How I Use Kanban Boards

I use kanban-type systems to organize my work in my office and thought I'd share about that here. 

As I understand it, Kanban is a system developed by someone at Toyota for managing projects. I learned a version of it at a church planting training. The basic format allows you to see the parts of a project and what needs to be done for each part of every project. I use a type of kanban system, but I don't know the official method.

I use two boards: one for sermon prep and one for church organization. They help me see at a glance what needs doing.

Here are my two boards:

This is my sermon prep board. Each week, I finish the main sermon for the current week and study the passage for the sermon 4 weeks out. I'm planning to write a post on this method someday.

This is my projects board. I try to spend a little time each week preparing for events or projects 3 months out, 2 months out, and 1 month out. I learned the 3/2/1 method from Karl Vaters in his book Small Church Essentials. My to-do section is a little messy right now.

I stay organized using this and checklists. I've heard of many other methods, but a basic checklist is all I need. I write and rewrite lists every week.