4.     APRIL 26: How to Tame Your Tweets, Focus Your Facebook, and Lasso Your LinkedIn: Using Social Media to Maximize Profits and Save Time(date in the past---clicking ORDER will purchase the recording)..  This course is for anyone using social media in business, especially professionals in small or large corporations who use social media, including sales, marketing, branding, and PR;  first level supervisors, mid-level managers, and key executives who use social media at work to communicate with consumers, clients, vendors, and prospects; entrepreneurs and business owners who are creating networks for business and reputation building; and service firms, either in private or group practice, who face a need to build strong connections with prospective clients.

• Nail down your social media goals and pick a few key targets.
• Understand the difference between Facebook profiles, groups, and fan pages.
• Use Twitter and Twitter apps effectively.
• Use LinkedIn productively to market and network.

5.     MAY 24: For Road Warriors: How to Be Productive While Working Out of a Suitcase. (date in the past---clicking ORDER will purchase the recording): I fly over 100,000 miles a year on United Airlines.  It’s a job hazard as a professional speaker.  I dislike parts of it and enjoy others, such as working uninterrupted on a plane.  But my trips are made easier because I’m productive and organized.  I know not everyone has the natural ability to live out of a suitcase or do business from a laptop bag.  However, with a little practice, you can learn how to make the most of your travel time.  It’s amazing what you can get done when you put some miles between yourself and the usual distractions of everyday life. This webinar will share tips and tricks that will help you make the most of your time away. 

• Packing, checklists, and organizing techniques.
• Working in planes, automobiles, and hotels.
• Mandatory technology and gadgets.
• Behaviors, time management, and self-discipline.

6.     JUNE 28: I Love My Inbox; I Hate My Inbox: Email Best Practices To Save You an Hour a Day. (date in the past---clicking ORDER will purchase the recording): How many hours do you spend wading around in your email inbox each day? Email isn't a toy—it’s a tool—a means of making yourself more productive. If you let yourself be chained down by your email instead of letting it help set you free, you're never likely to get much done. I will present my top ten best practices to take advantage of your email, without letting it take advantage of you.  As a Microsoft Certified Application Specialist in Outlook, I will give the instructions in Outlook.  If you’re using a different email platform (such as Lotus or GroupWise), the principles remain the same.

• Your inbox is not your to-do list.
• Avoid “Reply to All” syndrome: How to correctly ask a group of people their opinion on email.
• Don’t assume “Sent” means “Done”: establishing follow up and reminder systems
• Automate manual actions and reuse your best information…and much more.

7.     AUGUST 9, 9:00 AM Pacific/10:00 AM Mountain/11:00 AM Central/12:00 PM Eastern: SuperCompetent: The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best. Based on Laura's fourth, upcoming business book of the same title (Wiley, August 9, 2010), you’ll learn how to achieve peak performance in the workplace. The new mantra is "buckle down!" These times are about a return to quality rather than quantity—all of us must learn to be competent—and not just plain, old-fashioned competent, but SuperCompetent™.  In this competitive economy, just being able to do your job is no longer enough. Competence is expected; you’ve got to be SuperCompetent to get an edge. Whether you’re an employee, an entrepreneur, a team leader, or all of the above, SuperCompetent will give you proven methods to reach your and your team’s maximum potential and achieve breakthrough results. You’ll get to your productive best by mastering six keys to peak performance:

• Activity: the value and importance you place on your work
• Availability: your ability to master your schedule
• Attention: the capacity to focus intently and concentrate on tasks
• Accessibility: the ability to organize the inputs and outputs in your life
• Accountability: the extent to which you take personal responsibility for your actions and outcomes
• Attitude: your motivation, drive, and proactiveness

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8.     AUGUST 23: Thirty Best Practices for Scheduling Your Day in Outlook: Maintaining Your Calendar Digitally. Using software to maintain your schedule can be extremely effective, but if you're not careful, it can turn into a real waste of time for both you and everyone else involved. Try to keep the following factors in mind when scheduling your day in Outlook, Lotus Notes, or GroupWise (demonstrated in Outlook).

• Using third-party software to find convenient day/time of meeting for people not at your company.
• Converting emails automatically into appointments (no copy/paste).
• Automatically find open meeting times without comparing calendars.
• Track meetings by projects, team, or committee.

9.     SEPTEMBER 27: Discovering the Time Secrets of Successful Salespeople: Improve Sales Results without Increasing Effort. The pressure on every aspect of a salesperson’s job has increased dramatically over the past few years.  Customers are more sophisticated, more demanding, and harder to see.  Really good salespeople are already good time managers.  However, all salespeople don’t focus on time management, because many traditional guidelines have little application for the salesperson.  This course offers salespeople realistic productivity strategies to help them sell more and be more effective creating and keeping customers.  Learn how to gain the competitive edge and make every second count! 

• Spend 80% of your time on selling activities.
• Focus on generating leads, business development, and serving customers.
• Create the ideal schedule for sales professionals.
• Prioritize your customers and set boundaries on your time.

10.     OCTOBER 25: Planning and Executing Long-Term Projects: Project Management for Non-Project Managers. Whether you are remodeling your basement, coordinating a social event, or managing a new software release, the competencies and skills of project management are the same.  Everyone manages projects at least part-time.  In fact, many people in an organization simply pursue a number of projects as their job.  This course will help you carry out your projects productively with proper planning, scheduling, and monitoring.  The complex tools you’ve heard about in project management are refreshingly absent. 

• Discover a practical and highly effective four-step project management approach.
• Distinguish between responsibilities, objectives, projects, tasks, subtasks, and action items.
• Quickly and easily outline all the key steps of your project and create an outline.
• Load your project into Microsoft Outlook to ensure you’re working on the right tasks each day.
• Track delegated items and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

 11.     NOVEMBER 15: Avoiding Procrastination and Becoming Self-Disciplined: Make Yourself Do What You Need to Do, Even When You Don’t Feel Like It.  Self-discipline refers to your ability to maintain consistent, productive behavior.  Are you persistent in completing your high priority tasks, without getting sidelined by menial activities?  Do you put your nose to the grindstone each day, or do you only work hard when you’re in the mood?  Sure, everyone has an “off day.”  But if you’re self-disciplined, you exhibit consistent focus in your day-to-day work, even if you don’t feel like it.  

• Understand the psychology of procrastination and uncover the issues behind your habits.
• Recognize why sometimes it’s not procrastination at all: it could be energy, motivation, laziness, or ability.
• Avoid the crisis you create by putting things off until the last minute; learn to estimate and plan realistically.
• Establish personal rules and policies to avoid the things you know distract you.

12.     DECEMBER 13: How Parents Can Help Their Children Get Organized: Teach Your Kids to Be Productive and Manage Their Time. Though much has changed in our children’s lives since we were their age, much has stayed the same.  Our children deal with disorganized bedrooms, poor time management, lack of discipline, and stress.  As parents, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of getting our children to school or activities that we forget about the ongoing challenges they struggle with on a daily basis. Evidence shows that children can dramatically improve their school performance by becoming better organized.  There are several important areas where you can help your children get organized and keep their home and school lives running smoothly, setting them up for success later in life:

• Handling transitions: nighttime to morning; morning to school; afternoon to evening; evening to bedtime.
• Creating order in your child’s world: playrooms, bedrooms, and keepsakes.
• Teaching responsibility for completing chores.
• Organizational and time management skills needed to succeed in school and life.