Organization for Creatives: Using Trello
Michelle Nickolaisen asked me recently if I’d be interested in her writing something for my readers about “a productivity related post, or like, how to get organized & it not suck, or something.” Since that’s something that I know is a huuuuuuge challenge for my clients and creatives in general (which I’m so glad is being tackled by so many amazeballs people – did ya see this post from Laura Simms?), I said “Yes please!” and “A series would rock!” Michelle wanted to start by introducing you to her favorite productivity platform. Enjoy the video and this amazeballs tool!
One of the things creatives are famous for is being disorganized. It’s sort of a running joke – but we all know that being disorganized can also be a huge pain in the butt. However! Most of the time creatives are disorganized because of things that are totally avoidable – like not having easy to use tools to help ‘em out of the disorganization. One of my favorite tools for doing just that is Trello, but I know it can be intimidating without some introduction – so I made the video below to show you some of my favorite ways to use it!
Michelle is a writer + project wrangler who lives in Austin with her husband, two cats named after Buffy characters, and her Shiba Inu. She writes about taking your work + business to new heights at Let’s Radiate & about fulfilling your potential at Bombchelle. For more help planning and staying organized, check out Michelle’s just-released Plan Your Week Toolkit.
Tags: Glorious Guest Post, Powerful Productivity, Vocal Videos
March 1st, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Very helpful … thank you!
March 1st, 2012 at 2:18 pm
So awesome! This is HUGE for event management when you have multiple contributors to keep up with and they all have tasks. Accountability right here on the web – and it's a checklist… oh how I love a checklist!
March 1st, 2012 at 2:47 pm
You're welcome Maggie!! I'm glad you enjoyed it
March 1st, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Thanks!! Glad you liked it
And yeah – it's very helpful for that sort of thing, and for seeing everything at a glance…two reasons I love it!
March 1st, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Yay!!!!
I started really playing with Trello late last week & something just finally clicked for me. I love your videos (I watched the other one again over the weekend
).. super helpful!
March 2nd, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Yay Angel! Glad you found the videos helpful
March 2nd, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Very interesting tool. Thanks so much for sharing!!
March 7th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
I loved the introduction, too, Lorinda! Michelle's amazeballs for getting Trello into all of our lives
March 8th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
I am always looking for stuff like this! You get points!
March 13th, 2012 at 10:31 am
Michelle N. gets 'em – she's amazeballs for introuding us to Trello & making the video so easy!
March 14th, 2012 at 1:14 am
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March 22nd, 2012 at 2:32 am
The video and the tool are obviously great, but what sold me on Michelle was "the eat chocoalte and watch Buffy" line. I feel I can work better with people that went through those 7 very important years of my life…
March 22nd, 2012 at 11:52 am
WOO BUFFY!