Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 3, 2011

How to Email Your Documents Directly to Evernote. How to Scan Documents Directly into Evernote. How to Use Evernote If You Are a Speaker or Writer. How to Use Evernote with a Traditional Paper Notebook. How to Use Evernote with an iPad to Take Meeting Notes. How to Get Your Stuff into Evernote. Is Your Data Safe in Evernote?

Social Media 100

Social Media Purchasing Travel Email 100

Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Make sure you have any documents , files or notes needed for the call. Place calls on your to-do list or create a separate call list and make the calls at schedules times during the day. Make notes of the things you need to discuss to keep the call on track. Schedule a time for the phone call if you are having problems making a connection.

Phones 100

Phones Management Filing 100

Ian's Messy Desk

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The ability to combine drawing, handwritten text, images, and digital text on the same document page to create media-rich content. PhatPad documents can be synchronized with the desktop computer via iTunes or Dropbox, exchanged between two or more devices on the local WiFi network, printed, emailed, or exported to PDF.

Collaborate 100

Collaborate Dropbox Keyboards PDF 100

Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Journal writing is a good way to document events in your life. Time passes quickly and thoughts evaporate are lost unless written down. A journal entry can remind you of something you thought today, months from now. Looking at a blank page in a journal can be daunting; where to begin. What were the significant events of the day?

Learning 100

Learning 100

Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Options for managing document filing and retrieval. By establishing a consistent system for filing and tracking documents, you will impose a sense of order on your records. There are lots of choices when it comes to filing documents. There are lots of choices when it comes to filing documents. Image via Wikipedia.

Management 100

Management Postal Code Filing Equipment 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 2, 2014

His supervisor delivered the bad news, we reviewed the termination process and documents and then stood to leave. A number of years ago I was involved in the termination of an employee. He was about eight inches taller than me and had 70 or 80 pounds on me. Suddenly, he was standing toe to toe looking down on me.

Confidence 100

Confidence Learning 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 3, 2013

You might hate number-crunching in a spreadsheet, while a co-worker hates writing documents. See if it is possible to trade or share tasks with a coworker One person’s tedium is another’s challenge. Trading tasks could address the attitude problems for two or more employees. Ask for more challenging responsibilities.

AT&T 100

AT&T International Management UPS 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 12, 2011

The added layer of security encryption requires a password, or sometimes a series of them, to open programs or documents and there are many free encryption programs you can download from the Internet. Shredding Documents is Important (socyberty.com). It will help give you peace of mind, and a taste of the life of a secret agent.

Travel 100

Travel Restaurants Phones Filing 100

Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 24, 2014

Determine if you can digitize any of your printed documents. Put work in progress neatly in one location. File away completed projects, and do an assessment of what you really need to keep. Recycle or shred anything that you do not need a copy of. Ensure your office and desk set up is comfortable.

Stress 100

Stress Keyboards Ergonomics Suppliers 100

Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

You may want to keep one as a historical document for future generations; as a prewriting activity for longer works you plan to publish; as a private means of expressing emotions and ideas; or much more. It is a place to record your deepest thoughts without fear of judgment. Journal writing has many purposes.

Self Esteem 100

Self Esteem Goals Restaurants Phones 100

Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 19, 2011

If you agonize over decisions, push yourself to act, with these tips: Don’t sweat the small stuff – Whether you use Verdana or Arial as the font in your document will not have a lasting impression on the recipient. When the consequences are small, decide and move on.

Confidence 100

Confidence Restaurants Purchasing Policies 100

Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 4, 2011

His supervisor delivered the bad news, we reviewed the termination process and documents and then stood to leave. I number of years ago I was involved in the termination of an employee. He was about eight inches taller than me and had 70 or 80 pounds on me. Suddenly, he was standing toe to toe looking down on me.

Confidence 100

Confidence AT&T Management Learning 100

Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 27, 2012

We feel we don’t write well enough; our lives aren’t exciting or glamorous enough to document; and so on. However, it’s not always easy to keep a journal. We tend to side-track the process with self-imposed limits. The thing is, there are no rules or limits on how to keep a journal.

