Presentations, Workshops & Webinars

Who is in Charge – You or Your E-mail?

Brief Overview: Regulating company e-mail and Internet usage isn’t a "big brother" tactic; these days, it’s just smart business. All companies rely on e-mail as a critical business tool. However, unfortunately few have considered the policies and systems necessary to safeguard their interests. Having a best practices policy for managing the flow of information, defining retention rules, training employees, and more should be part of the way “you do business”. This presentation goes through the things you should be thinking about as you put together your best practices policy for managing the flow of information.

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Managing the Flow of Information

Brief Overview: Information is at the center of everything an organization does including (but not limited to):

• Strategy Management
• Research and Development
• Compliance
• Customer Relationship Management
• Employee Information
• Revenue/Profit Tracking and Reporting

Information is an asset and holds value for a corporation. How an organization manages this information can directly impact their ability to compete, comply with regulations, and even simply function on a daily basis. Do your employees know the important role that they play in protecting the future of your organization? Isn’t it time to establish policies and procedures for creating, using, retrieving, and disposing of company information?

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Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should

Brief Overview: With the vast array of technology available today, one would assume organizational skills would have increased dramatically. We should be the most organized society in the history of mankind as a result of our technological advancements and innovations. Unfortunately, the opposite has occurred. According to a McKinsey survey of more than 7,800 managers from around the world “…25% of executives at large companies say their communications – voice mail, e-mail, and meetings – are nearly or completely unmanageable”. Have your “timesaving devices” in fact become “time-stealing devices”?

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Common Processes Common Goals

Brief Overview: Systems play a key role in the success of a business; we all use them. Whether it’s a common e-mail program or phone system, accounting program or billing system, everyone in your organization uses the same systems to perform each day. Imagine if they didn’t! Yet, in most organizations, there is not a common process for managing information, prioritizing workflow and “to-do” management. Then we wonder why things fall through the cracks and why we spend more time putting out fires than creating opportunities. Our stress levels seem to get higher each day. The disconnect lies in the lack of a common process for managing our workload. We’ll examine the impact and solutions relating to this disconnect how it affects your employees’ ability to get focused and become more productive.

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Path to Productivity®

When: Wednesday, September 24, 2008; 8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration; Workshop from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lunch will also be served.
Cost: $289, includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch.

Location:
Cornell Cooperative Extension
249 Highland Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
Highland Room

Free parking is available.

If you would like a Path to Productivity® designed specifically for you and your staff, please contact us.

Brief Overview: The key to being effective is how well you manage information. Do you have what you need…when you need it…so that you can produce the results you want? Now you can.

By attending Mise En Place’s Path to Productivity Workshop, certified GO System Trainer, Ann Michael will guide you as you create your path to productivity. You will walk away with a sustainable system and process to handle:

• The flow of information – paper, voice mail, e-mail, etc.
• Your priorities – identify your top ones every day and work them.
• Time rationally – since managing it is impossible!
• Project management issues – effective delegation and follow-up.
• Personal attributes – how to use your strengths and those of your team to maximize the impact on the bottom line.
• Hidden undertows - dealing with self-defeating and dysfunctional behavior that can undermine your efforts.

Additionally, Ann Michael Henry, the Workshop instructor and founder of Mise En Place, will introduce you to specific tools to help you effectively manage e-mail, paper and electronic data. By the end of the Workshop, you will know how to prioritize your work load in 60 seconds or less, accommodate unexpected events or opportunities in your day and effectively meet your goals.

Managing E-mail so it Doesn’t Manage You!

Brief Overview: E-mail, if not managed properly, can become a significant drain on productivity. As users become distracted by messages piling up, they are more likely to lose track of important messages and fall further behind in their work. An inbox full of dozens or hundreds of messages renders the user increasingly ineffective in other areas of work which can result in them spending more time simply "putting out fires" caused by the bulging inbox. The more e-mail that piles up, the less useful it is to users and their companies. At this session, you will learn how to properly manage e-mail so that you can enjoy the benefits of this great tool. You will have the ability to control your “e-mail ecosystem” instead of allowing it to control you! This is one of Mise En Place’s most popular Workshops!

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PC Productivity

Brief Overview: “How do you do that?” We’ll show you! Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are filled with great tools and features that you might not be aware of. During this session we will expose you to a variety of tips so that you can quickly jazz-up your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Learn how to take advantage of the tools that are already at your fingertips!

