Managing Professional Information Overload (NEST Retreat)

“Struggling to keep track of all the content you need to read, watch, listen to, and share professionally to stay up-to-date, but can’t manage it all? Learn about five free, online tools, including Evernote and Diigo, that can help you manage professional information overload.”

These are the resources from a presentation I gave at the NEKLS NEST Retreat on October 6, 2011.

• PDF of Slides + Notes
• Information Overload List on Diigo (an on-going resource list that includes all links from this presentation)
• PDF of 4-Bookmark sheet handout at presentation
• Clay Shirky’s talk on Information Filter Failure
• PDF of slides 23-24 Resources

Brainstormed Ideas from NEST Participants

• Before Presentation: How do you currently deal with information overload? [Links to list of ideas brainstormed before the presentation by NEST participants]
• After Presentation: How will you NOW deal with information overload? [Links to list of ideas brainstormed after the presentation by NEST participants]