Doodle 100

Doodle Gifts Skills UPS 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

These days, you need to shred documents, protect your computer, watch out for fraudulent e-mails, be on guard against pretexting and much more. Fraudsters have become extremely devious and technologically savvy. From the other side of the planet, they can steal your personal information.

PDF 100

PDF Fax Policies International 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

Document Storage - When I receive a document (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or PDF) that I’ll need again, I forward it to Evernote. Idea File – Ideas strike at random times, in the oddest places. Evernote gives you a capture device almost anywhere. (I’ve I’ve never used an electronic device in the shower.) ;P.

Business Cards 100

Business Cards Twitter Staples PDF 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

We you receive document revisions, toss the orginals. Don’t keep routine memos or anything that gives you information you already know or have. Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo.

Management 100

Management Filing Ergonomics Health 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

If you are a Lotus Notes user, this long-awaited document is for you! Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). The two have come together in an ebook from David Allen Company.

Ergonomics 100

Ergonomics Calendars Health 2006 100

Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Tear/shred receipts, copies of credit applications, other documentation containing personal information, don’t just throw it in the garbage. Determine whether it will be shared with others. Minimize the number of identification and credit cards carried. Do not provide a Social Insurance Number unless absolutely necessary.

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Holidays Policies Ergonomics 100

Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Determine what documents you need for school registration. Assess what the kids have, what they need, what can be handed down and what needs to be thrown out. Then, with list in hand, hit the stores. Round up your papers. Eliminate last-minute searches. Organize your mornings.

Clothes 100

Clothes 2007 Ergonomics Calendars 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

It doesn’t matter whether you use an electronic document system like Eric Mack , or a shoe box in your closet: if you can’t retrieve the information when you need it, the system is not effective. She understands the first measure of an effective productivity system: 1) You can find things that need to be found.

Ergonomics 100

Ergonomics Health Medical Forms 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

The trick for any of them is to learn to use MULTIPLE TAGS so that you can find them, otherwise – for example, your searches will pull up a thousand documents with the word ‘HTML’ in them. and use a free program like Coperinic, Google Desktop to find them quickly.

2007 100

2007 Filing 2009 AT&T 100

Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Whether we like it or not, paperless systems are slow reaching mass acceptance. Unless you work for a company that has invested in paperless processes, you likely see loads of paper coming across your desk. How do you deal with it? You could explore a personal paperless system.

Filing 100

Filing UPS Training Equipment 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 11, 2012

For example, if we have to deliver a document at an office and collect a document from another office which is on the same block, both these tasks can be done together. Once you have a list of the things you need to complete, set priorities and decide which jobs should be done first. 3) A to-do list lets you coordinate similar tasks.

Calendars 100

Calendars Phones UPS 100

Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Use lots of white space to make the document easier to read. Make it easy to reply to your document. To make sure that your writing is polite, put yourself in your reader’s shoes to anticipate what you reader will think when they read your letter or email. Could your message be interpreted differently to your intended meaning?

Skills 100

Skills Email 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

For example, if we have to deliver a document at an office and collect a document from another office which is on the same block, both these tasks can be done together. Once you have a list of the things you need to complete, set priorities and decide which jobs should be done first.

2008 100

2008 Ergonomics Health Holidays 100

Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

When organizing documents or records you will have those which could belong under more than one category or file name. That being said, cross referencing works for some people and certain fixed types of cross references are easy for anybody to use. What is cross referencing?

Filing 100

Filing Clothes Management 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 6, 2011

Being organized includes: making sure you have all proper documents and paperwork complete. Some of the most important aspects of business travel are being organized, doing your homework and packing properly. an up-to-date passport. tickets and confirmation numbers. flight information (if applicable). hotel information.

Travel 100

Travel Clothes AT&T UPS 100

Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 7, 2012

Close your eyes and picture the Zen-like state of your desk in a paperless world. When you need data from the last quarter, you speak to your computer and a soothing voice responds with the information. When it’s time to pay the bills, you instruct your computer where the payments are to come from.

Management 100

Management 2003 Filing Forms 100