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How have you replaced your Franklin Covey planner with your iPhone, iPad, and Mac?

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I loved my paper Franklin Planner, but I don't want to carry one again. I have an iPad, an iPhone, and a Mac. How can I duplicate my paper planner across devices? The solution has to sync across my devices using some sort of cloud sync. I don't care if I have to pay as long as the solution works.
Franklin Covey has a few apps in the app store but they don't sync across devices.
What has worked for you? Has PlanPlus Online been worth it? A combo of different things?
posted by Silvertree to Technology (15 answers total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
Sync them all with a google account. Works like a charm.
posted by tomswift at 9:08 PM on June 9, 2011

Partial answer..OmniFocus syncs between iPad and iPhone.
posted by tamitang at 9:23 PM on June 9, 2011

I agree with tomswift. Google calendar (and tasks) will keep things simpler than trying to find an app that syncs across all three (and believe me, I have been through DOZENS of productivity apps.)
posted by The ____ of Justice at 11:08 PM on June 9, 2011

Apple has just announced that is soon launching a cloud service called iCloud that will store all your information wirelessly and will push it to all your devices for free. Check out: http://www.apple.com/icloud/. In addition, it will offer a new task lists application. Until all of these goodies come in the fall, I suggest like others using Google Calendar, since the data is stored on the Interent as opposed to on your device. Also Google Tasks via your mobile browsers.
posted by mrdexterous at 11:31 PM on June 9, 2011 [2 favorites]

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By the way - I forgot to mention that I am a long time Franklin Covey fan but that Google Calendar has changed my life for the better.
posted by mrdexterous at 11:32 PM on June 9, 2011

Yep, google calendar replaced my Covey. The clincher was being able to have my husband's and kids' calendars completely synched with mine, and be able to see a complete calendar for the whole family at once.
posted by apparently at 7:43 AM on June 10, 2011

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I have mentioned OmniFocus before in the green and I'll suggest it again. There's an OmniFocus desktop app that syncs with the mobile versions. It's pure genius! I love this product and enthusiastically recommend it. There is a learning curve but it's a perfect, full-featured replacement for paper planners. It's in active development by the OmniGroup and new features are being added. . .I'm a fan. The three separate apps is a bit spendy, but I consider it money well-spent.
posted by heathergirl at 9:24 AM on June 10, 2011

Heathergirl--out of curiosity, does OmniFocus have a calendar view? This is one of the reasons I couldn't use Things (another similar app.)
posted by The ____ of Justice at 10:27 AM on June 10, 2011

The ____ of Justice: I think so, but only if you sync with iCal. I'll try it when I get home and let you know. (I also seriously considered Things, and it's certainly much prettier than OF, but the function of OF won me over.) I don't love iCal, so I haven't synced before, but I'll give it a go.
also: *are a bit spendy, . . .
posted by heathergirl at 11:09 AM on June 10, 2011

Omnifocus rocks.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 5:01 PM on June 10, 2011

I also heart OmniFocus. I don't personally use it with iCal, but I understand that it does sync with it.
posted by moira at 10:22 PM on June 10, 2011

Ok, Heather, I have set up Omnifocus and I am committed to giving it 30 days.
posted by Silvertree at 6:37 PM on June 12, 2011

Um, I can't get it to sync! Has anyone had success? (Silvertree, I hope this doesn't dampen your OmniFocus zeal. It really is fantastic.)
posted by heathergirl at 8:34 PM on June 14, 2011

Hmm, I never had any trouble getting it to sync. I go through MobileMe though..
-T
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 2:56 PM on June 16, 2011

Opus Domini.
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Franklin Covey Planners organize your life and get the right things done. Does your time mangement system consist of loose papers scattered over your desk? Are you tired of trying to find that phone number or reference document? If you are looking for a planner that holds all your tasks, appointments, and information in one central place, then a Franklin Covey Planner could be for you.

Here I talk about

  • the benefits of the Franklin Planner system
  • paper vs. electronic planning
  • why people don't use the Franklin Planner system

The benefits of a Franklin Covey Planner

I was looking for a planner is that was robust and would be able to manage my information and actions from the different roles of businessman, lecturer, and entrepreneur.

In my planner I wanted a place for a structured to do list and a schedule of appointments and commitments. This is a good tool to block out time for important activities.

I also wanted my planner to have:

  • a place in which you can keep track of your daily and monthly appointments.
  • a monthly calendar tabs that track my appointments and ensure that I don’t double book meetings. For me the monthly and yearly sections allowed me to visually track my progress on my important projects. It is useful to refer between your daily and master task list to ensure that you are focusing on those things that you want to get through that month.
  • ample space to jot my ideas. I really liked the notes section as it minimized the use of post-it notes or other information that was outside my planning system. I use the notes page to record phone calls, take meeting notes, or jot down important points from conversations.
  • quotes and specialized content from life management experts
  • a tabbed section that was devoted to my goals and mission - key tenets of the Franklin Covey System

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I was also looking for a planner that was able to collect all the reference information and project actions in one central place. I liked the Franklin Covey Leadership Ring-bound Daily Planner and goal planning pages.

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When I had decided on my personal planner it was a matter of chaining this personal planner to me wherever I went. Any ideas, contacts, new tasks, or appointments went straight into my daily planner - my central repositry for my personal information and tasks.

The rigor of the Franklin Covey system was designed to identify what is most important to me, set long range goals around them and then bring these into my daily or weekly planning.

Paper vs Electronic planning

As a time management coach I often get asked this question. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. I like the idea of penning my ideas on paper. While I might be old-school here, Lifehack does advocate writing over typing as it stimulates the brain cells in the reticular activation system (RAS).

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However, if much of your time is sitting in front of a computer and many of your tasks are communicated to you via email then it makes sense that you have a time management system that is linked to your email system. For this reason, and the fact that much of our calendar and task list software is easily synced to mobile devices and backed up on servers in the event of loss, I favor Franklin Covey software over paper planning.

Common reasons for not using a Franklin Covey Planner

There are a number of common reasons why people don't want to use a planner. Some that I have heard are:

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I don't have time to plan. But did you know that planning reduces your execution time as planning makes you more proactive and less reactive. In other words you spend more time in quadrant 2 and less time in quadrant 3 of the Franklin Covey Priority Matrix below.

I already know what I have to do, so why plan? While you may know what you need to do, the people that I meet in big corporations down to students at school find that a planner keeps them focused on their top priorities.

This means that rather than being swept up in the urgency of daily routines acting in a reactive manner (which increases stress!) the planner helps them to become more proactive in their high value activities.

I have too many interruptions so planning won't work for me. Interruptions have the potential to take you off course which is all the more reason to have a plan so that when you go off course you are able to refocus on what you have to do. A Franklin Covey Planner is not about living a life of no interruptions..that is unrealistic!

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