Randy Dean

The E-mail Sanity Expert® 

Nancy’s Note
“How is it possible to take the topics of Time and Email Management and make them compelling? Somehow, the spirited Randy pulls it off with great panache! Every time I book Randy clients are bowled over by how much information and solutions he can pack in a short amount of time. He’s awesome!”

Randy Dean

The E-mail Sanity Expert® 

Nancy’s Note
“How is it possible to take the topics of Time and Email Management and make them compelling? Somehow, the spirited Randy pulls it off with great panache! Every time I book Randy clients are bowled over by how much information and solutions he can pack in a short amount of time. He’s awesome!”

Expertise

Time Management, E-mail Efficiency, Microsoft Outlook/365, Gmail/Google Workspace, Smart Phone/Tablet Usage, Distraction Management and Reduction, Managing Better Meetings

Travels From

East Lansing, Michigan

Speaking Style

Practical, Dynamic, Quirky

About Randy...

Author of the Amazon.com #1 E-mail Bestseller, Taming the E-mail Beast, this productivity expert helps save your sanity from any technological woes.

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Presentation Topics

Every day, managers and professionals are getting buried under a continuing stream of both useful and useless e-mail. Without a system for getting “control of the beast”, professionals spend much of their work (and personal) time spinning wheels and feeling highly unsatisfied. If you would like to get control of your e-mail “beast”, you should attend this program featuring specific tips for Outlook and Gmail users, but applicable to ANY e-mail user.

Learn a proven system for taming your e-mail account, with strategies for keeping your inbox efficient and under control by building and administering a personal “e-mail processing system”.  Learn how to get rid of all those “quick little” e-mails once and for all, prioritize your most important messages, and mitigate or even eliminate much of that annoying junk and spam.  Finally feel on top of your e-mail and related activities, rather than feeling it is on top of you!

In this popular program on “finding an extra hour of productivity” every day, Randy Dean uses humor and high energy as he goes into many of the most common areas of productivity loss (and possible gain!) afflicting many busy professionals today: managing multiple projects, maintaining “traction” when dealing with tasks and interruptions, managing your e-mails more efficiently, clearing the clutter in your mind for better focus and attention, keeping staff on task, tracking “who owes you what” and getting that information on time, and better managing your calendar and contacts for better time and relationship management.

His goal is to help stressed out performers learn several new and immediately useful strategies for finding a few minutes on tasks, activities, and actions you are already doing, leading to at least an extra hour of productivity every day.

E-mail. Texts. Interruptions. Project Transitions. Office Clutter. Smart Phones and Apps! Social and Other Media. Even Family and Friends. These key distractions sometimes make it almost impossible to get anything done. It sometimes seems like there is always SOMETHING getting in the way of what you really need to do. But with some forethought and effective strategies, as well as some personal discipline, it is more than possible to find your focus once again, even in a hyper-distracted world. As a matter of fact, those using these strategies will have a long-term competitive advantage — both professionally and personally.

In this new program by popular time & tech management speaker Randy Dean, we’ll look at each of these key areas of distraction and define strategies for enhancing long-term focus, productivity, and performance. We’ll share “game plan” ideas for getting and keeping your distractions under control, and finding critical “focused productivity” time each and every day, leading to not only performance but also clarity of mind and purpose.

You know which apps are fun, but what apps and functions will help you turn your Droid, iPhone, and/or Windows device into a productivity workhorse? In this session, we’ll discuss the apps, online services and peripheral devices that help take your Smart Phone (and tablets) from “cool” to “critical” when it comes to productivity, time, project, people, and e-mail management as well as “remote” productivity.  You might even be able to consider whether the combination of these devices could even replace your “old school” laptop or desktop!

And, for clients/attendees using Microsoft Office/365 or Google Suite/Workspace, we will discuss app integration with your related computer/browser tools. A highlight to this program is when the presenter, Randy Dean, opens up the floor to program participants to share their favorite apps, allowing people to gain knowledge from all program attendees.

With organizational resources tighter than ever, and staff and management busier than ever, frivolous meetings are simply not an option.  Yet they continue to occur all the time. And too many unproductive, wasteful meetings create a major drag on staff morale and motivation, thus affecting productivity, turnover, and the “bottom line”.  And, if you are the organizer or leader of unproductive meetings, it certainly doesn’t speak well for your personal management style, effectiveness, and/or competency – you simply cannot afford to look bad when you are “on stage” in a competitive or political environment. On the other hand, well-managed meetings are highly effective tools for keeping people and teams informed and productive, but they don’t happen by accident! Businesses need meetings that are effective, productive, and consistently create value for the organization.

If you are a business that wants to plan and run more effective meetings using the least amount of valuable staff time and resources, this program provides you with the tools and strategies you need to plan, manage, lead, and follow through on effective meetings.  And, this program has a few fun and interactive exercises, including a fun tutorial on how to run a better, more focused brainstorm session!

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