Speaking Services
Organize Your Office and Your Life
Surviving Information Overload
 

Do you get 100 emails every day? Do you feel like you're slowly drowning in a sea of paper? Does the sight of your messy office and overflowing email in-box frustrate you? Then this course is for you! You may work hard. But if you're disorganized, every step is a struggle. In this age of downsizing and a do-more-with-less mentality, efficiency is more important than ever before. This course will help professionals, managers, and administrative staff stay on top of things. You will gain scores of new tips and techniques for bringing order into your life, both personally and professionally!

Course Objectives

  1. Discover the difference between being "tidy" and "organized."
  2. Realize that some people aren't "born" more organized than others.
  3. Learn whether you are a "paper" or "electronic" person.
  4. Learn the proper use for sticky notes.
  5. Touch things only once and become more decisive.
  6. Discover the differences between the eight types of files.
  7. Create filing systems that are easy to use and maintain.
  8. Master new principles of organization required for the digital age.
  9. Organize any area systematically with a five-step process.
  10. Learn secrets for keeping your email and paper in-boxes empty.
  11. Sort, process, and store email, paper, and voice mail quickly and systematically.
  12. Learn where to put "pending" items or papers requiring future action.
  13. Organize your files and find essential information when you need it.
  14. Toss unnecessary papers and avoid the packrat syndrome.
  15. Discover little known MS Outlook tricks that will amaze you and simplify your life.
  16. Create a systematic plan to stay organized.

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