Course  Overview
Developing good Organizational Skill is an investment that will provide benefits for years. To be successful means to be organized. These skills will filter through all aspects of your participants professional and personal lives. Throughout this workshop your participants will be given the tools necessary in developing better Organizational Skills.
Through Organizational Skills your participants will encounter improved productivity, better management, and an overall increase in professional growth. Everyday people waste numerous amounts of time looking for items. So stop looking for those important items, and start knowing where they are by getting organized.
Target Audience:
Anybody who is interested in learning Organizational Skill
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course you will be able to:


Remove the Clutter


Prioritize


Scheduling Your Time


To Do Lists


Paper and Paperless Storage


Organization Your Work Area


Tools to Fight Procrastination


Organizing your Inbox


Avoid the Causes of Disorganization


Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized


Prerequisites:
None
Course Materials:
Attendees will receive a course manual with presentation slides and reference materials.
Technical Requirements:
For eBooks:
Internet for downloading the eBook
Laptop, tablet, Smartphone, eReader (No Kindle)
Adobe DRM supported software (e.g. Digital Editions, Bluefire Reader)
eBook download and activation instructions
Agenda:
Module One: Remove the Clutter


Just Do It


You Don’t Have to Keep Everything


Three Boxes: Keep, Donate, and Trash


A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place


Case Study


Module One: Review Questions


Module Two: Prioritize


Write It Down


Urgent/Important Matrix


Divide Tasks


80/20 Rule


Case Study


Module Two: Review Questions


Module Three: Scheduling Your Time


Have a Master Calendar


Setting Deadlines


Remove or Limit the Time Wasters


Coping With Things Outside of Our Control


Case Study


Module Three: Review Questions


Module Four: To Do Lists


Use a Day Planner


Finish What You Start


Focus on the Important


Do Quick Tasks Immediately


Case Study


Module Four: Review Questions


Module Five: Paper and Paperless Storage


Find a System that Works for You


Make it Consistent


Make it Time Sensitive


Setting up Archives


Case Study


Module Five: Review Questions


Module Six: Organization Your Work Area


Keeping Items Within Arm’s Reach


Only Have Current Projects on Your Desk


Arranging Your Drawers


Organize to Match Your Workflow


Case Study


Module Six: Review Questions


Module Seven: Tools to Fight Procrastination


Eat That Frog!


Remove Distractions


Give Yourself a Reward


Break Up Large Tasks


Case Study


Module Seven: Review Questions


Module Eight: Organizing your Inbox


setting up Delivery Rules


Folder and Message Hierarchy


Deal with Email Right Away


Flag and Highlight Important Items


Case Study


Module Eight: Review Questions


Module Nine: Avoid the Causes of Disorganization


Keeping Everything


Not Being Consistent


Not Following a Schedule


Bad Habits


Case Study


Module Nine: Review Questions


Module Ten: Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized


Stay Within Your Systems


Learn to Say No


Have Organization Be Part of Your Life


Plan for Tomorrow, Today


Case Study


Module Ten: Review Questions


Module Eleven: Wrapping Up


Words from the Wise


Review of Parking Lot


Lessons Learned


Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations

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