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Seven reasons NOT to be organized

How many times have you told yourself that you really “should” get organized? You have promised yourself (or your boss) that you will...
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Productivity 101: How to take control of your time

In reality, the title of this article is rather inaccurate. The truth is we cannot control time at all. Nor can we “find” time, &ldquo...
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Seven strategies for handling distractions that threaten to derail productivity

Most of us have several concurrent tasks and projects for which we are responsible on a routine basis, and we also have new work coming at us daily...
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Microsoft Outlook 101: how to quickly organize e-mail messages into tasks

Many of the e-mail messages we receive require action on our part; they are, in short, tasks. An e-mail message can be quickly organized into a...
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'Productive Environment Specialist Certification Program' sign up begins Oct 5

The Productive Environment Institute, which trains and certifies productivity consultants to deliver Barbara Hemphill's Productive Environment...
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Productivity expert Barbara Hemphill keynote speaker for convention in Europe

Professional organizer and productivity expert Barbara Hemphill will present the keynote speech at Orvention, the second annual organizing...
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Outlook 101: Outlook offers tools to be more productive with your computer

Many office workers are unaware of the tools and options available on Microsoft Outlook that can help not only organize their e-mail, but their...
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PayScale Inc launches free meeting cost calculator widget

PayScale, Inc. has announced the launch of Meeting Miser, a free widget that allows people to calculate the salary costs of workplace meetings....
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Rethink traditional time management for 21st century productivity

Traditional time management strategies have become too limited in today's complex working world. With technology allowing us to be more mobile,...
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How to minimize 'Google doodle balls' impact on workplace productivity

September 7 Google launched another of its "interactive doodles" on the Google Search homepage; this time bouncing Google doodle balls....
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