Over the holidays we spent a week in Poland with our friends, I was sick for a day when we arrived and sick for a day when we got back. Something happened in Poland, I love that place and I love our friends there dearly. I am wondering if a Polish Priest did a quick […]
Bernie’s Three Best Coworking Things To Do In London Every Week
A longstanding super power of mine has been getting people together, I am pretty sure ‘networking’ is over or maybe the people I hang out with to assign more purpose to their time. Either way, I want to get people together and do something other than slam tequila and fend off business cards. Another factor […]
3 Very Simple Things That Helped Me Build Myself Up
"You become what you think about all the time" I first read this quote when I was 13. I was scared I was set to become a porn star who smoked Marlboro Red non-stop and ate Wham Bars. In the end, the what I was actually thinking all day about was how to read and […]
How to get your team to stop using endless email threads FOREVER
We get it– you like the idea of less email. Conversations can be concentrated within certain apps (whichever it might be–of course we like Trello ;)), but your team isn’t complying. The email threads continue. And continue. Ad nauseum. How do you get them to ADAPT, already? Fortunately there something truly simple you can do […]
How can I add recurring cards to Trello?
Are you using Trello to organise your life, your business or a particular project? Then you’ve probably wanted to create cards that repeat on a regular basis. Most calendars support recurring events, so is there an equivalent in Trello? How can you create recurring cards in Trello? It’s one of the questions that we get […]
Trello Tip: See what you need to work on right now
We’re going to take it back to the bare essentials with this tip. And that’s to answer the age-old question: What do you need to work on right now? How can you become more productive and focus on the most important tasks in your to do list? Here’s a scenario you might be familiar with: You diligently […]
How to stay productive even when interrupted
Picture the scene… There you are, working hard to meet deadlines, ploughing through your to-do list like a pro. You’re in the zone, surfing the productivity wave. When, all of a sudden, life intrudes! An email, a phone call, an angry client on your doorstep, an unannounced visitor. A few interruptions like that during the […]
Automate Trello to send an email for a completed task
You love Trello but your clients still use email. They don’t receive project notifications because they are not on the Trello board. How can you automate Trello so that it sends an email when a task has been completed? Rob, who manages a property maintenance business, recently got in touch with this very question. He runs his […]
Trello Tip: Make your meetings 1000 times more productive
The Win: Make your meetings, phone calls, Skype calls massively more productive. Keep track of what is decided during meetings, phone calls, Skype calls. Easily create tasks and assign them to members of your team. The Problem: During a call, it’s easy to make decisions, plan the next move, come up with a brilliant strategy. […]
Trello Tip: Keep track of lots of projects at the same time
The Win: You’ll be able to keep track of all your projects at the same time, across multiple Trello boards and gives you back a feeling of control. The Pain: Once you start using Trello in earnest, you automatically end up with lots of boards. It can become difficult to keep track of what you […]
Retrospective: My Trello workshop at Hubud in Bali
My family and I are currently travelling in Bali and Australia for a few months. It’s our last chance for a grand gesture before our son starts school back in London in September. For the last 5 weeks I’ve been stationed at the lovely Hubud co-working space in Ubud, Bali. If you’ve ever wanted to work in a […]
How can I notify everybody on my Trello board?
How can I message everybody on my Trello board at the same time? This question was asked by Chris Thompson of the amazing Green School in Bali at our recent Trello workshop at Hubud. He wanted to update his entire team in one go, without having to mention every team member individually. Interestingly enough I had the […]
Personal Scrum Quickstart Guide
Greetings, fellow humans! It is I, Emily Breder, returned after a long sabbatical from Bernie’s blog to give you the how-to you’ve been waiting for: how to take the most popular of Agile methods, Scrum, and apply it to your everyday work without a software development team, or even a software project. Bernie and I […]
How to: Create Trello cards from Slack
We recently wrote a blog post on How to integrate Trello and Slack. The stand-alone integration is fairly simple, and the question came up whether you could create a Trello card from inside a Slack channel conversation. It turns out the answer is YES, although it’s not exactly straightforward. Read on to find out how […]
How to: Integrate Trello with Slack
We are often asked: “Can I integrate Trello with Slack”? The answer is a resounding YES and we’ll show you how to do it in a few easy steps.
