Lincoln Info Worth Knowing

In 1849, a future president patented an ingenious addition to transportation technology as report by Smithsonian magazine.

Upon hearing the name Abraham Lincoln, many images may come to mind: rail-splitter, country lawyer, young congressman, embattled president, Great Emancipator, assassin's victim, even the colossal face carved into Mount Rushmore. One aspect of this multidimensional man that probably doesn't occur to anyone other than avid readers of Lincoln biographies (and Smithsonian) is that of inventor. Yet before he became the 16th president of the United States, Lincoln, who had a long fascination with how things worked, invented a flotation system for lifting riverboats stuck on sandbars.

Jeff Davidson's session

The benefits you will receive for attending Jeff Davidson's session on Managing Information and Communication Overload

[ ] identify major inhibitors of information management and learn to avoid them

[ ] become and remain organized

[ ] gain more room in your desk, file folders, shelves, and cabinets

[ ] manage your computer desktop with the same grace and ease as your physical desktop

[ ] gain practical tips and strategies for handling the daily volume of information

[ ] improve concentration for tasks big and small, long and short

[ ] keep track of professional as well as personal tasks you're handling

[ ] develop a rapid responsive system for verbal, written, and e-communications

[ ] more easily identify, screen, and assess information potentially valuable to you

[ ] cross fertilize disparate ideas to derive new insights and effective solutions

[ ] overcome the sense of overwhelm that can diminish your energy and creativity