Free Webinars

Link to Supercharge Your Teams Comms Workshop:
https://thinkproductive.com.au/workshops/supercharge-your-team-communications/

Link to upcoming Public Workshops
https://thinkproductive.com.au/public-workshops/

0:00 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼
0:48 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲
1:41 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘀
- 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗱
2:40 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗷𝗮 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿
3:33 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺-𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲
4:38 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴
5:46 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲…
𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁!
6:21 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲? 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗣.𝗢.𝗣.𝗣!
9:15 𝗣.𝗢.𝗣.𝗣 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀
11:05 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
12:04 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 – 𝗮 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗠 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲
17:00 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
18:08 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
24:32 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
25:55 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢/𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗧
28:04 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽
28:29 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 & 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗼

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗷𝗮 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿:
Every piece of our comms is critical.
In this increasingly complex, ambiguous, and multi-platform world of communication, it’s time to ask ourselves, “What are the rules”? With so many options, it can be confusing and frustrating. We will share Productivity Ninja tips, tricks and tactics for communication that improves connection, engagement and wellbeing. We’ll help you make your comms “POPP”, and we’ll discuss auditing your current comms tools to reduce confusion and overwhelm.

Date: June 19, 2024

Duration: 30 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

We’re on a mission to change the way the world thinks about meetings. We want to create a culture where no one has to sit in boring, pointless or unproductive meetings ever again.

In this free webinar, Productivity Ninja Hayley Watts sets out some of the tools and techniques you need to become a brilliant chair, so that your team can make the most of any time spent in meetings.

Learn how to overcome human, organisational and practical barriers to delivering effective meetings.

Timestamps:

00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:38 The Characteristics of a Great Chair
05:04 How to Welcome New Ideas in Meetings
06:15 Why Chairs Should Have Help
07:47 The 40-20-40 Meeting Model
08:35 Balancing Reflecting and Learning With Action and Planning
11:21 Some Virtual Meeting Considerations
13:11 Everything You Need to Prepare Before a Meeting
17:20 Tools to Help You Chair a Successful Meeting
20:15 Why You Should Have Breaks During Long Meetings
20:50 How to Politely Ensure No One Talks Too Much
22:46 Helpful Scripts and Phrases When Chairing a Meeting
24:38 How to Follow up on Actions, Engagement and Meeting Success
28:48 How to Ensure Everyone Has a Voice in Meetings
29:30 Tips for Keeping on the Meeting Topic and Agenda
30:15 How to Be a Confident Meeting Chair
32:31 How to Deal with Meeting Multitaskers
34:16 How to Make Sure Introverted Opinions Are Heard
35:24 Navigating Seniority in Meetings
37:07 Dealing with Large Group Meetings
41:40 Books, Upcoming Sessions and More From Think Productive!
43:24 How to Avoid Meetings
45:00 Rotating Chair Responsibilities
45:38 Advice for Dealing with People Who Interrupt and Talk Over Others
47:58 Staying in Control of the Chat in Virtual Meetings
50:20 Allowing People to Choose Whether You Have Cameras On or Off
52:21 Setting Agendas for Reoccurring Meetings
54:42 Why Chairs Should Be Involved in Meeting Planning
55:30 Meeting Icebreaker Ideas

For more tips on how to make space for what matters, and all of our latest skill sessions, make sure to like this video and subscribe!

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Date: June 13, 2024

Duration: 58 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Nin ja Booster - "ÊTES-VOUS UN NINJA DE LA DÉLÉGATION?"
Lorsque nous sommes débordés, nous cessons souvent de déléguer – “ils ne le feront pas comme moi, c’est trop compliqué, cela va prendre trop de temps, tous les autres sont occupés aussi…” Les excuses ne manquent pas !

Date: May 30, 2024

Duration: 26 minutes

Host: North America

Spoken Language: French

Pick up some quick tips and tools on how to make Delegation one of your Ninja skills! It's a magic way to empower your team and build trust!

Date: May 28, 2024

Duration: 29 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

It's not really about time management, the real action is in attention management.

The ability to create focus, concentrate and flow, and get some real work done.

That's never been easy - but now it's harder than ever.

Email pings, Teams messages, WhatsApps groups, SMS and phone calls, plus all the people who arrive at your deskside who want "2 minutes" - a torrent of digital and physical interruptions.
Good work requires team play and collaboration too for sure (and we love that as well!), but sometimes you just need to get your head down and 'solo mode' for a while.

In this session we'll be doing some deep work with one of our favourite Productivity Ninja characteristics - 'Stealth and Camouflage'.

