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 Presentations

 

Why Can't I Get Organized? Stop Feeling Guilty, It's Not Your Fault!


Don't feel guilty, you aren't alone! The reality is, as we grow up and progress in our professional careers, we are not taught how to be organized. bWe haven't been provided the proper direction, support, or tools that we need to become highly efficient. Many times, we just fumble through the day hoping to achieve the ultimate level of productivity, only to fall short and become frustrated. This presentation provides an eye opening look at productivity obstacles and provides key strategies to move forward with confidence and know-how in becoming efficient at whatever you do.

Contact us for more information and to schedule Mise En Place for your next meeting or event.

 

 Workshops

The GO System Workshop®

When: check back for future dates.
Cost: $189, includes all course materials and continental breakfast.

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

Free parking is available.

Brief Overview: 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 The GO System Workshop, certified GO System Trainer, Ann Michael

will share with you tools to improve focus, organization and productivity in the workplace.   The GO System addresses the six major issues that cause chaos and disorganization in an office environment:

  • Handling Incoming Items - paper, voice mail, e-mail, etc...
  • Prioritizing
  • Using Time Rationally
  • Managing Projects
  • Personality Issues
  • Psychological Issues

You will walk away with a sustainable system and process to handle your workload!  By the end of the Workshop, you will know how to prioritize your work in 60 seconds or less, accommodate unexpected events or opportunities in your day and effectively meet your goals.

So, what does this mean to you?  With The GO System, you will be able to:

  • Ensure that time spent at work is quality, productive time
  • Decrease productivity-killing stress and anxiety
  • Improve ability to follow up and follow through on assignments
  • Improve ability to quickly recover from unexpected interruptions
  • Increase contribution to the bottom-line results

When employees become more focused, organized and productive, everything else flows more smoothly. 

Don't allow your employees, customers and profits to get lost in the shuffle and confusion of a disorganized, cluttered work environment.  End the frustration of trying to lead and manage a group of overworked, overwhelmed and overloaded employees. 

Schedule a The GO System ® Workshop for your team today!

 

 

"When we first started with using The Paper Tiger software, it showed quick results in helping us effectively manage our paper management issues. But, we knew we still had a piece missing that needed to be resolved. Now with the recent use of The GO System, we have a complete solution to overall paper and process organization. We like to think of The GO System as that "missing puzzle piece" we needed to round-out our organizational system. We couldn't be more pleased."

Kathleen M. Martin
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Associate Director, RIT Human Resources for Employment, Employee Relations & Professional Development

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"The Workshop not only provided tips and techniques to becoming more organized and productive, quickly and easily, it also made me enthusiastic and determined to finally overcome my organizational barriers. My energy level and excitement for getting organized has never been so high--it feels great! I really enjoyed it and things are starting to get much less stressful for me because of it."

Mary Christian
University of Rochester
Medical Center

 

 Webinars

Digital Disaster - Get Control of Your Electronic Information

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When: Check back soon for new date and time!
Cost: $99 per person

Brief Overview:  Whether you call it bits, bytes or data, information is streaming to you from all locations.  It’s no surprise that your PC has become a digital disaster.  Does your desktop look like a minefield of documents and downloads?  Are the icons so small that you can’t even tell what they are?  How long does it take you to find a document, spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation?  Can’t remember which folder or subfolder – on your pc or in your e-mail – that your stored your information?  You know you bookmarked a website but now you can’t remember which one it was?  And all of the revisions and duplicate documents….  Than, this webinar is for you.

 

No PowerPoint presentation for this session!  We jump right in and show you how to clean up your PC and get your electronic information organized.

  • How to Clean it Up
    • Getting your desktop organized
    • Using toolbars
    • Desktop shortcuts
    • Dealing with duplicate files
    • Maintenance tips
  • How to Store it
    • Tag your data
    • Using Metadata
    • PC tools
    • Internet tools
  • Where to Put it
    • Storing all of that digital data
    • Using Notebook
  • How to Find it
    • Desktop search tools
    • Information mapping

Additionally, you will receive Tips, Tools and Techniques for Conquering Cyber Indigestion, an 11-page How-to Guide with step-by-step instructions and visuals for getting your PC cleaned up.

 

Stop Stacking, Stuffing and Spreading  
Get Your Paper Under Control!

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
When:

Time: 
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

 Productivity Library

 

Mangaing Emails

Upon completing our premier training course and implementing the tips that you will see demonstrated, you will have the ability to control your e-mail instead of it controlling you. Here is what you will learn and see as we work with our e-mail and show you how to effectively manage this incredible productivity tool.

  • The proven secrets of managing e-mail
  • Strategies for incoming e-mail management
    • Viewing the source of an e-mail
    • Adding a sender to the blocked senders list
    • Saving e-mails outside of Outlook
    • Saving e-mail attachments
    • Scheduling e-mail delivery
    • Dealing with junk e-mail
  • Strategies for managing outgoing e-mails
    • Subject line shortcuts
    • Creating rules
    • Schedule outgoing delivery of your e-mail
    • Save "Sent" messages to a specific folder
  • Overall performance and processing
    • Creating rules and filters
    • Effectively managing deleted and sent e-mail folders
    • Setting record retention guidelines
    • Checking the size of your mailbox
    • Backing up your Outlook folders
  • and more!

Additionally, in the Productivity Library you will have access to the following course tools:

    1. Course Notes
    2. Tips, Tools and Techniques for Managing E-mail
      • A 20-page How-to Guide
      • Step-by-step instructions and visuals for Managing E-mail
    3. Next Steps Implementation Guide

Once you have your e-mail under control, we would encourage you to view the bonus video that is included with this course. In this video we share a tool with you that you may find helpful for managing all of your to-dos!


Please note, you will receive access to the Productivity Library within 24 hours. As we process your order, you will receive the following items in this order:

  1. Order Confirmation
  2. Auto Responder with next step details
  3. E-mail from do-not-reply@pbworks.com that will provide you with the details you will need to access the Productivity Library.

 

How Did You Do That?

Tips and Tricks You've Always Wanted to Know about
Word®, Excel® and PowerPoint®

Upcoming Webinar Date(s)
This is a two-part Webinar, each part is 45 minutes in length.
When: New date and time available soon - please check back.
Cost: (for Part 1 & Part 2) $149 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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