Large Cork Board - Old School Organization for Visual People

As workloads become heavier and job descriptions blur traditional tasking lines

, professionals are finding it harder and harder to keep track of meetings, project proposals, progress reports and the inundation of details that need to be kept track of. Technology offers a lot of different solutions for this, from smart phones to electronic date books to virtual assistants. But for a lot of us, nothing put order to chaos better than a simple but efficient large cork board.

A lot of tech heads may snicker at this, questioning the effectiveness of such a simplistic tool against their high tech notebooks, personal digital assistants or apps on their smart phones. Sure, their devices do offer a lot of tools and options for organization, but it really is different having a visual representation of your tasks pinned on to a large cork board ready for you to glance at rather than having to drop down menus, navigate web pages or slide your fingers over confusing touch screens. A lot of individuals are reliant on visual reminders and hard copies that can be easily grabbed and re-pinned and nothing is more obvious or attention grabbing than a large cork board color coordinated and string-marked.

This is specially useful for presentations or group discussions as the size and interactive nature of the board stimulates groups to take part in the presentation or discussion and offers a singular point of reference that contains a large quantity of information. Teams can write directly on to posted pads and figures instead of having to open files and set sharing and editing authorizations over a network. There is more emphasis on discussions as important points and documents can be taken from the board and changed on the fly.

Using this low-carbon footprint option saves money, with networking setup and maintenance requiring additional manpower and costs, small teams and start-up business can centralize their information with the board, with a supervisor keeping tabs on new posts and keeping all information current and accessible to anyone. Basically, cork-boards offer a low tech but highly visual form of information collation that moves away from multi-function gadgets with small screens, costly projectors and complex software.

Sure, it's old school, but it is in no way, shape or form, obsolete. Not everyone can keep track electronically and in some ways and to specific projects, a large cork board trumps a 32 inch LCD screen. And oh, replacing a tattered one costs less than the coffee you just bought your team.

Large Cork Board - Old School Organization for Visual People

By: Dan Tan

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