David Allen, NY Times Best Selling Author, to Speak on “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” at New College of Florida, October 23
David Allen, NY Times Best Selling Author, to Speak on “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” at New College of Florida, October 23
September 28, 2009 – David Allen, an internationally-recognized productivity expert, lecturer and New York Times bestselling author, will be the guest speaker at a business lunch sponsored by New College of Florida on Friday, October 23, from 12:00-1:30 pm at the Harry Sudakoff Conference Center on the New College campus. A New College alumnus, Allen will speak on “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.”
David Allen has been called one of the 50 most influential Americans in business by CNN. His first book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Viking, 2001), has sold over 1.5 million copies and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and Forbes. His latest book, Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life, has just been released.
Allen also will participate in a book-signing on Thursday, October 22, at 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 4010 South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota.
David Allen’s appearance in Sarasota is the inaugural event for the New College Corporate Council and represents the College’s continuing partnership with regional business. A number of community partners are co-sponsoring the event, including The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County, Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce, Longboat/Lido/St. Armand’s Key Chamber of Commerce, Manatee Chamber of Commerce, Manatee Economic Development Council, Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce, Venice Area Chamber of Commerce and Biz941 magazine.
Tickets for the luncheon and talk are $35 and may be purchased by calling the New College Foundation at 941-487-4800 or by e-mailing foundation@ncf.edu. You may register online at http://www.ncf.edu/david-allen
David Allen graduated from New College in 1968 with a degree in history. He is founder and chairman of the David Allen Company, a management consulting, coaching, and training company based in Ojai, California. In the last twenty years he has developed and implemented productivity improvement programs for over a million professionals in hundreds of organizations worldwide, including many Fortune 500 corporations and U.S. Government agencies. He delivers public and in-house seminars, executive workflow coaching and consulting programs that address interactive and organizational productivity and alignment issues.
Having logged thousands of hours working with individual executives and senior professionals, Allen has developed a revolutionary, unique and highly practical system for improving personal and organizational productivity. He has published numerous essays and articles in professional journals and periodicals on the topic of personal effectiveness. More than 150 of his original essays have been featured in his e-newsletter, “David Allen’s Productivity Principles,” with a global readership of more than 120,000 people.
For more information on David Allen and his upcoming talk at New College of Florida, contact the New College Office of Public Affairs at 941-487-4154 or email ljoffe@ncf.edu. For tickets to the event, contact the New College Foundation at 941-487-4800 or email foundation@ncf.edu. You may register online at http://www.ncf.edu/david-allen
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