ACPEN: K2's Productivity Life Hacks

Overview

Today's busy professional has an ever-expanding workload, but delivery timelines are decreasing. We have more meetings, more emails, and more work projects. Outside of work, we have increased family and social obligations. Simply, there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. We all could benefit from an extra hour of productivity throughout the day. 

Effectively using technology in your personal and business life is a great way to get more mileage out of your day. This course will look at 10 different tools or services that can make your life easier or take the headache out of mundane tasks. We will look at tools that simplify scheduling appointments, take the hassle out of tracking time, improve data sharing between applications, and more. Participants will leave this class with tips and tricks on shaving hours of time per week.

Highlights

• Using a Streamdeck for push button integration and automation
• Using tools such as Clockify or Rescue Time to gain insight on     
• Easily install applications using Ninite on your Windows 10/11 device
• Improve data sharing between applications with Zapier, Power Automate, and others
• Connecting to multiple communication applications (e.g., Teams, Slack, etc.) at once with Rambox    
• Using inbox rules and filters to automatically categorize and prioritize email

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge computer operations

Designed For

Business professionals that would like to save time and increase their operational effectiveness in their day-to-day lives

Objectives

• Define, quantify and rank your time obligation categories in your work and personal life
• Discover and list the various inefficiencies of your day-to-day work and list methods for improving them
• List and discuss at least five different technology tools that can be used to automate day-to-day work 
• Discuss tools and techniques that can be used to gain better control and efficiencies over your email inbox and calendar

Preparation

 None