Countdown to iPad – Franklin-Covey-Apple (Use Case 42)

by rleseberg on March 28, 2010

in iPad Use Cases

3 great works - that work great together - Franklin - Covey - Apple - iPad

3 great works - that work great together

I have long been a fan of Franklin Planners and Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It was exciting to see these brands/disciplines brought together under the FranklinCovey (FC) banner in 1997. Since coming together, FC has added many new products, seminars and consulting offerings.

Where I have long felt the company deficient, was in the tech/software arena. While FC has certainly tried to make the jump to digital planning and life management, their success has been lackluster when compared to past accomplishments. It is time for Franklin’s planning/GTD (Getting Things Done) know-how, Covey’s understanding of life/business governing principles and Apple’s legendary ease-of-use penchant to come together. It is time for my dream planner, FranklinCovey on iPad.

So what do you say, FranklinCovey? Are you ready to combine my aging favorite planner, my mentor of life principles (he just doesn’t know it) and the latest rule-breaker from Apple? This inquiring mind would like to know.

iPad - I love it when a planner comes together


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1 Milan March 28, 2010 at 2:08 pm

Keep us posted on this, and… count me in.

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2 @gammill1 March 28, 2010 at 3:46 pm

Great idea! I hope they are listening. BTW: Fantastic Blog!

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3 DrMark March 28, 2010 at 1:04 pm

You can already use OmniFocus on your phone and have it sync with your desktop. Omni has said they are porting several of their apps to the iPad. OmniFocus is expensive, but works well. I am sure their iPad app will be nice. There are several other apps of this type as well.

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4 Rosemary April 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm

Yes please! And I'm willing to pay.

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5 Sepo June 26, 2010 at 11:35 pm

sounds fantastic.

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6 Keith June 30, 2010 at 7:51 pm

Franklin Covey: Please…Lets get on the ball here! We need an app exclusively made for the IPad!

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7 Marvin July 13, 2010 at 5:37 pm

I would like to see this. Been a user of PlanPlus for Outlook for years now and I am a very strong advocate of the 7 Habits principle. I love technology. Owning an iPad is indeed a great blessing. I used to own SMARTPHONES, PDAs to help me manage my calendar and to-dos the 7 habits way. O2XDA, Palm V, Palm Tungsten E2, HTC Fuze and now iPhone and iPad. I can't wait to see PlanPlus for iPad. This will surely be a big hit to all 7 Habits advocates.

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8 Ross July 17, 2010 at 5:11 am

I concur. I’m a planplus user, best organizer for me so far. I’ve been waiting (in my ipod touch) to have planplus… Now that i have my ipad,hope this time it comes out

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9 Matt August 2, 2010 at 7:27 pm

Couldn't agree more. iPad is perfect for FC's planner systems. I sure hope they're not forthcoming with good digital products because there's more money in binders and paper planners etc. They have a lot of loyal followers and really need to get with the times. I just bought the iPad version of Pocket Informant and am dissappointed in it already. OmniFocus looks good but for the price, I don't want to risk it. I'd pay the same amount ($40 ish) for a FC/iPad system.

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10 Victoria August 15, 2010 at 8:15 pm

I've been using FC's planner for 20 years and about to get an iPad. PLEASE, PLEASE make a iPad app that mimics the paper version and give us more time in our days!

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11 Sepo August 21, 2010 at 5:38 pm

From what I can gather they are currently working on an app.

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12 Jean August 25, 2010 at 4:03 pm

I’m in on this deal too. Just give me a Franklin covey case cover that will hold my I pad also. I want the case with the zipper

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