Organizing Techniques to Improve Productivity
Benefits
- Increase efficiency in sending and receiving e-mails
- Save valuable time processing e-mails
- Find information faster
- Share best practices to make your entire team more efficient
"I took your Organizing Techniques to Increase Productivity class a few months ago and just wanted to let you know I’ve successfully reduced my inbox from 1400 e-mails to 17! Feels good to get rid of all those e-mail I don’t actually need! Thanks for all the tips!"
Program Outline
Assesment of time spent on email and looking for information
Section 1: Saving Time by Organizing and Improving E-mails
Topics Include:
- Strategies to decrease time spent on e-mail
- Increasing the quality of your e-mails
- Organizing e-mails
- Backing up e-mails
- Keeping your inbox manageable
- Setting up and using junk e-mail filters
- Setting up e-mail rules
- Turning e-mails into appointments, tasks and meeting requests
- Using subject lines appropriately
Section 2: Organizing Computer Files
Where do I start when my computer files (and desk) are a mess?
Topics Include:
- Setting up a Total Information Processing System
- Organizing computer files
- Creating a system that works for you
- Using effective naming conventions
- Backing up
- Maintaining your system
- Decreasing paper files
Instructor
Julie Wood is a program coordinator at the UW-Madison Small Business Development Center. Before coming to the SBDC, Julie was director of operations at Oriel Incorporated and a financial software consultant at SVA Consulting. She also started and ran Checks + Balances, Inc., an accounting consulting business. Julie recently completed a M.S. in Educational Communications and Technology from UW-Madison.
Location
Grainger Hall
Schedule
8:30 am to 12:00 pm
