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Here’s an Easy and Efficient Way to Manage Projects and Daily Tasks
Project Management, Task Management

Here’s an Easy and Efficient Way to Manage Projects and Daily Tasks

Are you a visual thinker? Are you someone who likes to keep your calendar in front of you and your daily tasks on post-its around your desk?
Digital task managers are much more efficient than paper for daily tasks.

You can have your to-do list with you on your mobile device and check off your tasks throughout the day.
You can assign tasks to others.
You can create calendar reminders.
You can prioritize daily tasks.

Many organizations […]

By Patricia Dwyer|April 12th, 2017|Project Management, Task Management|Comments Off

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How to Become Super-efficient with your Daily Task Management
Task Management

How to Become Super-efficient with your Daily Task Management

Do you believe that your task management process is running efficiently?
Tasks are those often-reoccurring items that you need to complete on a timely basis before you forget or before they’re irrelevant. Often we not disciplined about scheduling time for these tasks or setting due dates.

You may also have projects that you’re managing, but task management is not the same as project management. Projects have defined start dates and end dates (even if that end […]

By Patricia Dwyer|December 22nd, 2016|Task Management|Comments Off

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Here’s an Easy Way to Stay More Task-focused and Productive
Task Management

Here’s an Easy Way to Stay More Task-focused and Productive

You’ve read my blog post here about productivity: How to Remain Productive, and you’re working on your task list. Now you’ve managed to find some uninterrupted time to get things done.
Uninterrupted time is a gift and you’re ready to get down to work, but, frustratingly, you may still be feeling restless and having trouble staying task-focused.
Playing music can help. Try Noisli for background noise that helps you to work more productively.

Having a place to work […]

By Patricia Dwyer|October 27th, 2016|Task Management|Comments Off

3 Simple Paths to a Powerful Follow-up Routine

One of the keys to maintaining and growing a business is a follow-up routine.
Staying in touch with potential customers, past customers, and referral partners is key. There are many methods to do this, including social media and email marketing. Often, though, a business needs to make that personal contact.
It’s important to follow-up on a regular basis before you fall off of someone’s radar.
This means maintaining a follow-up list and a follow-up schedule. A good […]

By Patricia Dwyer|October 17th, 2016|Task Management|Comments Off

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How to Use a Visual Task Management System to Stay On Top of Stuff
Task Management

How to Use a Visual Task Management System to Stay On Top of Stuff

Do you want smooth and efficient task management?
Tasks are those often-reoccurring items that you need to complete on a timely basis. Poor task management may leave you feeling frustrated because your to-do list keeps growing and it seems like you’re not getting anything done.
Most task management and productivity tools focus on very linear thinking. But what if you’re a visual thinker?
The whiteboard is the traditional system for making a visual representation of a project and […]

By Patricia Dwyer|June 22nd, 2016|Task Management|1 Comment

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How To Easily Follow-up on Those Important Emails in Outlook
Email Management, Task Management

How To Easily Follow-up on Those Important Emails in Outlook

If you’ve gone through the process of email organization (see my blog post here: 4 Steps to Becoming More Responsive), then you hopefully have a streamlined inbox with just the most important emails.

You also should have a daily routine of dealing with those emails that consists of:

Evaluating
Acting On, filing, or flagging for follow-up

Flagging an email in Outlook creates a follow-up to-do item.
Your email is not only marked with a flag in your Inbox, it’s also […]

By Patricia Dwyer|June 7th, 2016|Email Management, Task Management|Comments Off

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Don’t Take My Post-it Notes Away
Digital Chaos Control, Task Management

Don’t Take My Post-it Notes Away

Are you someone who still uses post-it notes for to-dos?
You’re not alone. For a visual person, it can be helpful to glance at those colorful notes to see what’s next in the queue. If you’ve read my post on task management here: How to Stay on Target with Your Goals, then you know that there are some visual task management systems. There are also project management systems that have returned to using post-it notes.
One […]

By Patricia Dwyer|May 31st, 2016|Digital Chaos Control, Task Management|Comments Off

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3 Reasons to Stop Using Email as a To-do List
Digital Chaos Control, Email Management, Task Management

3 Reasons to Stop Using Email as a To-do List

Staying on top of email chaos is not easy.
Even after you’ve followed the steps to manage your email inbox (see my blog post here: 4 Steps to Becoming More Responsive), you still need to deal with those emails that need a follow-up task. How do you make sure that you get those done, and that they don’t get lost in the daily shuffle?

There may be event invitations that you leave in your Inbox to remember […]

By Patricia Dwyer|May 27th, 2016|Digital Chaos Control, Email Management, Task Management|Comments Off

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How to Stay on Target with Your Goals
Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Task Management

How to Stay on Target with Your Goals

What is productivity?
Productivity means performing on target according to your goals and deadlines. Let’s say your goal is to create a social media presence and have twenty followers. You’ll need to set a deadline to achieve that goal, break it down into achievable tasks, and assign a due date for each task.

If you’re working unproductively, you won’t meet your goals by the deadline. This results in missed opportunities, loss of income, and perhaps a drop […]

By Patricia Dwyer|May 23rd, 2016|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Task Management|Comments Off

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How to Remain Productive
Digital Chaos Control, Evernote, Task Management

How to Remain Productive

If you’re using the GTD (“Getting Things Done”) method to stay productive, as outlined in my Evernote blog here: How to Implement “GTD” in Evernote (or even if you’re not, but you do have task lists), you may find yourself with an ever-growing “Next Actions” list, and/or “Someday/Maybe” list. Having a to-do list that just keeps growing can feel discouraging and can affect your “perceived” productivity.
There are many factors that can keep you from being […]

By Patricia Dwyer|May 6th, 2016|Digital Chaos Control, Evernote, Task Management|Comments Off

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