#187 – Managing Email

Managing Email

In today’s episode, we’ll review four strategies for making email more manageable.

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Strategies

• Schedule dedicated time to process email.
• Keep your inbox and notifications to a minimum.
• Automate the process.
• Do your part to reduce email overload.

Digital Tools

A few tools that can aid your efforts in managing email include:

• Classroomscreen (Tips)
• Google Keep
• Taskade
• Sticky Notes

Gmail Tips

• Snooze your emails.
• Create labels.
• Create rules to filter your emails.
• Split your emails using priority inbox.
• Create inbox categories and tabs.
• Search in Gmail.

Microsoft Outlook Tips

• Flag messages for follow-up.
• Organize email by using folders.
• Manage email messages by using rules.
• Create a search folder.
• Search and filter messages.

For more information about this topic, explore the AVID Open Access article, Manage Your Communication: Emails and Notifications.