Overview

Has email overload become something you just accept? Are you losing precious time in your workday, slogging through pages and pages of emails? It doesn't have to be this way! There are tools and techniques in Outlook you can employ to reduce the amount of email you have to touch while still ensuring you meet your work objectives and catching those important calls to action.

And lost time isn't the only risk to your workday productivity. There are dangerous links, triggers, and traps lying in wait for you in your email. While your IT departments likely do a pretty good job of catching the most dangerous emails, the villains are getting smarter and it’s hard to keep up. Learn easy ways to isolate potentially dangerous emails and deal with them safely.

You know that really important email you got last week with that really important task you were supposed to get done? Now, where is it? Have you ever been here? Did your email filing and folding system work when you set it up, but doesn't serve you anymore? This happens, and work changes. And your email management needs to change with it. 

Why you should Attend

In this lively 60-minute session, you'll learn both the how and why of effective email management, including the risks to your career and your organization of not getting it right. You'll learn all Outlook has to offer to stem the tide of unwanted emails and organize the wanted ones in ways that help you manage your incoming work. In this session, you'll learn ways to:

• Automatically shift "no action" messages that need to be kept in the right place and for the right amount of time
• Folder emails by subject or body content instantly until you're ready to deal with them
• Tag messages for follow-up, categorize AND folder messages in one-click
• Set Outlook to autopilot for replies, follow-up reminders, and foldering
  

Areas Covered in the Session

• Risks of keeping too much email
• Impact on productivity and work quality of poorly managing email
• Setting up Outlook Quick Steps and filtering rules
• Employing categories, flags, and folders to organize your work
• How to analyze your email to determine where you can improve and automate processes
  

Who Will Benefit

• Any one