Time Management / Personal Productivity with Microsoft Outlook^® Training

There are many little-known tools in Microsoft Outlook^® that can be used to improve your personal productivity and help you be more organised. We focus on teaching the features that have the most impact on your personal productivity and the way that you manage your time. You will learn to use the full functionality of Microsoft Outlook^® rather than using it simply for email.

We show you how to set up Microsoft Outlook^® properly so you can manage your Email Inbox with confidence and with less stress. Manage your time better and be more organised and productive in the process.

We can run this as a Half-Day Training program where focus on teaching you the tools available in Microsoft Outlook^® that will help improve your productivity or a full day training program where we include even more Microsoft Outlook^® productivity and time management tools plus show you our unique personal productivity and time management principles to help make you even more productive.

We run public Personal Productivity with Microsoft Outlook^® Workshops in Albury Wodonga, Melbourne and Perth. We are also able to run them as in-house training events. They have been particularly popular with local government organisations throughout Australia.

Workshop Features

• Computer for every participant
• Comprehensive Workshop Manual
• 1 month of personalised follow-up via email
• Pre and Post workshop Personal Productivity Outlook Skills Assessment
• Certificate of Completion

Half Day - Workshop Outline

Productivity with Outlook Email

• Organising your Inbox and handling emails efficiently
• Set up your email sub-folders
• Using "Rules" to manage incoming emails
• Integrating emails with your Calendar and Tasks
• Using Reminder Flags
• Creating email templates
• Email signatures
• Productivity with attachments and more...

Productivity with your Outlook Calendar

• Understanding the basic appointment screen
• Setting up your calendar views
• Working with colour labels/categories
• Automatic formatting
• Managing meetings in Outlook®
• Calendar sharing and more...

Productivity with your Outlook Tasks

• Understanding the basic Task screen
• Understanding the different Task views
• Using the Taskpad or To Do List
• Using categories
• Assigning tasks

Productivity with your Outlook contacts

• Understanding the basic Contacts screen
• Setting up distribution lists
• Using the different Contact views

Productivity with your Outlook Notes

• Productive ways to use "Notes"

Workshop Outcomes

You will:

• discover simple ways to organise your work environment
• be able to focus on key tasks and be less reactive
• understand the value of creating a Weekly Plan
• better manage interruptions & procrastinate less
• learn strategies to manage your email
• work with less stress and more control
• be highly motivated to take action

See our Productivity with Microsoft Outlook® One Day Workshop Outline