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 Hi everyone,Welcome to Productivity Plus, your weekly newsletter on how to get more done in less time. VALERIE'S TIP: How to reduce email correspondence  Okay, I’ll admit. This tip is a bit cheeky but I heard it from a very busy executive last week who swears by it. We’ll call him John (not his real name). John was receiving so many emails it was taking him hours to get through them all. Simply ignoring or deleting the emails wasn’t an option. He had to reply. So he began keeping his responses very brief and to the point. However, he began getting feedback from his email recipients that they didn’t appreciate his rude tone. So then John incorporated "Sent from my iPhone" in his email signature. This was displayed to his email recipients to give the impression he was out and about - with only a spare moment to respond to emails on his mobile. And he limited his responses to one word or one-line answers. You can use the same signature or the equivalent: “Sent from my Blackberry”. The response from recipients was amazing. Those who previously complained about his "rude" handling of email were thanking him for taking the time to respond when he was out of the office! The time he spends on emails is now a fraction of what it used to be but he’s still getting his job done - one line at a time! WE RECOMMEND: Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love  This book by Jonathan Fields is ideal if you are currently working in a corporate environment – but feel like you need to break out and find your true passion. It’s been inspired by Jonathan’s own journey where he went from being disillusioned by corporate life culminating in a heart attack. He then found a new life fuelling his passions. The book has ideas and strategies on how you might do the same thing!One-day workshop: Excel Basic to Intermediate  This course is ideal if you want to harness the power of Excel to double your productivity. You’ll learn how to create solid and accurate workbooks using data and formulas from the keyboard. You will also learn how to format the data into attractive reports, how to print the data and the reports, and how to chart the data for visual presentations.When: Wednesday 25 March 2009 Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm Where: The Business and Careers Institute in Milsons Point Course fee: $325 (includes GST) You will receive a comprehensive take-home manual which is a handy reference for the future. Click here to receive a course outline. Or enrol here. QUICK CLICK: Instantly centre text  CTRL + E(Ctrl + e). Too easy! Avoid double up when you use same data in Word and Excel Ctrl + Shift + F7 In your MS Word document, you can embed data such as spreadsheet figures or objects such as pie charts. For example, these items can be dynamically linked so that when the Finance Department makes changes to the spreadsheet, your report will be automatically updated and reflect those changes.Now, sometimes you may want to force an update of the links and this can be done in MS Word by holding Ctrl, holding Shift and pressing Function 7 (Ctrl + Shift + F7). Like to know how to create these dynamic links so that you always have up-to-date records and avoid the tedious copy/paste? At Business and Careers Institute we teach this process in the following courses: CHEEKY DESK SUPPLIES:  These are a fun novelty for the office - especially if there is someone who is really annoying you at work. It’s a voodoo doll on paper - you don’t have to use real pins, just draw them on!Check them out here. Upcoming courses:To find out more or to receive a comprehensive course outline, just click on the course you're interested in. Course: Excel - Basic to Intermediate Date: Wednesday 25 March 2009 - ENROL NOW Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm Fee: $325 Course: Writing for the web Date: Monday 30 March 2009 - ENROL NOW Time: 9.30am - 4.00pm Fee: $325 Course: Microsoft Excel - Intermediate to Advanced Date: Wednesday 1 April 2009 - ENROL NOW Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm Fee: $325 Course: Outlook Date: Thursday 23 April 2009 - ENROL NOW Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm Fee: $325 Thanks for signing up to this newsletter. Remember, if you'd like to leave this list at any time just reply to this email letting us know. Wishing you much success, Valerie Khoo and Paul Neale Directors Business and Careers Institute Suite 3, 55 Lavender Street Milsons Point NSW 2061 (02) 9923 2882 courses@bcinstitute.com.au www.bcinstitute.com.au Paul Neale is a popular corporate trainer and IT expert. He is a tech-evangelist who has trained and consulted in and a wide range of organisations ranging from medium-sized firms to multinational corporations. Paul has spent his career mastering technology, productivity and learning. Valerie Khoo is an experienced trainer who also founded the successful Sydney Writers' Centre. She is a sought-after corporate writer and public speaker. Valerie also mentors business owners and professionals on how to use technology to grow their business, improve productivity and get more done - so they can have a life! Both Paul and Valerie are directors of the Business and Careers Institute in Sydney which holds one-day courses that help individuals and teams by equipping them with the skills they need to use Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint and more. |
