
Take control of your email and boost productivity by following the easy, implementable steps introduced in this session, and practice applying them to your own accounts.
Turn off notifications and set a regular check schedule for email and messages to protect focus. Communicate the schedule, and use a three-message rule or a quick call for resolution.
Choose an email client that fits your workflow and inbox needs. Process each email by doing, deferring, or deleting; use search instead of folders and unsubscribe from junk mail.
Review your spam folder daily to catch important messages, then delete the rest. Use mail rules to automatically filter or move messages by sender or domain, preferably on the server.
Learn to write effective emails by using clear formatting, one request per email, SMART goals, concise three-paragraph structure, precise subject lines, and careful recipient lists to boost clarity and productivity.
Take control of your email with a regular check schedule, turn off notifications, set expectations, and use rules to keep your inbox clear—one email, one task per message.
This course has been developed to let people take back control of their email, and other messages.
In todays busy world we are receiving more and more emails and messages. It’s often overwhelming.
We are working away and then an email or message arrived. By the time we’ve dealt with it we have lost a chunk of our work day and then struggle to get back to what we were doing.
This is killing our productivity. It’s killing our motivation. It’s encouraging us to be reactive rather than proactive.
This course is aimed at giving you some easy to use techniques that you can use to take back control of your Inbox. You don't need to spend money on software. You don't need to spend money on tools.
You do need to commit to the process.
Each step we'll add new techniques you can use. None of them are hard. None of them are difficult.
Each step is easy for you to add to your knowledge and skills.
Each step is something that anyone can do, whether you are a novice or an expert. Whether you love it or are scared by technology.
So join me and explore what you can do to take back control from email and boost your productivity.
After the first session you will be able to star getting your email under control.