Dr Email Q&A Forum - 19 December 2023

In this Dr Email Q&A Forum, we discussed the following topics that have been time stamped to locate each easily:

  • 00:00 Introduction

  • 01:54 Agenda

  • 02:21 James Clear newsletter - 3 Stages of Career Development

  • 03:21 (Q1) No 2 of 15 Surprising Things Ultra Productive People Do Differently

  • 13:44 (Q2) How to mark a message as 'Private' in Microsoft Outlook

  • 23:36 (Q3) Three ways to set a recurring meeting or appointment as a template

  • 30:14 (Q4) How to space Flag and Delete icons at end of row for each email

  • 32:03 (Q5) Can I change details of Outlook meeting invite sent by someone else?

  • 41:24 (Q6) How the Covey I/U matrix works with email

  • 43:50 (Q7) How to 'tick' off a calendar task once completed

  • 45:35 (Q8) How to work offline in MS Teams

  • 48:10 How to spell check before sending

  • 49:22 (Q9) Amusing Out of Office Messages

  • 50:02 Setting up your Out of Office message with a rule to a "Holiday Backlog" folder

  • 52:28 'Ask me anything'

  • 58:55 News and updates

Links from Forum

As discussed in the forum, please see below links that Steuart talked about:

Invite Friends/Colleagues to join Dr Email

Email a friend or colleague so they can learn more about email productivity like you. Simply email them this link for more information and to register:

https://www.steuartsnooks.com.au/dr-email-forum

Social Media Connection

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Let’s connect

Outlook Email Support Facebook Group

This private Facebook group has been established to build a community of Outlook users on the common journey of seeking to become more productive in the use of MS Outlook. It’s where you can ask questions and receive answers and advice from Steuart and any of the members. It’s where you’ll find tips, tutorials, articles and other helpful hints for mastering Outlook.

Click here to join this group

Online Programs

Triage Your Inbox
A 3 step program that will transform your inbox in just one week. Join one of our public dates or book an in-house program for your team.

Available in live or on demand format.

To find out more about upcoming live dates or the on-demand program, please click here.

Revolutionise Your Inbox
A life-changing 8-week program (1 session per week) to rebuild the way you manage incoming email and workload. Join one of our public dates or book an in-house program.

Available in live or on demand format.

To find out more about upcoming live dates or the on-demand program, please click here.

Personalised Programs

Executive & EA Email Productivity Coaching
This 90-day coaching program is designed for busy executives who want to leverage the current relationship with their EA around managing email and workload. Requires minimal time commitment from the Executive. Click here for details.

  • Helps free up Executive’s time, energy & headspace focus on the higher-order thinking, strategic focus, and leadership aspects of their role

  • On-line format allows flexible scheduling of coaching sessions to fit your busy schedule

Conference or Keynote Speaking
Steuart has a proven record of delivering engaging, fast-paced, information-rich and highly practical presentations (with a touch of humour) that make a real difference to personal and organisational productivity. Ideal for

  • Keynote and conference speaking

  • Professional Development days

  • Leadership meetings/briefings

Click here for details.

Steuart Snooks: Email & Workplace Productivity Expert

I show business owners, CEOs and senior executives a range of best practices to help them restore email to its rightful place as a tool to facilitate improved workplace and personal productivity.

My first career was in the wine industry (working in restaurants, retail and wholesale) before travelling to France to visit and work in vineyards and wineries in Champagne, Burgundy, Beaujolais, the Loire, Cognac and Bordeaux. After a period of seeking to combine wine education and travel, I joined a time management company with a view to perhaps becoming a time management expert to the wine trade and things just evolved from there.

Since then my career has evolved from a position as a time management consultant to dealing more and more specifically with the email-related issues of time management and workplace productivity. I've spent much of the last decade researching and teaching what is best practice in managing email overload and communicating effectively via email.

People tell me I deliver insightful, entertaining and highly practical solutions that make a real difference to personal and organisational productivity. I also help clients to make the paradigm shift in their thinking and behaviour to be more effective in managing email, integrating it as part of their overall workload. I am keenly aware that most people are ‘time poor’ and learn best from well-paced, humorous and highly practical presentations where they are fully involved, engaged and enjoying the process. 

So, as a result of many years of ‘hands-on’ experience since 1996, working with those who are overloaded and crying out for practical, affordable solutions to the various challenges of email productivity, I have developed a series of workshops, presentations, webinars, coaching and associated resources that will show you and your team the highly practical and easily implemented Best Practice skills, techniques and strategies for mastering your email.

Steuart Snooks