes isn't my preferred communications tool, it does happen to be the chosen messaging and calendar platform of a certain Mr. David Allen. And I think it's fair to say that Mr. Allen knows a thing or two about GTD. And when I last spoke to David Allen about his personal toolkit for GTD, he claimed to use eProductivity. So there's a solid recommendation for you.

Strohmeyer also mentions the new "Essentials" version of eProductivity that is free and does not require any change to the user's mail file.

I enjoy reading Robert's Smart Productivity articles. I first met Robert at the GTD Summit in San Francisco. He's not only technically minded but he's also an avid GTDer. As a result, I appreciate the fact that he concludes with this recommendation:

If you're a Notes user interested in bringing GTD to your inbox, eProductivity is definitely worth a look.

Source: PCWorld: Productivity Stand-Alone Brings GTD to Lotus Notes

Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/pcworld-making-lotus-notes-users-more-productive http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/pcworld-making-lotus-notes-users-more-productive?opendocument&comments User Satisfaction with IBM Lotus Notes for Email and Tasks Skyrockets with eProductivity Thu, 19 May 2011 12:00:00 -0700 Guest post by Ryan Heathers of eProductivity

In January 2011, you may recall that we conducted a survey of eProductivity users. Over 400 respondents later, some very interesting data points emerged.

One trend that jumped out was the shift in user satisfaction with IBM Lotus Notes once users installed eProductivity...

If you click the graph above, you'll see the survey source data that this graph is based on. As you can see, we're not making this stuff up.

So what conclusions might we draw from this?

Well, it's no secret that many people dislike the user experience of Lotus Notes. But that might not be telling the whole story here. There are legions of people who dislike (hate?) Microsoft Outlook as well, not to mention the many other enterprise software packages that people love to loathe.

I think one of the keys here is that eProductivity allows users to personalize and customize their IBM Lotus Notes experience. Without needing IT assistance, users can get Lotus Notes to work the way they want to work. In other words, this is another example of the "consumerization of the enterprise" that puts choice back in the end-users hands, engaging and empowering them. Prior to eProductivity, this wasn't possible for end-users of Lotus Notes.

Additionally, the world-class information management tools in eProductivity, powered by GTD, just flat out work. They deliver great results as evidenced by other results from the survey telling
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Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=user-satisfaction-with-ibm-lotus-notes-for-email-and-tasks-skyrockets-with-eproductivity http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-satisfaction-with-ibm-lotus-notes-for-email-and-tasks-skyrockets-with-eproductivity Lotus Notes Ryan Heathers http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-satisfaction-with-ibm-lotus-notes-for-email-and-tasks-skyrockets-with-eproductivity?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-satisfaction-with-ibm-lotus-notes-for-email-and-tasks-skyrockets-with-eproductivity Guest post by Ryan Heathers of eProductivity

In January 2011, you may recall that we conducted a survey of eProductivity users. Over 400 respondents later, some very interesting data points emerged.

One trend that jumped out was the shift in user satisfaction with IBM Lotus Notes once users installed eProductivity...

User Satisfaction with IBM Lotus Notes Mail & Tasks compared to using eProductivity for Lotus Notes

If you click the graph above, you'll see the survey source data that this graph is based on. As you can see, we're not making this stuff up.

So what conclusions might we draw from this?

Well, it's no secret that many people dislike the user experience of Lotus Notes. But that might not be telling the whole story here. There are legions of people who dislike (hate?) Microsoft Outlook as well, not to mention the many other enterprise software packages that people love to loathe.

I think one of the keys here is that eProductivity allows users to personalize and customize their IBM Lotus Notes experience. Without needing IT assistance, users can get Lotus Notes to work the way they want to work. In other words, this is another example of the "consumerization of the enterprise" that puts choice back in the end-users hands, engaging and empowering them. Prior to eProductivity, this wasn't possible for end-users of Lotus Notes.

Additionally, the world-class information management tools in eProductivity, powered by GTD, just flat out work. They deliver great results as evidenced by other results from the survey telling us about time savings, empty inboxes, and reduction of stress.

Now that we've launched eProductivity Stand-alone - which requires literally just a couple of clicks to install - and the free Essentials Edition, we expect this trend to continue. It's even more of a no-brainer for users to personalize their Lotus Notes with the right tools.

And, more choice in Lotus Notes users hands + using the right tools = greater satisfaction.

Hey, we might even seen sites like this one boom in popularity. IBM would welcome that, right?

Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/user-satisfaction-with-ibm-lotus-notes-for-email-and-tasks-skyrockets-with-eproductivity http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-satisfaction-with-ibm-lotus-notes-for-email-and-tasks-skyrockets-with-eproductivity?opendocument&comments The Scoop on What’s New at eProductivity Fri, 13 May 2011 06:03:00 -0700 http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=changes-at-eproductivity http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/changes-at-eproductivity eProductivity Ryan Heathers http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/changes-at-eproductivity?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/changes-at-eproductivity
Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/changes-at-eproductivity http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/changes-at-eproductivity?opendocument&comments End user looking for resources to learn more about Lotus Notes Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:59:47 -0700 Eric, do you have any recommendations on some resources (books, web sites, etc.) that I could use to gain some additional expertise in using Lotus Notes with eProductivity?As far as learning about eProductivity, we have a learning resource page. As far as current resources for end users that want to learn more about Lotus Notes I have less to share. Because I am now removed from a end-user Notes training, most of the books and resources that I have are now many year/versions old. I know there are good resources out there. Most of what I found in Google were resources for administrators or developers. These wont be helpful for this individual.

So, I'm asking the Lotus community to help by posting comments with links to end-user (not admin or dev) resources for Notes users.
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Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/trackback?open&id=user-looking-for-resources-to-learn-more-about-lotus-notes http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-looking-for-resources-to-learn-more-about-lotus-notes Lotus Notes Eric Mack http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-looking-for-resources-to-learn-more-about-lotus-notes?opendocument&comments http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-looking-for-resources-to-learn-more-about-lotus-notes Eric, do you have any recommendations on some resources (books, web sites, etc.) that I could use to gain some additional expertise in using Lotus Notes with eProductivity?As far as learning about eProductivity, we have a learning resource page. As far as current resources for end users that want to learn more about Lotus Notes I have less to share. Because I am now removed from a end-user Notes training, most of the books and resources that I have are now many year/versions old. I know there are good resources out there. Most of what I found in Google were resources for administrators or developers. These wont be helpful for this individual.

So, I'm asking the Lotus community to help by posting comments with links to end-user (not admin or dev) resources for Notes users.

Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/user-looking-for-resources-to-learn-more-about-lotus-notes http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/user-looking-for-resources-to-learn-more-about-lotus-notes?opendocument&comments Looking for IBM/Lotus BP in Zimbabwe Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:05:28 -0700
Anyway, we explained that Foundations hardware is no longer available and recommended that they contact a Lotus BP to assist them in planning a deployment of Lotus Notes/Domino. Unfortunately, I do not have a referral to offer.

I'm going social and reaching out to the Lotus (oops, IBM) community to see what you may know that can help.

Do you know of an outstanding Lotus/IBM BP in Zimbabwe?

Thanks!

Eric
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Anyway, we explained that Foundations hardware is no longer available and recommended that they contact a Lotus BP to assist them in planning a deployment of Lotus Notes/Domino. Unfortunately, I do not have a referral to offer.

I'm going social and reaching out to the Lotus (oops, IBM) community to see what you may know that can help.

Do you know of an outstanding Lotus/IBM BP in Zimbabwe?

Thanks!

Eric

Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/looking-for-ibmlotus-bp-in-zimbabwe http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/looking-for-ibmlotus-bp-in-zimbabwe?opendocument&comments Making Lotus Notes Personal #LS11 Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:15:00 -0700
The final opportunity to hear Eric Mack present at Lotusphere 2011 is "Getting Things Done with Lotus Software: Making Lotus Notes Personal". This Bird-of-Feather session focuses on the practical tips and tricks you can use right away to get more from Lotus Notes.

Eric has over 17 years of Lotus Notes experience, so he has much to share. Come on by for some casual yet focused conversation.

Here's the details:

Getting Things Done with Lotus Software: Making Lotus Notes Personal
Date: Wednesday, February 2nd
Time: 5:45pm - 6:45pm EST
Location: SW Pelican

As usual, attending a session from Eric means you'll have opportunities for free productivity resources. Bring your business cards and stay tuned!
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The final opportunity to hear Eric Mack present at Lotusphere 2011 is "Getting Things Done with Lotus Software: Making Lotus Notes Personal". This Bird-of-Feather session focuses on the practical tips and tricks you can use right away to get more from Lotus Notes.

