What does an Agendas List look like?

Josh Mitchell

Josh Mitchell

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Hey there! I have been going through the guided weekly reviews on GTD connect, and keep hearing that I need an "Agendas list."

I'm wondering, quite practically, what this is supposed to look like.

My current understanding of the word "Agenda" has been a single, specific document that includes a schedule of what I want to accomplish in a meeting with a person or group of people.

So is the Agendas List a list that triggers me to go over all the agenda documents I've created?

Or is the Agendas List a list that HAS a simplified agenda on it for each person or group?

HOW and WHERE do you keep this list?

Any help would be great!
 
It's a version of a Next Actions list, so we typically recommend it goes wherever you store those lists. It's a list for storing talking points to go over with people or teams you meet with regularly. It's NOT a Next Actions list reminding you to do things. For example:

Setup meeting with Bob about marketing plan (goes on @Computer)
Marketing plan - should we hire social media manager? (goes on @Agendas - Bob list)

All of the DAC Setup Guides (https://store.gettingthingsdone.com/setup-guides-s/107.htm) also give tons of examples and variations about how to manage these lists.
 
Josh Mitchell said:
My current understanding of the word "Agenda" has been a single, specific document that includes a schedule of what I want to accomplish in a meeting with a person or group of people.
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As I understand, your approach to Agendas list is corporate/meeting oriented: you set up a meeting, decide who will be invited and create an Agenda ie. list of topics to discuss.
For me the GTD Agendas list is a container where I gather topics to discuss with people as soon as possible. It is people oriented. I know what I want to discuss with John but I don't know if I meet him today or tomorrow.
 
TesTeq has it right. Another way of looking at it the same thing that might resonate with you is to think of it as a Next Actions list with a particular context - ie its your list of Next Actions that require the context "talking to Bob"
 
Hi,
The way iam using Agenda is, Iam having a nested Context called People under which I've listed Names with whom I need to discuss somethings.
Discuss: progress of New product launch @John
If I select a context @John, I get a list of all the tasks I've planned with John.
 
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