Mastering Your Inbox

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Recent studies have shown that the average worker can spend 28% of their time answering and reading email (http://goo.gl/mubCU). We often find ourselves overwhelmed by our ever growing inbox. During this workshop, you will learn: - How to organize your inbox and its settings to maximum efficiency - How to use time management techniques to best utilize your time in your inbox - Tips to keep your inbox from taking over your life - Tricks to help you find and answer the emails you need and sideline the rest No matter your email program, these tips will help you get organized and focused in the new year.

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Mastering Your InboxPresenter: Diana Silveira

Agenda

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OrganizeReclaimTime ManagementExtra Tips

Organize

Creating Filters

Use Filters

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• Committees• Workgroups• Listservs• Frequent Emailers

Turn on Threading/Conversations

Make Outgoing Email Count Don’t respond to every incoming message Pick meaningful subject lines (3-5 words)

Don’t go cc crazy

Today v Agenda for Holds Queue Committee

Reclaim Your Inbox

Tackle It

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• Start with newest to oldest• Delete it• Deal with your inbox in

bulk• Don’t reply unless you

have to.• Go on a rampage – clean it

out – then do this regularly

Toss the bacon

Consider Following via Facebook, Twitter or RSS

SPAM, Junk or Unsubscribe

Keep Companies out of your inbox• Use a different email

address• Authenticate with Facebook

or Twitter• Change settings to “do not

email”

Time Management

Turn off Desktop AlertsIn Chrome - Settings > General

Visit Email periodically

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• Schedule Time With Your Email 

• Mornings and end-of-day are best.

• Deal with email in bulk

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Be Decisive

Open an email: Act Reply Forward Archive/File It Delete It

Its NOT a to-do list

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Turn To Events/TasksDon’t procrastinate replies

Extra Tips

Create boundaries with Smart Phones

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• Does it need to be read immediately?

• Are you expecting something?

• Remember balance – work and life

• Turn off the “bing”

Handling attachments

Change the download destination to a meaningful place (for some apps- a browser option)

Consider the format Immediacy of Request Complexity of Request Don’t send negative

Pick Up the Phone, IM, etc Ping-Pong Emails Complicated Discussions Touchy Topic

Try Boomerang

Install through browser (gmail and outlook)

Find Emails easier

Gmail and Outlook.com Archive don’t delete – important

messages Delete the garbage

Auto-Prioritize Email in Gmail

Need more motivator… Set an Auto Archive – emails delete after

2 weeks.

Questions

Contact Me

diana@novarelibrary.comdelicious.com/dee987/email

slideshare.net/dee987 www.facebook.com/NovareLibraryServices

877-816-9638

Diana Silveira

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