1 – Getting Started

• Housekeeping Items
• The Parking Lot
• Workshop Objectives
• Action Plans and Evaluations

2 – Remove the Clutter

• Just Do it
• You Don’t Have to Keep Everything
• Three Boxes: Keep, Donate, and Trash
• A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place
• Case Study
• Review Questions

3 – Prioritize

• Write it Down
• Urgent/Important Matrix
• Divide Tasks
• 80/20 Rule
• Case Study
• Review Questions

4 – Scheduling Your Time

• Have a Master Calendar
• Setting Deadlines
• Remove or Limit the Time Wasters
• Coping With Things Outside of Our Control
• Case Study
• Review Questions

5 – To Do Lists

• Use a Day Planner
• Finish What You Start
• Focus on the Important
• Do Quick Tasks Immediately
• Case Study
• Review Questions

6 – Paper and Paperless Storage

• Find a System that Works for You
• Make it Consistent
• Make it Time Sensitive
• Setting up Archives
• Case Study
• Review Questions

7 – Organization in Your Work Area

• Keeping Items Within Arm’s Reach
• Only Have Current Projects on Your Desk
• Arranging Your Drawers
• Organize to Match Your Workflow
• Case Study
• Review Questions

8 – Tools to Fight Procrastination

• Eat That Frog!
• Remove Distractions
• Give Yourself a Reward
• Break Up large Tasks
• Case Study
• Review Questions

9 – Organizing your Inbox

• Setting up Delivery Rules
• Folder and Message Hierarchy
• Deal with Email Right Away
• Flag and Highlight Important Items
• Case Study
• Review Questions

10 – Avoid the Causes of Disorganization

• Keeping Everything
• Not Being Consistent
• Not Following a Schedule
• Bad Habits
• Case Study
• Review Questions

11 – Discipline is the Key to Staying Organized

• Stay Within Your Systems
• Learn to Say No
• Have Organization Be Part of Your Life
• Plan for Tomorrow, Today
• Case Study
• Review Questions

12 – Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Review of Parking Lot
• Lessons Learned
• Completion of Action Plans