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Category: Productivity
Momentum booster: busywork
Don’t underestimate the value of busywork. A study conducted by the University of California, Irvine, found employees are actually happiest when performing seemingly menial tasks.
Try mind mapping using tech tools
Mind-mapping tools can help harness creativity and turn it into concrete action. Try it yourself with one of these tools recommended by Lifehack writer Jane Hurst.
Get staff fired up for workforce giving
Workplace giving campaigns can be a great way to support a good cause while building teamwork and camaraderie among colleagues, so how do you get more people fired up and excited to participate? That’s what one reader asked recently on the Admin Pro Forum.
The problem with extending deadlines
Any conviction you have when starting work on a project fades fast when word of a deadline extension comes through. The same problems you had the first time around loom even more the second time …
Stop email from slowing you down
Constantly checking email is a great way to stop productivity in its tracks. Productivity coach Susan Lasky recommends changing the way you manage your inbox.
Extend battery life 50% with new app
Heavy’s Karen Tumbokon urges Android users to download Battery Doctor, an app guaranteed to extend your Android device’s battery by 50%. Here’s how to use it.
SharePoint: Two mysteries solved
Microsoft Certified Trainer Melissa Esquibel answers two reader questons on SharePoint.
Digital notebooks: Evernote vs. OneNote
Microsoft recently made OneNote available to Mac users, and while it’s comparable to Evernote, there are key differences to consider, says TwinCities.com technology writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata.
Wearable devices could change work
Earlier this year, Google unveiled three new smartwatches, all using the company’s Android operating system. Technology writer James Kendrick sees them as having potential uses in the workplace.