Course Description

E-mail, calendaring, and meeting management are critical activities that drive individual workers’ daily lives. So many people "live" in Microsoft Office Outlook 2013, making it their prime tool for communication and productivity. This course will provide experienced business professionals with a better hands-on understanding of how to manage their time more effectively, define tasks more accurately, and process incoming information more efficiently.

Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 as a "dashboard" application, students will learn how to manage their schedules, projects and assignments, and create and respond to e-mail with greater confidence.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students should have experience:

• Experience as business professionals who work within Outlook and Microsoft Office as a regular part of their day.
• A working familiarity with Outlook as a communications platform; specifically through e-mails, appointments and reminders, and tasks.
• A general awareness of time management principles, and a desire to take control of their day.

Who should Attend?

This course is designed for people who rely on Outlook for communication and who already use it for basic information workow tasks such as e-mail, appointments and managing task lists. They are accomplished users of the application, but are looking for techniques to better manage Inbox overload and more effectively define and execute tasks, all to maximize productivity in a standard work day.

Course Content

• Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Outlook
• Module 2: Effective Use of E-Mail
• Module 3: Managing Your Calendar
• Module 4: Effective Use of Tasks