Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). Great tips and tricks for productive use of the To Do’s, Calendar, Email, Contacts, and more. The two have come together in an ebook from David Allen Company.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 13, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Here’s a simple checklist to help you organize your Christmas holiday celebrations. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 6, 2010

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MAY 9, 2022

The purpose of this standard operating procedure is to define the new employee onboarding process and the responsibilities of the HR staff and department leads in orienting new hires to the organization. Provide each new hire with all necessary onboarding documents including i9 forms, tax forms, and the employee handbook acknowledgment form.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Charitable organizations often run gift-wrapping services as a fund raiser. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Get family members involved in shopping, decorating, baking, etc. Don’t feel you have to do everything. Ask for help.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 21, 2010

Organize a simple outline – Some variation on the following three points will always form a coherent presentation: This is where I was. Once you have the material, organize it into the outline. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! This is where I am now.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 28, 2010

with 7 Tips for Effective Email There is something about e-mail that fosters poor communication habits. For many organizations, e-mail has become the preferred means of communication, both formal and informal. Develop at set of personal rules for processing your email in a productive way. Thanks for visiting!

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 18, 2010

Schedule tasks appropriately – After lunch is not the best time to read the long, lulling policy eport. Child Car Seat Covers Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Include protein to boost brain alertness.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 1, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

An organized desk — at school, home, or in your private office — will help you relax and become more productive. Transfer all your notes and personal reminders to one, organized place. Organize your desk drawers. Install drawer organizers. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. as they come in.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Six points for merchants : Make protection of personal information a company priority; designate someone in your business to coordinate privacy policies and practices. Make your staff aware of privacy and security obligations; all employees must follow good practices in their everyday transactions with customers. Thanks for showing it.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 5, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I’m sure your e-mail is constantly getting bombarded with e-mails all the time, Nudgemail helps you organize those emails and put “productive procrastination&# into practice: no new workflow no new plugins no new tools Let’s say you have an e-mail in your inbox that you need to respond to, but not until next week.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

I have one more tip that I’ve had to learn the hard way: Tell stories – People don’t want to sit through a dry recitation of facts, statistics, policy, etc. An easy way to do this is to ask them questions as well as letting them ask you questions. They want to hear how what you have to say plays out in real life. Learn to tell stories.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Organizer ( paper or electronic) to enter to-dos, addresses or calendar data. Related articles by Zemanta Organizing Your Desk for Increased Productivity (organizedfamilies.com) Put Things in Their Place to Get Organized (ismckenzie.com) How Do You Keep Your Desk Clutter-free? Boxes or storage containers to use for sorting.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 15, 2010

Despite an overall increase in volunteerism in Canada, the proportion volunteering for culture and recreation organizations dropped from 32% in 1997 to 22% in 2004. We need family-friendly policies for all workers and more community resources and supports for seniors. “We Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Disorganization is so prevalent in the workplace that the Professional Organizers in Canada estimates a typical office worker wastes 150 hours a year – almost one month – searching for misplaced information. For someone earning $50,000 a year, that translates to a loss of $3,842 a year. Keep the office door closed.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

The brainy quote – thousands of quotations organized by topic, author and type. Quotelady.com – An old-school style web site focussing on inspirational quotations organized in dozens of categories. Famousquotations.com – quotations, quotes and proverbs. Quotationreference.com – a compendium of quotations.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 11, 2010

This is the process we use daily to organize regular tasks: e.g., getting dressed or driving to work. Organizing – Now that those ideas are out of your head and onto paper, start moving them around. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 8, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

We had similar day just week ago in Poland (our own Independence Day Andrzej Comment by Andrzej on November 15, 2010 @ 7:36 am Trackbacks Remembrance Day « Only the News Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life!

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

5) Do I have all the information I need to organize my time effectively? Yes No 1) Is managing my time a priority for me? 2) Do I have goals and a plan to meet them? 3) Do I set deadlines for getting things finished? 4) Do I avoid procrastination ? 6) Do I set priorities for all my tasks? 7) Do I work from a to-do list or a written plan?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 12, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 25, 2010

A leader allows people to use their strengths, creativity and talents for a common purpose in a way that motivates and creates pride in the task or the organization. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Comments No comments yet.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 5, 2010

Like the iPhone version, there is also integration with the HanDBase Gallery of thousands of database designs, plus the ability to email records and databases to other users. Special features of the iPad version of HanDBase include split screen views, popovers, and enhanced editing.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

The closest she ever came to digital organization was an electronic address book she used until it became too difficult to read the screen. In fact, visiting with mom forces me to be more organized, because she needs to be organized. My mother has never owned a PDA and only in the past year (at 80) started using a computer.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Participation in family-friendly policies is a career-limiting move. Management will lose control.

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Ask for advice Look around and identify those who seem to have their lives productive and organized. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Attend brown-bag lunches, trade shows and conferences. Take productivity courses online and read up.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 27, 2010

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Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 9, 2010

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