Want to know how we use the Physical, Digital and Social versions of stealth and camouflage to win back peace and space for our brains to do what they are best at?

Then set your messaging status to 'Away', phone to 'Do not Disturb', Emails to 'Work Offline' mode, and join us for this playful, practical session.

Timestamps:

00:00 Hello and Welcome!
03:00 The 9 Ninja Characteristics
04:00 The Stealth and Camouflage Ninja
04:35 Attention Management vs Time Management
05:55 Common Work Distractions
07:32 Team vs Solo Work
09:57 Internal and External Distractions
11:18 What Stealth and Camouflage Is All About
12:40 The Need to Physically Be Alone
15:10 Thoughts and Tactics for Physical Stealth and Camo
19:25 Choosing Which Characteristics and Tactics are Suitable For You
21:28 How Flexi-Time and Office Space Can Improve Physical Stealth and Camo
23:19 Why We Need Digital Stealth and Camouflage
24:37 Thoughts and Tactics on Digital Stealth and Camo
29:41 Why Digital Stealth and Camo Is So Important
30:25 Why You Should Be Talking About How You Communicate
33:32 Getting Your Team On Board
35:29 Thoughts and Tactics on Social Stealth and Camo
37:35 Trying a 'Power Hour'
40:13 Putting Time Aside For Questions and Interruptions
42:05 Stealth and Camo Stop/Start/Continue

For more tips on how to make space for what matters, and all of our latest skill sessions, make sure to like this video and subscribe!

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Date: May 22, 2024

Duration: 46 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Need to generate new ideas and solutions? Stuck in old thinking patterns and tedious idea-storming meetings? It may be time to try something different…

Join serial improvisers Think Productive MD, Elena Kerrigan, and The Change Tribe Cofounder David Papa in this Ninja Skills Session. They’ll introduce you to some hand-picked improvisation games to help your team instantly conjure up fresh perspectives, ideas, energy (and fun)!

Additional info:
https://thinkproductive.co.uk/workshops/cracking-the-engagement-puzzle/
https://thinkproductive.co.uk/zoom-fatigue/

Timestamps:

00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:55 Why Elena Loves Improv
03:42 How Improv Can Help Brainstorming Sessions Be More Inclusive
05:36 How Improv Improves Skills for Connection and Collaboration
07:19 Why David Loves Improv
08:46 About ‘Cracking the Engagement Puzzle’ Workshop
10:57 How Improv Tools Can Improve Engagement Levels
12:51 Improv Tips To Help You Relax
15:03 Yes And... Improv Approach
16:24 The Importance of Creating a Safe Environment
17:15 Some Improv Games for You To Try!

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Date: May 13, 2024

Duration: 18 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

In this short taster session of our full day workshop, we’ll share some of our top tips to help you utilise and connect essential features across a range of Microsoft applications to take control of your attention and mindset. All in human-speak.

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
01:06 Meet Our Weapon-Savvy Ninja
01:57 How Microsoft Makes Us Feel
04:03 Why Microsoft Can Be Frustrating
06:30 All About Microsoft ‘To Do’ and Second Brains
07:34 Where to Find Your Online Apps
08:22 How to Build a Second Brain in To Do
13:05 Organising To Do by Urgency and Flagged Emails
14:41 How to Send Tasks From Teams to To Do
18:15 How to Send Tasks From Emails to To Do
20:47 Using Polls in Outlook to Cut Down on Email Traffic
22:55 Everything We Cover in the Full Session
24:14 All About Our Public Workshop!
26:44 Setting up a Recurring Task in To Do
29:16 Assigning Colleagues Tasks in To Do
30:04 Linking To Do with Your Calendar
31:00 Viewing More Tasks on Outlook
32:51 Online vs In-Person Session
34:19 Blocking Time Out on Your Calendar
35:25 Emails in To Do
40:35 About Microsoft Planner

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Date: April 24, 2024

Duration: 43 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Do you wish you were better at influencing others?

Your ability to influence is one of the key human skills needed for success in the workplace, at any stage of your career.

The old style of command and control (just telling people!) is giving way to collaboration, cross-team and partnership working, so effective influence and persuasion is critical.

In this session we will be sharing some of the techniques and strategies from our Leadership workshop “Influencing and Persuading”.

Date: April 24, 2024

Duration: 24 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

Join us and discover the power of our "Microsoft for Productivity Ninjas" workshop.

This month is all about Weapon Savvy! It’s one of our favourite Ninjas to help us decrease our stress and improve our productivity.

Date: February 28, 2024

Duration: 24 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English