![]() Now I’m in control of my email, instead of it controlling me! The tool then automatically generates an item on my Email to-do list, and I can recall I need to respond to said message during my allotted email time. If I receive an email I can’t respond to that minute (and isn’t urgent), I click the “To-Do from Email” button in the Wunderlist Group on my Home tab in Outlook. Wunderlist also has an add-on with Outlook that allows me to create a to-do based on any email. Then I set aside a half-hour during the day to run through the list and fire off all the emails at once. And now I’ve created a whole email management system around it.įirst, I created a to-do list called “Email.” If a thought strikes me, I enter the recipient’s name and the subject as an item in this list. Wunderlist, the to-do list manager, helps me catch these fleeting thoughts. I’ll be on my morning commute and suddenly think of an email I need to send, for example. ![]() Often, when I want to write some email, I am not in a place where I can sit and give it proper attention. Nora Regis: A Wunderlist Way to Manage Email Trautz is Director of the Practice & Professionalism Center of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and a blogger on the issues of business process improvement, technology, legal ethics and effective practice management. Reid is co-author of the ABA’s “ The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Success: Essential Tips to Power Your Practice” and a past ABA TECHSHOW chair. Making any or all of these changes can result in a happier, healthier and more productive staff. Finally, consider adding a water-cooler in the office to promote increased water consumption and better health.What furniture configurations or office policies can you make to reduce distractions? Noisy offices can inhibit concentration and add to stress and frustration.An improperly positioned monitor and keyboard can strain neck, eyes and hands, so look for office ergonomic articles online and make the recommended furniture adjustments.Another source of stress is tension and pain caused by bad chairs with poor back support.Add warm task lighting to desks and reduce the glare on your computer monitors from those ceiling lights. Poor lighting, especially fluorescent ceiling fixtures, can cause eyestrain and contribute to fatigue.It’s spring, so give your office a stress-reducing makeover with these kinds of changes: Small, simple measures can make a big difference in clearing up irritants that slow you down and stress you out.įor more tech tips from the pros, click here. It doesn’t always require a software overhaul or a shiny new device to freshen your outlook. Maybe you’re due for a little spring makeover? For this Friday Five+ installment, we asked our practice management dream team for their best tips on tidying up. Just one swipe reveals the clutter and chaos that lurks beneath: a winter’s worth of past projects, lists, sticky notes and alerts. That serene screen-saver isn’t fooling anyone.
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