Eric has over 17 years of Lotus Notes experience, so he has much to share. Come on by for some casual yet focused conversation.

Here's the details:

Getting Things Done with Lotus Software: Making Lotus Notes Personal
Date: Wednesday, February 2nd
Time: 5:45pm - 6:45pm EST
Location: SW Pelican

As usual, attending a session from Eric means you'll have opportunities for free productivity resources. Bring your business cards and stay tuned!

Originally posted on Notes On Productivity ]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dxcomments/making-lotus-notes-personal http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ICA/NOP.nsf/dx/making-lotus-notes-personal?opendocument&comments How to Create Value from Lotus Software #LS11 Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:46:23 -0700
Tomorrow on the big stage at Lotusphere, Eric Mack will be presenting a much-anticipated session on how to transform personal and organizational productivity.

The session, called "V=KMT: The Forumla for Creating Value with Lotus Software", is built off Eric's graduate studies in knowledge management and experience gained from providing expert consulting services to more than 350 corporate and government clients, most notably in the fields of messaging, collaborative, and productivity technologies.

There's something for everyone in this session. For teams or companies, knowing how to create bottom-line value from your tools and resources is critical for survival, let alone success. For individuals, learning the secrets of value creation could be the difference in getting - or not getting - that raise or promotion. So this is a cant-miss kind of event!

Here's the details:

V=KMT: The Formula for Creating Value with Lotus Software
Date: Wednesday, February 2nd
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Location: Dolphin, Northern Hemisphere, Room A-C

Attending Eric's session also means you'll have opportunities for free productivity resources. Bring your business cards and stay tuned!
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Tomorrow on the big stage at Lotusphere, Eric Mack will be presenting a much-anticipated session on how to transform personal and organizational productivity.

The session, called "V=KMT: The Forumla for Creating Value with Lotus Software", is built off Eric's graduate studies in knowledge management and experience gained from providing expert consulting services to more than 350 corporate and government clients, most notably in the fields of messaging, collaborative, and productivity technologies.

There's something for everyone in this session. For teams or companies, knowing how to create bottom-line value from your tools and resources is critical for survival, let alone success. For individuals, learning the secrets of value creation could be the difference in getting - or not getting - that raise or promotion. So this is a cant-miss kind of event!

Here's the details:

V=KMT: The Formula for Creating Value with Lotus Software
Date: Wednesday, February 2nd
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Location: Dolphin, Northern Hemisphere, Room A-C

Attending Eric's session also means you'll have opportunities for free productivity resources. Bring your business cards and stay tuned!

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GTD® is the renowned productivity methodology created by David Allen. It provides you with a simple, effective way to achieve stress-free productivity. As millions of people around the world can testify, this stuff really works.

At the always exciting Speedgeeking event tonight, Eric Mack will be demonstrating GTD in bite-sized 5 minute chunks. So make sure to swing by and listen in.

Eric will also be handing out a valuable "cheat sheet" card on how to recover from inbox overwhelm in 4 easy steps, and he has GTD books and resource kits to give away. Come prepared with your business cards!

Here's the event details:

Speed Geeking: GTD
Date: Tuesday, February 1st
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm EST
Location: Dolphin Pacific Hall
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GTD® is the renowned productivity methodology created by David Allen. It provides you with a simple, effective way to achieve stress-free productivity. As millions of people around the world can testify, this stuff really works.

At the always exciting Speedgeeking event tonight, Eric Mack will be demonstrating GTD in bite-sized 5 minute chunks. So make sure to swing by and listen in.

Eric will also be handing out a valuable "cheat sheet" card on how to recover from inbox overwhelm in 4 easy steps, and he has GTD books and resource kits to give away. Come prepared with your business cards!

Here's the event details:

Speed Geeking: GTD
Date: Tuesday, February 1st
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm EST
Location: Dolphin Pacific Hall

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(Liveblogging from Ed's session, so random observations to follow)

Marketplace Scorecard

Notes & Domino
- Steady (2nd place, I think he said)
- Fastest growing business & mobile email platform
- Vast majority running 8.5x release

LotusLive Notes
- Strong analyst & customer reception (I agree)

Lotus Symphony
- 50 Million Downloads

Where are Notes/Domino Winning
- Singapore Airlines
- 40% Increase in new clients
- U.S. Dept of Interior running IdeaJam (Go Elguiji)
- And more...

