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Invitation to partner with IORG

May 21, 2016 | Posted By Nathan Zeldes

The Information Overload Research Group is seeking organizations wishing to partner with us in pursuing our mission of reducing Information Overload.

If you recognize the importance of this problem, and wish to take an active part in addressing it, read on!

Who we are

IORG, founded in 2008 as a 501(c)6 US non-profit, is dedicated to reducing the Information Overload that devastates the productivity and quality of life of knowledge workers worldwide. We strive to do this by facilitating conversations, collaboration and networking among people who experience information overload, people who study it, and people who are developing solutions to address the problem; and by spreading research-based solutions, including best practices and technologies.

A key strategy in our activity is to bring together people from diverse backgrounds: academics, corporate practitioners, solution vendors, consultants, and analysts. By having them share their different points of view, we create a lively exchange of knowledge and opinion.

Our activity to date had focused on holding annual conferences and online webinars, maintaining a web site (http://iorgforum.org) and maintaining the IO Resource Center, an online reference library of every kind of publication related to the problem. This activity is managed by a volunteer board of directors and steering committee.

What we invite you to do together

At this time, we have concluded that we need to extend our reach and scope of action, and we therefore seek organizations willing to take a part in our activity in whatever manner makes sense, such as:

  • Placing a member with the required insight on our steering committee and board of directors
  • Hosting an IORG conference, providing free attendance and a speaking platform to your employees
  • Exposing your employees to our resources, thinking and solutions
  • Becoming a formal corporate sponsor of IORG, with the attendant exposure
  • Any other ideas are welcome – let’s explore!

If your organization is willing to engage in any of this, please let me know at president@iorgforum.org.

Yours,

Nathan Zeldes

President, the Information Overload Research Group

Slides from IO Day 2015

October 30, 2015 | Posted By JoshuaLyman

What a great Information Overload Awareness Day we had this year, thanks to our two speakers, Yoram Kalman and Francis Wade, and special presentation from board member Jonathan Spira. The insights and discussions during our webinar were certainly food for thought.

Our speakers have graciously accepted to make their slides available as well.

Dr. Yoram Kalman: Download as PowerPoint below

Francis Wade: View on SlideShare and see below

Jonathan Spira: Download as PDF below

Information Overload Awareness Day 2015 to be held on October 20th!

September 23, 2015 | Posted By einstem

The theme for this year’s Overload Day is “A Challenge to the Corporate World:  Lower the Overload – Send fewer Emails.

The Information Overload Awareness Day 2015 event, sponsored by the Information Overload Research Group, is a workplace observance, now in its eighth year, that calls attention to the problem of information overload and how it impacts both individuals and organizations.

Register for Information Overload Awareness Day 2015:
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 11:00 am EST.

This year’s event includes a free 60-minute webinar at 11 a.m. EDT, with several information overload speakers, and is hosted by Jonathan Spira, one of the leading experts in the field and author of “Overload! How Too Much Information Is Hazardous To Your Organization.

Topics and Speakers for Overload Awareness Day 2015:

  • Q & A Session –  The speakers and IORG members will answer questions from  attendees on how to address their biggest Information Overload challenges.

To register for the Information Overload Awareness Day Webinar, please click on the Eventbrite logo below which takes you to the Eventbrite registration page:

Register for Overload Awareness Day 2015

 

In conjunction with the observance of Information Overload Awareness Day, the Information Overload Research Group issued a Lower the Overload challenge to knowledge workers everywhere.

Starting October 20th, send 20% fewer e-mail messages!

To accomplish this, knowledge workers should:

1) Send only those Emails, IMs, and texts that have to be sent. This includes replies.

2) Only use reply-to-all when absolutely necessary.

3) Cut back on the number of recipients in the “to” and “cc” fields.

4) Resist the urge to forward Email messages if not critical.

We look forward to you joining us for this event, and please forward this to any of your peers that may be interested in participating!

The Information Overload Research Group

Information Overload Day 2014 on Oct 21

October 8, 2014 | Posted By JoshuaLyman

“Tame the Overload” is the theme of Information Overload Day on Oct. 21. This year’s event includes a free 90-minute webinar at 11 a.m. EDT featuring speakers from Microsoft, Yahoo, and Knowmail, and hosted by Jonathan Spira, one of the leading experts in the field and author of “Overload! How Too Much Information Is Hazardous To Your Organization.”

Go to the Information Overload Day 2014 page here!

Eventbrite - Information Overload Day 2014

The Information Overload Day event, sponsored by the Information Overload Research Group and held entirely on the Web, calls attention to the problem of information overload and how it impacts both individuals and organizations.

The webinar will include an Information Overload Clinic, in which experts will answer questions from attendees on how to address their biggest Information Overload challenges. Audience members can submit questions in advance via iorgforum.org/ioday2014/#clinic.

The speakers also will present their latest research on Information Overload and multitasking. Topics include:

  •  “Swimming Against the Current — the Insurmountable Task of Changing the Corporate Email Culture” by Eran Yariv, Microsoft
  •  “Should We Control Our Own Attention: Media Multitasking and Cognitive Control,” by Eyal Ophir, Yahoo
  •  “Quantitative Email Usage Measurement as a Tool for Generating Actionable Insights” by Haim Senior, Knowmail

Learn more about the speakers at iorgforum.org/ioday2014.

“Information Overload Awareness Day comes but once a year,” said Nathan Zeldes, IORG president, “but information overload itself never lets up. Spending a few hours to address what can be done to contain this scourge is a crucial activity for knowledge workers.”

To register for the webinar, go to https://ioday2014.eventbrite.com.

Overloaded 2014: June 7

March 9, 2014 | Posted By JoshuaLyman

We are pleased to announce that Overloaded 2014, the premier conference for information overload, will be held on June 7, 2014 at the pariSOMA lounge in San Francisco, CA. All who are interested in the problem of information overload, whether in industry, academia, the startup world, or as an affected individual, are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Overloaded 2014 - The premier information overload conference

You can see visit the conference’s site to learn more about the great speakers we have lined up line Gloria Mark and Manish Sood. Buy tickets from there or by clicking the button at right. And please spread the word to all those around you who may be interested!

IO Day 2013 recording is available online

October 24, 2013 | Posted By Nathan Zeldes

IORG celebrated Information Overload Day on Oct. 21 with a Webinar that brought together interesting and diverse thinkers to share their views and research.  The event included:

  • A panel discussion, moderated by Joshua Lyman and engaging Dmitri Leonov of Sanebox and Shawn Carolan of Handle in a discussion of email overload and innovative software solutions designed to mitigate it.
  • A presentation by Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli, University of Haifa, titled “Don’t bother my interruption: the surprising side of multitasking”, where he shared some heretical views about multitasking and its role in our future.

The entire event has been recorded for your viewing pleasure!

Prof. Rafaeli’s slides can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/MTIORG2013.

Enjoy!

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