Inbox Detox Workshops

Inbox Detox
(Demo Video)

Inbox Detox — What You and Your Business Need NOW!

We can provide one hour, two hour, half day and full day workshops on this timely productivity tool.

Here is a sample of what a full day workshop could look like:

Session 1

Introduction, Ground Rules, and other Boring Stuff — 10 minutes

• Detox Plan (Educational objectives)
• Relief Plan (Housekeeping)

What Toxic Email Habits are Costing YOU — 10 minutes

• To you
• To your company
• To your family
• To your industry
• To the world

The Inbox — Your Secret Weapon — 10 minutes

• Why managing your inbox is a competitive advantage
• How might you use an extra hour per day? (Dyad discussion, report out)

Fun Assessment — five minutes

• Most items in the inbox — prize

Detoxify Your Inbox in 12 Easy Steps — 60 minutes

• The 12 steps to curing your e-mail e-ddiction
• What about that mailbox? (mailbox visual exercise)
• Me – have an empty inbox?! (set goal for empty inbox)

BREAK. CHECK THAT BLACKBERRY!

Session 2

Don’t Do Stupid Stuff! How to receive 30% fewer emails — 30 minutes

• When to e-mail; when NOT to e-mail
• Birth control for email rabbits (outgoing email best practices)

Email Messages that get read, get responded to, and get results! — 60 minutes

• Working session — How would YOU write this message?
• Five secrets to writing e-mail messages that people will actually read!

LUNCH. CHOMP CHOMP.

Session 3

E-mail pet peeves — 30 minutes

• What’s driving you nuts ain’t the same as what’s driving us nuts
• 20 Toxic Emailers you know

What’s wrong with this e-mail?

• E-mail etiquette, do’s and don’ts — 30 minutes
• Emily Post doesn’t live here any more. Wait – who’s Emily Post?

Put the friggin’ thing down! — 15 minutes

• How to say NO in this 24/7 world (Setting boundaries)
• Smart phone or dumb phone? (tips)
• Don’t get arrested for DWT (driving while texting Dont’s!)

It’s contagious! Mass e-ddiction!

• Stop infecting each other! Are you the e-mail “pusher?” (Organizational culture discussion)
• 10 Best Practices of a Positive Email Culture

BREAK. NO. THE COMPANY DIDN’T FOLD WITHOUT YOU.

Session 4

What’s in it for you? — 45 minutes

NOTE: Placeholder for issues specific to hiring organization or level of attendee – can include “managing WITH your inbox” “Q+A” “The Inbox Detox Company Culture”

The old time management model is kaput, and here’s why… — 30 minutes

• Managing your E – day
• Pretending email doesn’t exist won’t make it go away
• Stop letting your inbox change your daily plan!

Achieving detoxification — 20 minutes

• Come clean. What are the 3 worst habits you want to change?
• What is the ROI?
• Involving your “support group” – how others can help you succeed
• How materials/participant kit will be your secret weapon
• What will you do differently?

Celebration

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR NEW FOUND TIME???!!!