Quick review of milestones around Notes 8.5.2 (See LS Session on that)

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(Liveblogging from Ed's session, so random observations to follow)

Marketplace Scorecard

Notes & Domino
- Steady (2nd place, I think he said)
- Fastest growing business & mobile email platform
- Vast majority running 8.5x release

LotusLive Notes
- Strong analyst & customer reception (I agree)

Lotus Symphony
- 50 Million Downloads

Where are Notes/Domino Winning
- Singapore Airlines
- 40% Increase in new clients
- U.S. Dept of Interior running IdeaJam (Go Elguiji)
- And more...

Quick review of milestones around Notes 8.5.2 (See LS Session on that)

Plugins for Notes that shipped in 2010: Tungle and Gist. (Wendy blogged about both of these last week). And, Tungle is coming to LotusLive. (Yes!). Quick demo of Tungle buy Tungle CEO.

"Your calendar knows your personal/professional life by the appointments you keep" so Tungle will keep you informed. Sweet..

Other 2010 Accomplishments:
Cloud images for Amazon, New licensing schemes to include clustering, RIM BES (free) for Domino 8.5x.
IBM Solutions catalog updated throughout the year. Major contributions to OpenNTF - even before GA. (Thanks, Ed)

OpenNTF cofounder Nathan Freeman (GROUP) is taking about new solutions from GROUP (based on OpenNTF) to migrate to xPages and mobile. GROUP makes it easier to take your apps to the next level by xPages enabling them. Well done!

[I appreciate that Ed dumped the teleprompter. He knows his stuff and rocks when not constrained by a script. Much more fluid and interesting. (I understand why the prompters are used, but I appreciate when they aren't)]

LotusLive Notes is looking really good and lots of new features coming, including support for Android and RIM clients. Love the hybrid model. That's for just $5 a month,

For $10 a month you can get LotusLive Notes PLUS all of the collaboration suite. Plugins for activities, meetings, etc. (What I like about this is that it's Notes - proven, reliable, extendable with a variety of apps.)

Notes & Domino 8.5x. Expect one maintenance release this year. Not much coming. Most attention will be with Notes.Next.

Lotus is promising more visibility around the Lotus Solutions Catalog. (applause)

Ed mentioned an Ad campaign coming around productivity and Lotus Notes, probably in the next 6-8 weeks. (hint).

Eddie Hasicka, VP Synaptris announces FewClix unity from within the Notes Mailbox. (Demo) Allows Full Text Search even if Notes FT not enabled. All indexing done outside of the Notes client/mailbox. Mailbox he's showing has 1500 emails in the INBOX. Interesting.

He say that with 10-15 emails a day you can easily get buried (If you don't process them) which is why they now have email flagging and filtering so that you procrastinate in just a few clicks. Seems like their premise is that folks aren't processing their email and prefer to live in the inbox. I'll grant that's common, but certainly not best practice. Very elegant that their app works outside the mail db. I'd like to hear from any users to get their feedback.

Next up.

LotusLive Notes roadmap for 2011.
- Hosted RIM BES
- Disaster Recovery Enhancements
- Notes Web support for IM, and more (see slides)

Now talking about partners for LotusLive Notes. First up: GSX - collaboration availability and reporting. Great for monitoring LotusLive Notes as well as hybrid environments.

Announcing new Domino Utility server on IBM (or later this year on Amazon) cloud to run production environments in the cloud. New licensing or bring your own. Also allows LotusLive Notes to count for client licenses. IBM can now do that. You can marry a Domino Utility server with the LotusLive Notes client model. Very cool. Makes it easier to migrate to the could in total or hybrid.

LotusLive Symphony - brings productivity editors to the cloud. You can see it live soon on Lotus Greenhouse; public thereafter.

[Uh oh major slide malfunction. I appreciate @Edbrill 's calm composure in the face of presentation snags. We've all been there. Well handled. We understand.]

Mobile will be big in 2011. IBM is investing significantly in a variety of platforms so that you can have your information with you regardless of platform iOS, Blackberry, Android, etc.

Notes/Domino "Next" Conceptual Objectives
- Innovation
- Convergence
- Continuity

Mentioned that they see the need for ways to increase individual productivity as this will add value to social business model.

Convergence is about facilitating a path to the cloud, whether fully hosted or hybrid, which Notes/Domino does well.

Focus on making users more productive in order to enhance overall collaboration. The inbox is no longer the center of gravity for collaboration. (What do you think? is that your experience?)

