Posts Tagged ‘planning ahead’

Long-term planning

Posted June 21, 2011 by
in Editorial | 2 comments »

We fielded an inquiry recently about long-term planners — three-to-five years, specifically — from a law firm that books its trials several years in advance. Currently, the longest weekly planner we offer is a 17-month student planner, while our monthly calendars go up to 18 and 21 months.

Is this a format that others are interested in? If so, what sort of features would you like to see in it?

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Long-range planning

Posted July 7, 2008 by
in Planning Tips | 2 comments »

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A reader from Ontario recently asked whether we had any kind of planner that extends more than 1 year ahead: “I do a lot of long-range planning as a promoter and would like to have a planner that would give me say, 2009 to 2014.”

We don’t, unfortunately, but I figured I would open up the question to the wisdom of crowds. Do you do much long-range planning? Is there a system that you use?

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Planning ahead with one day per page

Posted May 29, 2008 by
in Planning Tips | 4 comments »

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In a comment to Karen’s post about the ABP1, one of our readers asked for advice on how to manage forward planning with a day-per-page calendar format. Since both Karen and I use weekly planners, we don’t have many suggestions. Perhaps someone else can help?

What do you think? How do you manage your week when you take things one day at a time?

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