Timely Tips February 2010 -- Great E-mail Tip from a Reader

Timely Tips February 2010:

Great E-mail Tip from a Timely Tips Reader

* Plus a handy Ten Tips PDF and Information on upcoming public courses and a free webinar

February 2010

Greetings!

I'm dodging the snow flakes here in East Lansing today -- the winter storm actually forced me to reschedule client events today and tomorrow, so I figured this is a great time to send out a new Timely Tips. Make sure to page to the right to see the public courses coming up in February and March. Enjoy!

Some Quick Updates

GREAT E-mail Tip!

New PDF -- 10 Favorite E-mail Tips

Managing Meetings No Cost Webinar

GREAT E-mail tip from a Timely Tips Reader

This is the place to ALWAYS look to find your monthly Timely Tip.

This is a great and simple tip from Timely Tips reader and business partner Carol Grainger (many of you already know Carol as my client coordinator -- she can help you with arranging a program for your company or organization -- cgrainger@youras tec.com.) I thought it was a real dandy:

"Some people have a bad habit (me!) of sending something out too quickly. To avoid sending an unfinished e-mail accidentally, add the recipient's e-mail address LAST. If you are replying to an e-mail, delete the senders e-mail address before composing your message and then re-enter the address when you have completed your response. I have also unchecked my autosend on my mail setup and set my Scheduled "autosend" to 30 minutes. If I want to send a message more quickly, I can initiate that manually."

Carol, as a person that has inadvertently hit the "Send" button before I was truly ready (once or twice to some embarrassment!), I love this tip. It is a great best practice that allows you to make sure your message is ready before hitting "Send". Thanks for sharing!

New PDF For You:
My Ten Favorite E-mail Productivity Enhancement Tips

I put together this handy little 3-page PDF to be featured on an upcoming Top Ten Tips web site that is being built by my friend and productivity expert in her own right, Dr. Meggin McIntosh. (It looks like she has some Top Ten's already posted -- click her link to check them out.)

Here's the link to my Top Ten E-mail Productivity Tips:

http://www.randalldean.com/Top_Ten_Email_Timesavers.pdf

Please feel free to share!

Coolest e-mail I've ever received.

A final little note -- I received this message from Ben Butina at Westinghouse Electric Company, after he attended my session last fall in Pittsburgh. It ranks up there as perhaps the coolest message I've ever received from someone that has taken one of my Taming E-mail courses. I hope all of you have benefited similarly from some of these tips too. Thanks for your continued support and ideas! Hope to see many of you in the upcoming MSAE programs in March.

Until we talk again, Stay Timely!

Sincerely,

Randy Dean
Randall Dean Consulting & Training, LLC
or http://www.emailsanityexpert.com

PS: Please consider joining my networking list on LinkedIn -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/randydean

PPS: Always feel free to use the "Forward E-mail" option below to share this info with your family, friends, & co-workers.

Public Taming E-mail & Optimizing Outlook programs coming up at MSU and in Lansing/Detroit.

This March, I'll be leading my two signature 1/2 day workshop programs, in both the Lansing and Detroit areas,

Taming the E-mail & Office Clutter Beasts
and
Optimizing Your Outlook: Time Management Strategies for Busy Outlook Users

(click the links above for full program descriptions.)
in conjunction with the
Michigan Society of Association Executives (http://www.msae.org).

If you've been looking for a public option for taking one of these courses, this is a great opportunity at a very competitive price (and if you are an MSAE member, you get an additional discount.)

Go HERE for additional information on the MSAE courses and registration options/pricing.

I will also be leading the Taming E-mail & Office Clutter course for Michigan State University's HRD Department on February 24th if you are an MSU employee (non employees can call Edita at MSU HRD [517-884-0172] to see if there is additional room available in the course.)

Don't have time for the MSAE or MSU sessions? Don't forget the book special & bonuses are still available at TamingEmailBook.com.

If you prefer, it is of course always available on Amazon.com.

FREE Webinar
FEBRUARY 25th:
Managing & Leading Great Staff & Team Meetings

I've teamed up again with my friends at Copper Conferencing to hold another free webinar as part of their online learning academy (and give you some exposure to their excellent online webinar tool.) We'll be doing a 1-hour program on my best tips for Managing & Leading Great Staff & Team Meetings. If, like me, you find wasted time in meetings a big pet peeve, make sure to attend this webinar. (Yes, we can lead this program for your team, company, or association!)

Here's the registration link.

Looking forward to seeing you (hearing you!) on the webinar.