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Story Ideas for Reporters
Laura
1. Space management
How should you lay out your office for maximum productivity?
 
2. Systems
What types of files do you need to have to be organized (tickler, reference, ideas, project, subject, email, Internet, etc.)?
 
3. Email
Does email help employees be more productive or less so? How has technology made being organized more difficult?
 
4. Meetings
What are the key components of an effective, productive meeting?
 
5. Productivity
How can we leave the office earlier®, so we can get home to our lives?
 
6. Time Bandits
What are the things that steal minutes away from our days?
 
7. Focus
How can you concentrate better in busy, distracting office environments?
 
8. Crisis Control
How does a long-term view eliminate the need for daily firefighting?
 
9. Tardiness
How can the chronically late person take steps toward punctuality?
 
10. Simple Living
How can I clear the clutter, beat the clock, and reduce the stress in my life?
 
11. Turnover
How can better productivity skills help increase employee retention?
 
12. Odd Hours
How do you get credit for arriving at work early and draw attention to you're AM hours?
 
13. Information Overload
How do we sort, process, and retrieve the vast amounts of information we receive on a daily basis, in various types of mediums?
 
14. Telecommuting
Do you have what it takes to work at home?
 
15. Desk Rage
What do you do when stressed-out workers throw temper tantrums at work?
 
16. Workaholism
What's the difference between working hard and being addicted to work?
 
17. Time
Is there enough of it to get everything done?
 
18. Management
How do you improve productivity without micromanaging your employees?
 
19. Behavior
What are the traits of unproductive people?
 
20. Domestic Issues
Can you apply personal productivity skills to the home as well as the workplace? How do we get all our chores and projects done?