Productivity tools move to background as content moves front and center.

Expect to see next releases in 2012.

Now, Ed's telling us what won't change in the "next" release. Not much -- that's a good thing. See the slide for a long bullet list. I'm pleased.

Call to action:
1. Move to Notes/Domino 8.52
2. Consider money-saving benefits of Lotus Symphony and Protector
3. Evaluate LotusLive Notes + Engage
...

Well done.

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Sitting in my comfy leather (or leather-like - can't tell) couch at the front of the Lotusphere 2010 opening general session. Mass Ensemble is performing the opening act. Amazing. To my right sits fellow bloggers Alan Lepofsky and Peter Presnel.

Lotus GM Alistair Rennie on stage, "I love the smell of Lotusphere in the morning!"

A major shout out to GBC College (Group Business Software) for hosting 500 college students (Com Sci and Business) to the event. Good to see an initiative from this.

And now... who will the special guest be? I'll know in 20 seconds.

It is.... Kevin Spacey (Nice Bill Clinton impersonation on social networking,) Learning the story of Kevin's journey to a film career. Now learning about there first experience with social business for independent film makers. (Triggerstreet.com) In 2002. Fascinating,

Hearing how the movie "The Social Network" came to be.

Kevin asks: "What is your vision for yourself, your company, and the world? When we work together, send the elevator down, good ideas can come from anywhere - some of the best ones are the ones that got chucked over the wall."

Alistair introduces the theme: "Get Social. Do Business." Talking about Social Business Transformation.

"IBM and Lotus exist for one reason: Innovate, Outperform, Thrive - measured by only one metric: Your success."

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Sitting in my comfy leather (or leather-like - can't tell) couch at the front of the Lotusphere 2010 opening general session. Mass Ensemble is performing the opening act. Amazing. To my right sits fellow bloggers Alan Lepofsky and Peter Presnel.

Lotus GM Alistair Rennie on stage, "I love the smell of Lotusphere in the morning!"

A major shout out to GBC College (Group Business Software) for hosting 500 college students (Com Sci and Business) to the event. Good to see an initiative from this.

And now... who will the special guest be? I'll know in 20 seconds.

It is.... Kevin Spacey (Nice Bill Clinton impersonation on social networking,) Learning the story of Kevin's journey to a film career. Now learning about there first experience with social business for independent film makers. (Triggerstreet.com) In 2002. Fascinating,

Hearing how the movie "The Social Network" came to be.

Kevin asks: "What is your vision for yourself, your company, and the world? When we work together, send the elevator down, good ideas can come from anywhere - some of the best ones are the ones that got chucked over the wall."

Alistair introduces the theme: "Get Social. Do Business." Talking about Social Business Transformation.

"IBM and Lotus exist for one reason: Innovate, Outperform, Thrive - measured by only one metric: Your success."

OK, how to get there?

We'll be hearing from a variety of leaders of organizations that are doing business socially. They are all becoming social businesses to achieve results.

The Social Shift is talking hold, not because it is a new technology, but because it has the ability to solve the problems of complexity that keep leaders up at

night. (paraphrase).

Fundamental shifts in computing:
- The Mainframe
- Departmental computing
- The Personal Computer
-Internet
The next stage: Social Business, is still in its infancy.

What makes a social business more successful?
1. A social business is an ENGAGED Business
2. A social business tends to be more TRANSPARENT
3. This engagement and transparency allows businesses to be NIMBLE
4. According to a recent McKinsey Study says that social businesses outperform their competitors

Social business is about the people...

How do we do social business

1. Think in terms of OUTCOMES
2. Use a Social Business FRAMEWORK
3. CATALYZE the community
4. Increase the DEPTH of CAPABILITY across the stack (hinting at upcoming demos on ...next)
5. Use ELEGANCE and SIMPLICITY to drive adoption and use

"IBM will build this social business business infrastructure on open standards."

Jim Balsillie Co-CEO of RIM is up next, introduced by Alistair. He's got a new RIM Playbook in his hand.

1. Truly superior performance
2. An unmatched web experience
3. Security and managability for Lotus Apps

Watching and amazing video demo. (Would have preferred a live demo, but impressive nonetheless)

[What's exciting to me is to see the partnership between IBM and RIM which will add value to the extension of Lotus applications to the web.]

Jim: "Professional grade and consumer friendly. That's Playbook"

A quick touch of what it would be like to run Lotus Connections on a Playbook. (By video, not live)

Alistair and Jim announce a special program to encourage Lotus developers to develop for Playbook. Details to follow.

