Time Management
- Finding an Extra Hour Every Day: Time Management & Technology Strategies for Busy Professionals
- Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
- Take Control of Your Time: A Guide to Practical Time Management (online)
- E-Mail and Information Overload: Proactively Managing the Glut
- Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction: Strategies to Increase Productivity and Reduce Stress
Finding an Extra Hour Every Day: Time Management & Technology Strategies for Busy Professionals
Everyone wishes they had extra time in their day. This session goes deep into many of the most common areas of productivity loss (and possible gain!) afflicting many busy professionals today. Come and learn several new and immediately useful strategies for finding a few minutes here and there – typically in places and things most of us are already doing — that leads to at least an extra hour of productivity every day.
You will learn to:
- Identify key current projects and life roles and incorporate planning tools
- Effectively say “No” when and if appropriate
- Clear the clutter in your mind for better focus and attention
- Create strategies for making your time in meetings more productive and efficient
- Effectively use “padding” for managing information receivables
You will benefit by:
- Learning how to be honest with yourself about responsibilities, capabilities, and capacity
- Developing strategies which allow you to identify key responsibilities (work and personal) and give time to the most important of those
- Taking advantage of expected and unexpected “downtime”
Audience:
Anyone wishing to gain control over their workload and find extra time in their day.
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Cost: $139 |
Dates & Times: Wed. 10/28/09, |
Cost: $139 |
Dates & Times: Thu. 5/6/10, |
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
You’re probably wondering what “eat that frog” means. This workshop will show you how to zero in on your critical tasks and organize yourself to make the most of your day.
You will learn to:
- Use a process for deciding and setting goals
- Utilize a process for planning to meet goals
- Generate ideas for taking action
- Identify personal constraints that interfere with good time management
You will benefit by:
- Recognizing new ways to get motivated for action
- Explaining “frog eating” and why it’s good for you
- Listing new ways to “create” more time for yourself
Audience:
All staff members who find themselves overloaded by work and would like to find innovative ways to reduce workload anxieties
Program Note:
Participants will receive a copy of the book Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy.
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Cost: $149 |
Dates & Times: Wed. 9/23/09, |
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Take Control of Your Time: A Guide to Practical Time Management (online)
This unique self-paced online tutorial will enable you to get organized and identify your most valuable time in a workday.
You will learn to:
- Plan your day and prioritize tasks
- Assess how you use your time
- Identify ways to set goals
- Recognize tasks to be performed at prime times and down times
- Pinpoint reasons for interruptions through the use of a time log
You will benefit by:
- Achieving more at work and at home
- Reducing stress in your life
- Becoming more self-disciplined
- Developing more organized work methods
- Improving your ability to concentrate and control interruptions
Audience:
All staff and faculty who must meet the challenge of managing their limited time to get the most important work accomplished
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Cost: $89 |
Dates & Times: Available 24 hours a day from date of activation through 8/31/10 |
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E-Mail and Information Overload: Proactively Managing the Glut
Every day professionals are getting buried under a continuing stream of both useful and useless information. Come and learn how to finally feel like you are on top of your work, rather than it being on top of you.
You will learn to:
- Use proven strategies to effectively sort, prioritize, and manage your email accounts
- Identify ways to manage the various sources of information in your work
- Prepare a daily plan of action to apply to the most important and/or urgent projects and tasks in your job
You will benefit by:
- Learning how to control e-mail, voice mail, snail mail, articles, reports, and other sources of information overload
- Gaining efficiency by reducing or eliminating clutter on your computer and in your work area
- Increasing your effectiveness by proactively identifying and acting on your most important/urgent projects and tasks
- Lowering your stress level by feeling more in control of the information flow
Audience:
Anyone who experiences a high volume of information
Program Note:
Participants will receive a copy of the book Taming the E-mail Beast: Key Strategies for Managing the Mess of E-mail Overload by Randall Dean.
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Cost: $139 |
Dates & Times: Thurs. 1/21/10, |
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Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction: Strategies to Increase Productivity and Reduce Stress
Success at work or home often depends on effectively dealing with distractions. Although a few distractions may be easily managed, if constant they can lead to feeling overwhelmed, irritable, and ineffective.
You will learn to:
- Recognize the 8 common distractions that interfere with personal productivity and time management
- Create a plan to improve your efficiency so that critical goals are met
- Apply techniques to stop the interruptions of others so you can focus on the task at hand
You will benefit by:
- Understanding how distraction interferes with productivity, peacefulness, time management, and organization
- Increasing task completion, speed, and accuracy
- Experiencing less stress and greater satisfaction as you move from good intentions to successful action
Audience:
Anyone who would like to optimize their work/life settings, manage their minds, and organize their tasks
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Cost: $129 |
Dates & Times: Thurs. 1/28/10, |
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