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Category: Productivity

Email overload: 5 tips to kill the clutter

Is it time to get serious about killing your inbox clutter—not just deleting unwanted email messages but setting up ways of working that don’t create the clutter in the first place? Here are five tips to get you started.

Get your disaster procedures in order

Whether you’re writing a procedure for how to route the mail or safely evacuate the building in the event of a fire, the process remains the same. A procedure is a procedure, no matter how big or small. Here are some sample disaster procedures you may want to include in your manual.

Pet-proof that home office!

With so many more of us telecommuting now, we’re having to adjust to some new co-workers: our pets. Here are some considerations that will make the workday more harmonious for you and your littlest colleagues.

Where to find useful how-to learning online

As fast as technology changes, you may find yourself searching for instructional videos on how to use new applications and new features on old applications. In fact, you may spend just as much time searching and sampling information as you do using your tools. Here are some time-savers.

G Suite gets a new name

When Google introduced its paid version in 2016, as a suite of productivity tools designed with additional functionality to serve the business community, it presented a challenge to the behemoth that is Microsoft Office. Though Microsoft is still the primary market shareholder, G Suite, now known as Google Workspace, is gaining momentum among business users.

No more passwords! (Maybe)

This might seem like a dream come true, especially for devices on which typing a password is a challenge for fingers that are bigger than the touchscreen keyboard. However, the development of biometrics to authenticate access has some drawbacks.