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Electronic AgeElectronic Age

Doug Berschauer

Doug BerschauerDoug Berschauer

• Brrrrr – Shower (think “cold shower”)

• Quarter century club

• CH2M HILL – Regional Technology Manager– SEAWYED: SSeattle WWater YYoung

EEngineer DDevelopment Program

• Development programs for 12 years

Today’s ConversationToday’s Conversation

• Star Trek to Star Wars

• Warp Speed!

• Beam me up Scottie!

• Live Long and Prosper!

• Light Sabers and other great tools

• Avoid the Death Star!

• May the FORCE be with you!

Star Trek Star Trek toto Star Wars Star Wars

• World is changing … fast– Great-Grandparents: electricity– Grandparents: telephone– Parents: television– Me: computers– You: ___________________

• More gadgets, more information– Cell phones, Blackberry’s, iPhones

Fill in the blank

Warp Speed!Warp Speed!

• Information everywhere– Email – w/ and w/o attachments– Internet

• “Google it”• Search engines

• Communication– Mobile: voice and data (text)– IM– Email

Beam me up Scottie!Beam me up Scottie!

• Overload– “You’ve got mail!”– “You have exceeded your mail capacity”– “Can you review the attached 6MB file

and get back to me tomorrow”– “What do you mean you did not do it, I

sent you an email”

• Feel like you need a brain upgrade?

Live Long and Prosper!Live Long and Prosper!

• What good is all the gadgets if it brings stress … and shortens your life?

• What can you do to navigate the “Star System”?– More gadgets?– Tools– Internal focus– The FORCE!

Star Trek … Star Trek …

… … Star WarsStar Wars

Space the final frontier … Space the final frontier …

… … in a galaxy, far, far awayin a galaxy, far, far away

Avoid the Death Star!Avoid the Death Star!

• You get so over loaded you are ready to explode

• You worry – Worrying is lost time

• Negative vibes

• You are not at your best

• People avoid you

• How do avoid being a death star?

Light Sabers and other great toolsLight Sabers and other great tools

• Light Saber is a simple weapon

• Filters are great tools and simple– Email filters

• Highlight “TO” email • BOLD “TO” where it is just to me• No highlight or bold when it is “CC”

– Data filters• Autofilter in Excel• Other

Light Sabers and other great toolsLight Sabers and other great tools

• Light Saber is ready use, anytime• Excel short cuts

– Named cells– Array formulas– Macro’s

• Why learn the short cuts?– Save you time!– Work smarter, not harder

May the FORCE be with you!May the FORCE be with you!

• Darth Vader

• R2D2

• Hans Solo

• Obi Wan Kenobi

• Yoda

• May the FORCE help you manage time in an electronic age

Darth VaderDarth Vader

• Focused

• Prioritize

• Minimize worry

• Too much focus can lead to the “dark side”!

• “Never underestimate the power of the dark side”

R2D2R2D2

• Organized

• Tools– You need to figure out what is best for you

• Gadgets– Sign me up for the all the cool stuff!

• C3PO worried, R2D2 did not have time– Negative self talk, in multiple languages

Hans SoloHans Solo

• Relaxed

• Easy going

• “No problem …”

• Take time to relax– Exercise– Fun!

• Being a complete person

Obi Wan KenobiObi Wan Kenobi

• Compact

• Living in the moment

• Not worried about tomorrow

• Positive outlook– The power of suggestion– Even more powerful if something bad

happens

YodaYoda

• Energy– Is he faking with cane?– Give him a light saber and watch out!

• Believing in yourself – We all have gifts– We can do anything we put our mind to

• Positive Energy – Biggest impact to time management

May the FORCE help you manage May the FORCE help you manage time in an electronic age time in an electronic age

• Focused

• Organized

• Relax

• Compact

• Energy

DiscussionDiscussion

May the May the FORCEFORCE be with be with you … you … always!always!

Thank You!Thank You!

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