Frode Odegard

The video from the world's first GTD tweetup in Oslo on September 21, 2009, is now available here as well as on our new YouTube channel.

I would like to thank Frode Nordahl (@fnordahl on Twitter) for doing a great job with the editing and making us all look smarter and more handsome :-) This is a pretty long recording, divided into ten shorter segments.

In brief, here's the back story. I tweeted about my desire to do this all-volunteer Tweetup on my vacation in Oslo, Norway on August 18. Morten Rovik (@mortenrovik) responded and became the overarching event coordinator. He put together an amazing team of volunteers which aside from Frode Nordahl as AV coordinator, included Even Sandvold Roland (@evensr), Eirik Helland Urke (@urke), Jorgen Bjerke, and Arnstein Larsen (@ArnsteinLarsen).

This project was a great way to try out my philosophy of failure-friendly living and working (see the previous blog post, with a global project team. We basically told each other two things: (1) Shoot for the stars; and (2) Anything that works is a miracle. Of course, we used GTD to organize the project and keep track of everything.  

We ended up getting a ballroom full of people, live video streaming, a live webinar, a remote speaker from London, and...a famous surprise guest (watch the video). This project was full of productive failures (I learned a LOT myself), and we also managed to generate value for the audience for everyone concerned. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to post your comments below!