Managing Outlook presented by Anna Legrand www.effectiveedge.com
Feb 23, 2016
Managing Outlook
presented by Anna Legrand
www.effectiveedge.com
“To Do” Items We hold between 3-7 items in our
conscious minds. We hold every emotion, thought,
hope, dream, worry and each of every 40,000+ images we absorb daily in our subconscious mind.
In addition to that, our subconscious minds hold all of our unrecorded ‘to do’ items.
Data Collection
Cell Phone
Voice Mail
NotesFax
MailYour Head
In/Out Tray
What should we do? Empty out your data collections
regularly. Collect data in a minimum number of
locations. Write things down immediately,
instead of keeping them in your head. How do we do that? Microsoft Outlook can help!
Action Types: Calendar Time Specific: AT Ex. Call Mr. Smith at 9am Monday. What: Appointment How: double-click on the time and
type the action to create appointment.
Action Types: Calendar Day Specific: ON Ex. Call Mr. Smith on Monday What: All Day Event How: double-click on date at the top
of day and type the action to create an all day event.
Action Types: Tasks Due Date: BY Ex. Call Mr. Smith by Friday What: Task with Due date. How: Control+Shift+K and type the
action to create the task. Add the due date.
Action Types: Tasks Due Date: NO Ex. Call Mr. Smith What: Task with No due date How: Control+Shift+K and type the
action.
85%-95% of your action items Do Not belong on your calendar.
Categories In Tasks What are they For…..? Group similar actions. Streamline focus. Effective prioiritization
How to set up Categories Click on TASKS in your folder list Celect CTL SHIFT K for “NEW TASK” Bottom Right, Select CATEGORIES Click on MASTER CATEGORY LIST Remove unnecessary categories Type in new categories and select ADD Select OK, then OK again, then close the
window, select NO Categories won’t show up until you have a task in the
category
Setting Up Taskpad Go to Tasks in Folder List. Right Click on the heading bar next to Subject and
select FIELD CHOOSER. Drag the ICON, SUBJECT, and DUE DATE tabs. Remove all others by dragging to FIELD CHOOSER. Select VIEW then ARRANGE BY then CURRENT VIEW
then CUSTOMIZE CURRENT VIEW. Select GROUP BY then select CATEGORIES from drop
down box. Select ALL COLLAPSED Sort by SUBJECT
Calendar View Select GO and click on FOLDER LIST Select VIEW again and click OUTLOOK BAR
off Select 1-DAY VIEW Show 2-3 months of calendar by placing
cursor between panel to make them larger or smaller.
Right Click on TaskPad Bar, select CUSTOMIZE CURRENT
Select GROUP BY then CATEGORIES Sort by SUBJECT
Two Type of Information in Outlook ACTION ITEMS
Task Pad Calendar
REFERENCE ITEMS Contacts Notes File Folders
Adding Contacts Select CONTACTS from the Folder List Click NEW Add Information Click SAVE and CLOSE
Adding Notes
Two Types of Actions What goes on the Daily Calendar
Actions that occur AT a Specific Time Actions the occur ON a Specific Day, but
NO Specific Time. Recurring meetings and reminders
Use the large Box to
record information
This is for things that
must be done some time that
day
This is good for things that
recur with frequency
such as team and faculty meetings
Two Types of Actions What goes on the TaskPad? Actions to be done BY a date Actions that have NO due date Project/Outcome Names – so we don’t
forget we have them!
Move Tasks to the Calendar Go To Calendar View. Highlight the time on the Calendar. Right Click on task and drag to
highlighted time on calendar. Select Move Here… Save and Close
Create an Action Item from an Email Decide if the email belongs in the
CALENDAR (do ON a certain day or at a certain time) or in TASKS (due BY or no due date).
Left Click message and drag to Calendar or Tasks folder.
Edit Subject line, fill in any details, then Save & Close.
Insert an email into Calendar or Task. Open existing appointment or Task. Click INSERT, select ITEM. Select message you want to insert. Click ok and the message will appear
as an envelope in the appointment.
How Do we use this to keep our inbox clean??? Ask: What is This? Is it an ACTION ITEM?
Yes No
If it is not an Action Item Delete It Reference It
Email Folders Notes Contacts Paper Files
Someday Maybe It Create a place to keep things that are
‘someday maybe items’
If it Is an Action Item Is it a Project
Yes? What is the desired outcome?
List Plan
No? What is the Next Action? DO IT IF IT CAN BE DONE IN 2
MINUTES OR LESS
If you cannot do it in 2 minutes Delegate It
In writing with detail
With Due Date With all Details
included Track using
‘Waiting For’ in Tasks.
Defer It Due on Specific
Day/Time? Calendar
Dues by a date or no due date? Tasks
Make The Commitment This system only works if you make
the commitment to do this every day. Set aside 5-20 minutes each day to
go through your emails and prioritize them.