Improving Productivity with Google Calendar
PURPOSE OF COURSE: Improving Productivity by
USING
CALENDAR
the what why & how of using an online calendar!
PREPARED & PRESENTED BY: Harjinthar Singh, Dr
Face it, in this modern world, the first task of our working day is opening, reading and occasionally replying e-mails! When I was woking with SONY, it was usually about an hour of my morning wasted with entertaining previous day's/last night (I always wonder, why would someone go home from work and continue writing work e-mails from home?)
FIRST AN IMPORTANT NOTE: THE TERM ‘EVENT’ THROUGHOUT THIS COURSE WILL REFER TO MEETINGS, SEMINARS, DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, WORKSHOP OR ANY SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE INVITING OTHER STAFF OR EVEN EXTERNAL GUESTS. IN-FACT YOU COULD SET UP A PERSONAL REMINDERS FOR YOURSELF…LET’S SAY A REMINDER TO GO TO THE GYM!
1. what is Google Calendar?
Productivity tool to improve time management of anyone, by:
- meetings planning/reminders of meeting times
- reminders/self-reminders notes (consider this the yellow 'sticky notes' of IT)
- book time of other people for any events (even for tonight's dinner!)
ITS AS SIMPLE AS WRITING AN E-MAIL !BUT REMEMBER, E-MAILS CAN’T SEND YOU REMINDER OF A MEETING THAT YOU FORGOT!
2. why use Google Calendar?
- You can keep track of your daily activities all in one app. or simply on google’a webpage
- Organiser can change events time and automatically all participants are updated
- You don’t ever need to go through e-mails searching for meetings time or location/organiser
.....and more
- Accessible anywhere through the Internet on computers & mobile devices
- Auto reminders for events due soon on computer & mobile phone
- No more missing from a meeting or arriving late for an appointments
3. how do I use Google Calendar?
all you need is your own e-mail address and to attend this course, you will love the time-saving methods learned here!
