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Too Much Information!!! Managing Digital Overload
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About me
» Librarian » Technology Trainer » Digital Literacy Specialist » Library Training Consultant » Kixal » Contra Costa County
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Digital Overload Exposure to or provision of too much digital information or data.
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Effects of Digital Overload » Increased anxiety » Reduced creativity » Reduced productivity
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Causes
Skills
Goals
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Causes
Skills
Goals
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What causes digital overload?
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Information Streams
New Technologies
Multitasking
Connectivity Email
Distractions
Balance DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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New Technologies
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Information Streams
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Connectivity
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Multitasking
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Distractions
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Balance
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Information Streams
New Technologies
Multitasking
Connectivity Email
Distractions
Balance DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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Causes
Skills
Goals
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What is a skill?
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Schedule Time
Technology Tools
Be Selective
Prioritize Discipline
Breaks
Boundaries DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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Be Selective
Ask these questions: • Is it necessary? • Is it useful? • Is it an improvement?
If the answer is no, then wait to adopt!
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Be Selective
To learn more about new technologies, visit: • http://www.cnet.com/ • http://www.pcmag.com/ • http://www.macworld.com/ • http://www.wired.com/
#1
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Prioritize Information
Choose your streams wisely
Catch only what you can
Stop collecting information Set up a system
#2
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Prioritize Information
Top
Mid
Low
#2
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Schedule Time
Set aside time for:
• Email • Reading • Thinking
Eliminate (or reduce) distraction!
#3
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Schedule Time
Tools to help with scheduling • Calendar programs • Toggl.com • Countdown timer
#3
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Embrace Discipline
Focus on one task at a time Set an intention or goal Turn off notifications Tell your coworkers
#4
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Embrace Discipline
#4
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Learn Technology Tools #5 How much do you know about your settings? • Email • Listserv • Facebook • Calendar
Take the time to learn – just 5 minutes a week!
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Learn Technology Tools #5 Learn from these websites: • http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ • http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ • http://lifehacker.com/ • http://www.lynda.com/ ($)
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Pro Tip: Email
1. Set filters to keep newsletters out of your inbox 2. Use flags & color-coding to indicate priority or project status 3. Delete or move unnecessary emails from you inbox
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Take Breaks
Remember to: • Move your legs • Stretch your wrists • Look around • Turn off your technology
Take a break from technology every hour!
#6
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Take Breaks
Apps for taking a break: • http://eyeleo.com/ • http://www.monkeymatt.com/bigstretch • http://breaktimeapp.com/ ($) • https://freedom.to/ ($)
#6
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Set Boundaries
Make a conscious choice: • To connect (or not) • To use only one device • To leave your device behind
#7
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Schedule Time
Technology Tools
Be Selective
Prioritize Discipline
Breaks
Boundaries DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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Causes
Skills
Goals
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What will you do to manage your digital overload ?
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Ac/on
• Pick one challenge
• Pick one skill
• Write down three related goals
• Share those goals
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Information Streams
New Technologies
Multitasking
Connectivity Email
Distractions
Balance DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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Schedule Time
Technology Tools
Be Selective
Prioritize Discipline
Breaks
Boundaries DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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Goals
Goals
Practice
Awareness Awareness
Practice
Goals DIGITAL OVERLOAD
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DIGITAL HARMONY
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Infopeople Online Course begins December 8
Crystal Schimpf [email protected]
@crystalschimpf www.kixal.com
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Crystal Schimpf [email protected]
@crystalschimpf www.kixal.com
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Articles
» Conquering Digital Distraction (Harvard Business Review, 2015) https://hbr.org/2015/06/conquering-digital-distraction
» Turn Digital Overload to your advantage (Harvard Business Review, 2015) https://hbr.org/2015/05/turn-digital-overload-to-your-advantage
» Americans suffer technology overload, but we want more (CIO, 2013) http://www.cio.com/article/2382047/byod/americans-suffer-technology-overload--but-we-want-more.html
» Tech Overload? Gen Y workers are feeling it, study says (Associations Now, 2013) http://associationsnow.com/2013/10/tech-overload-gen-y-employees-are-feeling-it-study-says/
» Recovering from Information Overload (McKinsey Quarterly, 2011) http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/recovering_from_information_overload
» Too much information (The Economist, 2011) http://www.economist.com/node/18895468
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Books » Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (Crown Business, 2014) » The Organized Mind by Daniel J. Levitin (Dutton, 2014) » Overload! How Too Much Information is Hazardous to Your Organization by Jonathan B. Spira
(Wiley, 2011) » Unplugged: How to Live Mindfully in a Digital World by Orianna Fielding (Carlton Books, 2015) » The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing it All” Gets Nothing Done by Dave Crenshaw (Jossey-
Bass, 2008) » 168 Hours: You Have More Time than You Think by Laura Vanderkam (Portfolio, 2011)