Take the 4-Part $399 Webinar
(includes Free book and training CD, $48 value)
(next class Tues May 11 - Fri 14, 2010)
(watch newsletters for next class)
“Michael’s training helps me to translate an in-box full of information into focused tasks.”
Devon Johnson, Portfolio Manager, CSAA
4-Part Webinar Series Contents
Learn the entire Core MYN Outlook System in this webinar.
Taught by the author of the #1 best-selling Outlook book, this live four part (1-hr each) hands-on webinar training emphasizes new and proven best practices of e-mail and task management that will for the first time get your workday under control.
This class assumes no prior knowledge of Michael's Outlook system, rather it teaches you the core segments of the system.
- A live 4-day (1+ hr. each), webinar by Michael Linenberger, teaching all core segments of the system.
- Hands on; you have Outlook running and will follow along.
- Step-by-step Outlook Configurations installed in class.
- Hands on exercises practicing all core components.
- Small class, 15 students max.
- Generous time after end of hour for questions and answers with the author.
- You leave the class proficient at the system.
- Designed for Outlook 2003 and 2007.
- A copy of the book and the Basic Configurations CD will be sent to all participants after their paid registration (ships within 4 business days).
No extra software assumed or required, just a web browser on your computer, and simultaneous access to a full copy of Outlook 2003 of 2007 to do exercises during the webinar. (Optional ClearContext software is not covered).
AGENDA:
Session 1: Tues 1 to 2 PM PT (San Francisco time)
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E-Mail and Task Problems in the Modern Office Place
- E-mail leads to more business interactions, work, churn
- Staff (wrongly) try to use Inbox as a Task Manager
- Staff do not have tools for effective prioritizing
Solution: Use Microsoft Outlook Smarter
Step 1: Getting Started: Basics of Outlook’s Task Management System
- Outlook 2003 and 2007 Task Manager Basics
- Entering Tasks (hands on)
- Simple Conversion of E-mails to Tasks (hands on)
- Flagged Mail tasks in Outlook 2007 and Cleaning them up (hands on)
Step 2: Applying Linenberger’s Manage-Your-Now! (MYN) System via Outlook Tasks
- MYN Theory
- Identifying workday Urgency Zones
- Mapping those Zones into Outlook
Session 2: Weds 1 to 2 PM Pacific Time
Using the MYN Outlook System to Get Control of Your Workday
- Configuring Outlook for the MYN system (hands-on)
- Using Critical-Now Tasks in Outlook (hands-on)
- Working your next priorities: Using MYN Opportunity-Now Tasks in Outlook
- Using the FRESH-Prioritization approach for Opportunity-Now Tasks
- The Importance of using Start Dates
- Completing Outlook MYN configurations (hands-on)
Session 3: Thurs 1 to 2 PM Pacific Time
MYN Task Management Continued
- Converting E-mails to Tasks: the Key to Inbox Control (hands-on)
- Using Follow-Up Tasks to Stay on Top of Loose Ends (hands-on)
- Control Work Overload by Scheduling Strategic Deferrals:
- MYN Defer-to-Do Tasks
- MYN Defer-to-Review Tasks: Amazingly Powerful
- Managing Deadlines Correctly in Outlook Tasks
Session 4: Friday 1 to 2 PM Pacific Time
E-mail Control
- Achieving the Bliss of an Empty Inbox
- Creating and Using the MYN Processed Mail folder (hands-on)
- Problems with using Multiple Topic-named folders
- Filing E-mail by Tagging with Outlook Categories or by Using a Full-Text Search Engine (hands-on)
- The MYN E-mail Workflow: Gaining E-mail Control
Putting it all together: Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook and the MYN System
- Other System Tips
- Wrap up