Tip #11: Let The Calendar Organize And Inspire You

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap-year, that's the time
When February's days are twenty-nine.

This simple rhyme is a delightful tool to help organize the year. It inspired us to look for simple tools to help us plan and organize 2006. We found plenty at the tips of our fingers from calendar listings that trigger promotional brainstorms to calculators that help with marketing decisions to trivia that is sure to be a conversation starter. You can personalize and print a calendar or train yourself to be a Human Calendar!

To help you discover ways to use the calendar – and some cool tools – here are a few links.

Finding & Calculating Dates
Fun Facts & Trivia
Planning Resources
More Links

Finding and Calculating Dates

Did you know there are 32 different calendars? See the complete list at CalendarHome.com and use their Calendar Converter to find a day on any other calendar.

Then visit Holidays.Net to find the non-so-traditional holidays and HolidaysSmart.com for a local state-by-state look at events and festivals.

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Fun Facts & Trivia

Can you name the 4 calendar systems? One is the arbitrary calendar. Read more here.

We’re sure you used that extra second you got on Dec. 31, 2005. The last leap second was on 12/31/98. Want to know when the next one – or the next leap year – occurs? Visit TimeAndDate.com.

Ever hear about a proposed world calendar? It expands February to 30 days and incorporates a Worldsday after December each year (and another after June in Leap Years). Check it out here.

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Planning Resources

Design and print your own (free!) at TimeandDate.com.

Try an on-line calendar like the free interactive web calendar hosting service at Calendars Net, where you and anyone you choose can post events and share schedules.

Use MS Outlook? A visit to Slipstick Systems might help you use it better or answer a nagging question you’ve had. Slipstick was founded by Sue Mosher, a 15-year veteran of the AP, experienced journalist, technology manager and software developer who Microsoft named a “Most Valuable Professional.”

Want to pull it all together? A visit to the “Clickable Office” at Online Organizing yields advice on organizing your office and planning. Also check out the Clickable Home.

Knowing what’s ahead helps you plan more effectively and two sites offer a useful glimpse into 2006: The World Future Society which offers the Futurist editors’ top 10 forecasts from Outlook 2006; and Wikipedia’s article on Future Events 2006.

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Want more ideas? Contact us and we’ll be happy to share some of the ideas we’ve found as well as our own experiences.