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Conquering Cyber Indigestion

Brief Overview: Suffering from digital overload? You’re not alone! The flood of e-mails, the multiple to-do lists, the cluttered desk, and all of those documents – where are they? Oh, and let’s not forget the cell phone, the pager, the PDA, the blackberry, or any other mobile device we have in our possession. Information thunders at us with incredible speed and ease – just a few clicks and it crosses our threshold. We begin to ask questions like,

“What do I do with it?”
“Do I need it now?”
“Do I need it at all?”
“How should I store it?”
“How will I be able to find it when I need it?”
“Am I going crazy…enough already!”

Learn how to clean-up your digital dumpsite without applying for Super Funds!

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Managing the Flow of Information

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When: Tuesday, July 8th, 2008; 12-1 p.m. (EST)
Cost: Free!

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When: Tuesday, August 5th; 3:00-4:00 p.m. (EST)
Cost: Free!

Brief Overview: Information is the fuel of any organization; and like fuel running through an automobile, it is meant to move, to flow, to ignite movement. During this Webinar we will look at the lifecycle of information – paper, electronic, e-mail – and how to keep it moving so that we don’t get bogged down. Information is one of the key assets of your organization. Managing that information requires:

• Creating and applying best practices
• Defining responsibility and accountability
• Developing consistency in procedures, implementation, and training
• Outlining clear processes that accommodate departmental differences and corporate goals

Keep the information in your organization vital and timely so that you can maximize your resources and your profit.

Creating an Effective Paper Management System

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When: Friday, July 11th, 2008; 12-1 p.m. (EST)
Cost: Free!

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When: Tuesday, August 5th, 2008; 12:00-1:00 p.m. (EST)
Cost: Free!

Brief Overview: Have you ever felt like your office papers are ganging up on you? The second you walk into your office, do they seem to be ready to attack, giving you an intense feeling of being overwhelmed and frustrated? Many professionals keep around papers of all sorts because they fear that if they file them away they may never find them again. Now, this could easily be true IF they used a poor filing system or process to store and archive information. As a matter of fact, today’s average workers waste as much as one hour per day—over three weeks per year—searching for lost or misplaced information in their files and on their desks. Imagine what you could do with an extra hour a day…

Mise En Place helps professionals deal with the daily headaches caused by misplaced or lost information. You can permanently relieve your paper headaches by using a strategic paper management process supported by The Paper Tiger, an industry-leading software program.

By participating in Webinar, you will learn how to:

• Be more responsive to your customers.
• Streamline your office.
• Lower your stress level.
• Transform your files into a valuable, instantly retrievable resource.
• Eliminate the need to duplicate paper and to file by category, author, or date.
• Assure fast reaction to audits or other legal actions.
• Reduce disruption from employee turnover.

After you register for the Webinar, you will receive the following information via email:

• Registration confirmation
• Webinar information, including
  • Link to the Webinar
  • Meeting ID
  • Conference call details
• Download instructions for a 30-day trial of The Paper Tiger

Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Managing E-mail

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When: Tuesday, July 8th, 2008; 3-4 p.m. (EST)
Cost: $49 per person

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When: Thursday, August 7th; 3:00-4:00 p.m. (EST)
Cost: $49 per person

Brief Overview: Tired of being overwhelmed by your e-mail? Are you using your in-box as a “to-do list”, a contact manager, a calendar, or a filing cabinet? How many e-mails do you have in your in-box – 100…250…500…more than 1,000? If so, you aren’t alone! Join us and learn how to effectively manage that incoming information. We will go live with our e-mail and share dozens of tips that will give you the ability to control your e-mail instead of it controlling you. At the end of the session, you will receive a 19 page tip sheet that will walk you through, step-by-step, all of the tips that you experience during the webinar.

How Did You Do That? Productive PC Pointers

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
This is a two-part Webinar, each part is 45 minutes in length.
When: Part 1: Thursday, June 12th, 2008 & Part 2: Thursday, June 19th, 2008.
Times for both: 2-3 p.m. (EST)
Cost (for Part 1 & Part 2): $89 per person

Brief Overview: Bells and whistles, that’s what this Webinar is all about. Those features in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that you have always wondered about…that’s what we cover here! From command shortcuts, to customizing bullets, to creating your own Autofill, to animating a pie chart...talk about improving productivity! Not only will you be wowed by the power at your fingertips, we’ll provide you with a 33 page tip sheet that will walk you through, step-by-step, all the tips that we share with you.