Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

Outlook: My Inbox To Do List. I don’t use my inbox in the same way as most people: my inbox is a To Do list, either of things I have to do or things I am waiting on others to do. He’d even kept marketing mails from companies we didn’t work with and those annoying cold emails from recruitment firms you’ve never heard of.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 16, 2019

We’ve all let email take over our lives at one point or another. Because email is a necessary part of everyday life, here are a few email management tools, tips and tricks to be more efficient when reading and responding to the messages flooding your inbox. Batch Answer Your Emails. Thanks for your patience.”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2021

I do the same with emails: I’ll block out a morning or an evening to just blitz emails. My inbox is where I spend a lot of time. You don’t have to use your inbox. Generally, calling people is often faster than emails or instant message if you can get through to them. Use email mailing lists.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Email overwhelm is a serious productivity killer. Navigating an overwhelming, disorganized inbox takes up significant time in your day — time you could be spending on the focused work that really matters. If you want to be successful and productive, you need to get out of email overwhelm. Or to get to that elusive inbox zero?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 30, 2020

And, of course, email…. I send a lot of emails. I do love email. I have an inbox per client or per project, depending on the sort of work it is, and that makes it easy to file things away. In terms of tools, I use email, Word documents, spreadsheets and formal and informal templates. Do you want to do the same?

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The Digital Project Manager

JANUARY 12, 2023

If you recall from the previous email management article, we covered Microsoft Outlook. While most email applications offer similar tools to manage the inbox, often they are named or presented differently. The post How To Really Organize & Automate Your Email Tasks In Gmail appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 1, 2019

Your Desk and Email Inbox: How does your desk look? What about your email inbox? For help managing the inbox, check out these email management tools.). Your desk and your email inbox, it begins to stack up, overflow of incomplete and pending work task.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 2, 2018

I also like having a list of small things to do when I get a couple of minutes, like returning unimportant calls, email filing, adding expenses to the expense software and so on. Deal With Email. For me, having thousands of mails in my inbox is a source of stress. Find a system for email that works for you.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 24, 2022

Save important emails. However good you are at using shared network storage for your files you have probably ended up with important emails in your inbox. You could package up all the emails that relate to the project and store them as an archive with your other project artefacts for future reference. Call your sponsor.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 1, 2020

Delete cookies, web forms, saved passwords and any personal emails from your computer. Save any personal documents that you need on to a USB stick or email them to your personal account – then delete them. Get anything you subscribe to (by email or post) that’s delivered to your professional address redirected.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

My email inbox is always neat and tidy. But I wasn’t always this organized–I had to learn how to manage my emails first. The following 12 email organizing tips will help you to get your inbox under control. Don’t use email organization to procrastinate. To organize your inbox, stop obsessing.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Inbox Zero. Inbox Zero. I’ve used Inbox Zero for a decade and can’t imagine life without it. Dealing with high volumes of email is an essential lesson for Project Managers to learn. By following Inbox Zero, you review and control email, getting your inbox to zero, every time you check it.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 9, 2021

Say thank you: people appreciate being acknowledged for their work Expectation mapping: review each stakeholder’s expectations for the project and check they can be achieved and don’t conflict with anyone else’s expectations Invite feedback: Change your email signature to include a link to a project email inbox or ‘contact us’ form.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s mainly used to track task progress and offers different work views including an inbox, list view, calendar view, board view and more. Teams can share files, comment at the task level and stay updated with email and in-app notifications. Here are some use cases in the Asana vs. Trello battle. The post Trello vs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 8, 2018

This article, 5 Easy Ways to Keep Tasks Out of Your Inbox , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Thanks to Sendtask for sponsoring this article on email management tips! Are you guilty of using your email inbox as a To Do list? Use Sendtask for Email Management.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 27, 2021

Get all our posts straight to your inbox by subscribing to the latest posts. This should be easy to rectify by resending emails before the session and having it display the link when folks click submit. I used a combination of Liberating Structures, Microsoft Teams, and Mural to deliver an interactive session. Topic(s): Agility.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 13, 2024

Recommended Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate A great course aimed at people wanting entry-level marketing jobs, with a focus on digital, online, email and e-commerce. There’s also a complete course on email marketing. Practical, cost-effective and professional training from Google.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 15, 2022

Too many conversations get stuck in email. Yesterday, I spent another afternoon on low priority, low value tasks (although now my inbox is looking sparkly clean). I’m done with creating year-long Gantt charts that are out of date the moment they are emailed to my sponsor. . Collaborate easily.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The inbox shows every time you’re tagged and gives an overview of your to-do list. They can share files, comment at the task level and stay up to date with email and in-app notifications. The software can automate common or recurring tasks without the need to know coding. My Week gives all the coming work to help you manage your tasks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Communication Strategy #3: Email. I love email. I don’t love the feeling of information overload when my inbox spills over 100 messages, but I do love email. So: Email, Phone or Other? or, “Didn’t they read the email?” I’m a writer. What would you expect? I type quickly too.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

