Comments on: How to really get things done. http://www.productionheads.com/2009/01/88/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:37:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How not to freak out during a Canada Revenue Agency audit http://www.productionheads.com/2009/01/88/comment-page-1/#comment-62 How not to freak out during a Canada Revenue Agency audit Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:10:22 +0000 http://www.productionheads.com/?p=88#comment-62 [...] Read about getting things done on our blog, and read down to Linda Watters’ comment about how she likes to be organized http://www.productionheads.com/2009/01/88/ [...] [...] Read about getting things done on our blog, and read down to Linda Watters’ comment about how she likes to be organized http://www.productionheads.com/2009/01/88/ [...]

]]> By: Kenji Maeda http://www.productionheads.com/2009/01/88/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Kenji Maeda Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:51:49 +0000 http://www.productionheads.com/?p=88#comment-28 @ Linda Those are great points you made, Linda. You're right because having an actual space to do things that are business related can really make a difference in being organized but also simply for the head space. It can allow for more focus. @ Linda

Those are great points you made, Linda. You’re right because having an actual space to do things that are business related can really make a difference in being organized but also simply for the head space. It can allow for more focus.

]]> By: Linda Watters http://www.productionheads.com/2009/01/88/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Linda Watters Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.productionheads.com/?p=88#comment-26 Staying organized in a key factor in getting things done. You can live like a slob in all areas of your life except your acting business. How many jobs have been lost because actors *forgot* they had an audition due to disorganization? Or, they couldn't submit a resume because they didn't have all the information handy to compile it? (I once lost 54 days of stand-in work due to my disorganization and got 3 weeks work due to someone else's forgetfullness!) Here are a few basic tips: - Get a desk - Get a filing cabinet - Put your acting business materials and supplies in your filing cabinet. - Keep suppiles like blank paper and pens (that work) on your desk. - Keep your phone within arms's reach of your desk - Keep your desk tidy and organized. - Keep a large enough calender posted on the wall above your desk to refer to. Write your appointments and auditions on your calender. Look at your calendar every day. I know this sounds very basic but many people don't actually have a real desk to work at! Go get one. If you can find it, you can do it! I use both a filing cabinet and binders. I track my submissions & bookings in my "Auditions" binder and maintain other binders titled "Research & Reference", "Voicework" and "Development". I've also tricked out my home office with both a Whiteboard,Large corkboard, IKEA organizers and,of course, filing cabinets. Gee, I could totally give a workshop on "How to Set up a Home Office" :) Okay, that my two bits. Goodluck in all your careers! Staying organized in a key factor in getting things done. You can live like a slob in all areas of your life except your acting business. How many jobs have been lost because actors *forgot* they had an audition due to disorganization? Or, they couldn’t submit a resume because they didn’t have all the information handy to compile it? (I once lost 54 days of stand-in work due to my disorganization and got 3 weeks work due to someone else’s forgetfullness!)

Here are a few basic tips:

– Get a desk
– Get a filing cabinet
– Put your acting business materials and supplies in your filing cabinet.
- Keep suppiles like blank paper and pens (that work) on your desk.
- Keep your phone within arms’s reach of your desk
– Keep your desk tidy and organized.
– Keep a large enough calender posted on the wall above your desk to refer to. Write your appointments and auditions on your calender. Look at your calendar every day.

I know this sounds very basic but many people don’t actually have a real desk to work at! Go get one.
If you can find it, you can do it!

I use both a filing cabinet and binders. I track my submissions & bookings in my “Auditions” binder and maintain other binders titled “Research & Reference”, “Voicework” and “Development”.

I’ve also tricked out my home office with both a Whiteboard,Large corkboard, IKEA organizers and,of course, filing cabinets. Gee, I could totally give a workshop on “How to Set up a Home Office” :)

Okay, that my two bits.
Goodluck in all your careers!

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