Now watching a 60 second Social Moment Video (I love these. Kudos to the media team)

Next up, Jeff Schick - VP of IBM Collaboration business with a panel to share stories of how a social business works.

[personal note, missing from everything I saw yesterday and have heard this far is anything about attention and action management; I'll be watching for that throughout the day as I'm sure I'll hear more.]

[Another personal note. While I AM excited by what I see, in many ways, this is not new - we used to call this collaboration. That said, I'm glad to see that the value is recognized and IBM is promoting it to business.]

Customer stories from BASF, KBC, CSC, and AT&T talking about social business. Good examples of how social business (collaboration) enables new business models.

CSC announces a collaboration/social solution with IBM Lotus. It will be a FIPS compliant Social networking service using Lotus technology. Cool.

Nice to hear about how companies are building and enhancing their CULTURE to make social business work. It's not about the tool. Good.

Something I appreciate about this year's OGS. People are talking, conversing and sharing stories. That's how knowledge gets transferred. That's social business! Good move.

Sandy Carter on stage. Talking about.... wait... Social Business. "There's not a single senior executive at IBM that is not 100 committed to the vision of social business."

While I'm sold on social business, the examples I'm hearing remind me of portals and collaboration. What's new?

OK, a nice example of social media aggregation in marketing. Keep them coming...

As a KMer, nice to see recognition of the VALUE of moving from knowledge is power to knowledge SHARING is power. Social Bus

Video: Exceptional Web Experience (Assume these will all be on the web before long)

Larry Bowden, VP IBM Portals and Lotus Software is next up. A panel on exceptional web experiences from the Australian Football League (AFL), Blue Cross Blue Shield, RBC on exceptional web experiences...

According to Bruce, You can follow the Lotusphere student attendees tweets via the #ls11u hashtag.

The number of people watching OGS LIVE is growing - just passed 1000 viewers. See it at http://www.Lotusphere.com

Watching the audience reveals an interesting picture. I'll compare that with the upcoming demos. This very relaxed for an OGS.

Now the excitement begins: Doug Cox on stage. Time for demos. Let's see what they have to say...

THE VULCAN VISION
Continuity
Convergence
Innovation
New Opportunities

New products from IBM, leading to the social business framework are all coming as .NEXT

DEMO TIME!

Activity streams integrate social and work on the desktop. As a KMer, I'm thinking about the impact of Focus and Concentration)

The email inbox is not going away. Sorry @ELSUA. At least in this demo, they are showing embedded experiences in the email inbox. Interesting. I wonder how that will play. Will we ever get to zero?

Pleased to see the embedded user experience in Notes.Next. I'll need to check out the UX lab. Nice work @MaryBethRaven & team.

Lotus Traveler seems to get better each iteration. Watching a demo for Android. Company NAB lookup. Sweet.

IBM Social Business Toolkit is now available. Provides integration into Project Vulcan activity Stream. Available to BPs and developers. http://developer.lotus.com/sbt

I think the demos are done. :-(

The Lotusphere OGS is now a trending topic on Twitter. The power of social business.

Kevin Cavanaugh is up on stage showing screen shots of the new Traveler client for Nokia. Impressive.

Laurance Gulhard-Joly announces LotusLive will support Domino Apps in the cloud. Lots of our customers want eProductivity on Lofus Live. Nice to have a solution to offer.

Flexible licensing models for Lotus Apps in the cloud. Making it possible to offer Domino in the cloud from IBM or Domino.

Demo of Activity streams. Impressive. But, wondering about impact on knowledge worker productivity. Lots to discuss w @GTDGUY after this OGS. Next Action: Do SWOT on Activity streams and what that means for indiv/team productivity.

Pleased learn about new licensing model to run Domino apps on IBM cloud -- available to Notes client and browsers. Good thing. (About time. Thanks IBM)

Real time shared editing of documents via Lotus Live. OK, now I have a reason to switch.

IBM "Ideablogs" (Think IDEAJAM from Elguji) coming to your activity stream with Connections 3. Hope I got that right.

(If you can't wait for IBM, IdeaJam (Elguiji) makes ideation with Lotus Connections and all things Lotus TODAY. See http://elguji.com/solutions.)