He suggests: Filing Ordering stationery and other stuff online Printing stuff Deleting emails Throwing away paperwork that’s no longer required Attending meetings that you can’t get out of but know you can add no value to Making coffee! Allcott says that your inbox is not your to do list. I love all of these ideas.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2020

When the meeting is finished, Parabol emails you a summary of the discussion – handy for people who can’t get away from using their inbox as a To Do list. Next, the interface surfaces the reflections around the most voted for topics so you can hold your discussion on these points and turn the output into tasks. Integrations.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Keep in mind your workload is no different, you are already accustomed to collaborating by email, calls, and video conferences and you are saving a lot of time by not commuting to your office. A frenetic pace of completing to-do lists, answering emails, and attending conference calls can give people the illusion of being productive.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 20, 2019

Use your email signature to notify of upcoming leave. I’ve seen more and more people using their email signature as a way to alert people to upcoming out of the office time. It reads a bit like this: Email signature, contact details, etc Advance notice: I’ll be out of the office from Tuesday 14 July until Friday 24 July.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It’s strong on team collaboration with discussions, an activity feed and a sensible approach to notifications that won’t overwhelm your inbox. It’s very smart, for example, if you have a field for email address there is a send email button, the phone numbers automatically pickup country code. Why is Bloo different?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

You can email them or you can chat with them as much as you like, but the message goes in one ear and out the other. You can also number your emails. So I did this when I was counting down to a particular go life, and I sent out emails saying three weeks ago, Four weeks to go. Whatever question is that you’re asking.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 7, 2020

Archive your inbox now and start fresh. In the corporate world, there are a few small luxuries such as an empty inbox. Go ahead and archive your Inbox and start the new year at Inbox Zero. Eliminate all that clutter,seemingly endless threads of replies, and unread forwarded emails. Improve your productivity.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Instead of checking your email multiple times per day (or leaving it open all day and getting notifications each time you receive a new email) choose one-to-three periods throughout the day to completely go through your inbox. You can use a split pane view to see all your new emails on one side.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 1, 2019

It’s no fun after a good rest to find yourself buried under days of unanswered emails and overwhelmed by tasks that have gone undone in your absence. Related: Email Management Tools: Be Better at Email. That’s not to mention new assignments and issues that have arisen since you’ve been out. So let’s take a look at a few.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2020

Our focus is on sending a basic email that contains a link to a spreadsheet. This will be confirmed when we have an email in an inbox. . This will be confirmed when I can run consistently at 5 min/km for 30 minutes . . We believe it delivers confidence in the product to our organisation.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To make sure these due dates aren’t lost in the shuffle, look for a tool that has automated notifications that send either emails or alerts in the application. They’re instantly sent to your inbox, but also create an alert in the software so you don’t have to leave the tool and interrupt your workflow.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Inbox Zero. Inbox Zero. I’ve used Inbox Zero for a decade and can’t imagine life without it. Dealing with high volumes of email is an essential lesson for Project Managers to learn. By following Inbox Zero, you review and control email, getting your inbox to zero, every time you check it.

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ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Replace Emails With a Shared, Collaborative Inbox. The following image shows the recent Email stats worldwide: Image Source. With so many email communications being shared, sent, and read, they have become a considerable trade-off between technology and productivity. Declutter the Collaboration and Communication.

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Proofhub

AUGUST 24, 2021

Do you have a new work email, your first tasks, what types of collaboration tools does the company use? Or if your work desk wasn’t ready, and you wasted all day trying to find your boss, your new work email, or your first task? email communication is not enough to keep everything in order. Exactly, email. Email tracking.

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Trello

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s not a stretch at all to say that I’m ridiculously obsessed with email. (I The obsession probably started back in 2011 when I was a virtual assistant getting the, ahem , horrifying, peek into my clients’ inboxes. I have the t-shirt to prove it.)

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ProProfs Project Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Labeling Emails’ Subject Lines to Better Organize Your Inbox. The author of Brain Rules says that switching between different tasks, like meetings and emails, can make projects take up to 50% longer to complete. For example, I reply to all emails in one hour or review articles, all in one block. Batching Meetings.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There’s a lot to keep track of in a busy project portfolio and sometimes it’s tempting to simply work on the things that are most visible to you right now: for example the problems at the top of your inbox. A study by Carleton University found that people spend a third of their working time on reading and answering emails but guess what?

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