A key question for the problem of space and information storage and management is ‘do I really need it?’ And following that, ‘what can I prevent coming into my space?’ Faxes: Get off fax lists of unwanted information. First port of call is to contact the offending company and politely request removal. If they choose [...]
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Who opens the mail? Who does the filing? Do you find yourself constantly getting bogged down with tasks somebody else could do? Over lunch some time David Eddy, Project Director of a great First Time Principals programme via Auckland University, shared the following tip. It was given to him by a colleague early in [...]
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I’ve just had a sort-out of my paperwork. You might be thinking, ‘Robyn, if you practice what you preach, your paperwork would be always tidy. What do you need a sort-out for?’ I’m human too. With our New Zealand summer just past I had a wonderful parade of non-stop visitors; I HAD to go fishing with the neighbours and learn [...]
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
What do lawyers, accountants, quantity surveyors, consultants to many industries, secretarial services, project managers, government bodies, researchers and computer programmers have in common? Most of them hate to do time-sheets. If you’ve ever worked in a time-driven industry you’ll know that tight recording is absolutely critical or how would you know what to charge [...]
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Become one of those inspirational people who seem to whizz around their computer without ever touching the mouse. Lets start with some simple tips that make navigating tables so much easier! The most common method for moving around a table is to click the specific cell you want to go to. However, if the table [...]
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