LotusLive Symphony brings shared doc editing to the desktop. Now, I want to see IBM GTD Enable this with eProductivity for a really compelling web productivity suite. (OK Shameless plug - I work with eProductivity)

Meeting solutions coming for mobile clients (Kevin Cavanaugh announcing). Attend and participate from your BlackBerry. Sweet.

Impressive demo of drag and drop web design by dropping in elements from OTHER web sites. E.G. drag your Facebook contacts into a web page or activity stream. Part of the IBM customer experience suite. I have to say, I'm very impressed. When will I see it? Soon I hope.

Dough Cox (IBM) Fires Back. Calls Exchange a Legacy Platform. Takes Social Everywhere to Sharepoint and Exchange.

Congratulations to GROUP Business Software for winning IBM's Collaboration Innovation Award.

Congratulations to ISW for winning IBM's Maximizing Value with Open Source Award..

OK, so much for quick live blog. I'll post thoughts throughout the week

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What's new and exciting is IBM's commitment and vision for how to equip businesses to become social businesses. IBM understands that it's not just about the technology to enable a social business. I plan to talk about this in my session on Wednesday.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's Opening General Session at Lotusphere 2011 to learn more.
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What's new and exciting is IBM's commitment and vision for how to equip businesses to become social businesses. IBM understands that it's not just about the technology to enable a social business. I plan to talk about this in my session on Wednesday.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's Opening General Session at Lotusphere 2011 to learn more.

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Alistair Rennie welcomes the audience; 12,000 Lotus BPs in the ecosystem. Introduces Mike Rhodin SVP IBM Software Solutions Group.

(Congrats on the 100th anniversary of IBM, the company.)

"To visualize the future of IBM you must know something of the past." - Thomas Watson

The world is becoming more: Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent.

Talking about IBM's Smarter Planet initiative

Smarter Commerce
Business Analytics and Optimization (Market $166 Billion this year alone)
Social Business (Potential $100B Oppty)

Companies are embracing social media. Cites a McKinsey study that show 74% of businesses integrating social media into customer interaction.

Tenets of Social Business...

Engaged (Connecting people to people)
Transparent (Removing boundaries)
Nimble (Leverage networks and devices)

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Alistair Rennie welcomes the audience; 12,000 Lotus BPs in the ecosystem. Introduces Mike Rhodin SVP IBM Software Solutions Group.

(Congrats on the 100th anniversary of IBM, the company.)

"To visualize the future of IBM you must know something of the past." - Thomas Watson

The world is becoming more: Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent.

Talking about IBM's Smarter Planet initiative

Smarter Commerce
Business Analytics and Optimization (Market $166 Billion this year alone)
Social Business (Potential $100B Oppty)

Companies are embracing social media. Cites a McKinsey study that show 74% of businesses integrating social media into customer interaction.

Tenets of Social Business...

Engaged (Connecting people to people)
Transparent (Removing boundaries)
Nimble (Leverage networks and devices)

Alistair introduces the themes for social business:
Vision
Value
Vitality
Velocity

IBM's Kristin Lauria on stage talking about trends and opportunities in the marketplace, citing various studies. Numbers flying but the short of it is that businesses are leveraging social as a way to drive business.

Consumers want real time activity and information at their fingertips. Mobile is driving social.

Great question from Kristin: Where's the entry point for BPs wanting to get into social business.
A1. IT Entry point - e.g. need for IM opens conversation
A2. LOB (Line of business; marketing suite; CMOs)
A3. Decision making in SaaS model is easier (and faster)
A3. It's all about value and who sees it
A4. Bring ideas to your customers
A4. Talk to business people who see need & value opp. IT sees costs/effort.

Q What advice would the panelists have for partners:
A1. Know your customer
A2. Don't forget change management as part of the solution
A3. Partner with other partners

Doug Cox up next. He's the VP IBM Collaboration and support solutions talking about social business transformation...

Doug announced the IBM social business toolkit - a reference framework for building enterprise social applications to deliver business value to clients.

Doug refers to Exchange and Sharepoint as legacy platforms; one chuckle from audience.

I'm impressed with the 60-second social spots that the LS11 team put together to communicate the value and opportunity of social business.

Sandy Carter is up to talk about business partner initiatives for 2011

Announcing the new BVA (Business Value Investment) assets and training from IBM. Help your customer to understand the business value of going social.

Sandy discussed new initiatives for social business; worth checking out.

This was an exciting opening session for BDD. Looking forward to tomorrow's OGS.

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