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Hurst, M. (2007). Bit literacy: Productivity in the age of information and e-mail
overload. New York: Good Experience Press.
Levine, S. (2006). Cut to the chase: And 99 other rules to liberate yourself and
gain back the gift of time. (pp. 113-117). New York: Doubleday.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rizzo-presentation-12-3-12-ppt-121203211358-phpapp02/85/How-to-Avoid-Information-Overload-17-320.jpg)
How to Avoid Information Overload
- 1. How to avoid information overload Leanne Rizzo https://secure.flickr.com/photos/intersectionconsulting/7537238368/sizes/n/
- 2. “There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson https://secure.flickr.com/photos/eltpics/8197953256/sizes/n/
- 3. The quest for elegance Quest for elegance Less can be MORE Empty space is OK!
- 4. Maintain a work/life balance Spirals https://secure.flickr.com/photos/mlehet/51389051/
- 5. “…a bulging [email] in-box demoralizes users with feelings of overload” (Hurst, 2007,p. 25) https://secure.flickr.com/photos/slipstreamblue/2638690797/sizes/n/
- 6. Practical Tips on Managing your Email In-box • Delete all spam • Save FYI emails or action items in appropriate digital folder • Finish 2 minute tasks immediately • Have a to do list for items that will take longer than 2 minutes • Empty out entire email inbox every day • “Induction” process may be needed
- 7. Hurst’s definition of the email Inductionprocess: “induction” definition The massive cleaning out of several emails that have piled up over a specific amount of time and therefore make your in-box a total count of 0. Hurst suggests that your inbox is a mere temporary holding place for communication and it’s not meant to live there.
- 8. Schedule certain times of day to check emails or return phone calls Time management Time Management Tips Schedule certain times of day to check emails and return phone calls https://secure.flickr.com/photos/22280677@N07/3910685
- 9. Be comfortable with silence https://secure.flickr.com/photos/66119192@N03/6022322818/sizes/m/ Be comfortable with silence
- 10. Debrief after meetings • “Ask yourselves, ‘Did we accomplish everything we set out to do? Is everyone clear on the next steps?’ “ (Levine, 2006, p.113) • Schedule follow-up tasks that need to be completed • Stay in touch with the front lines. “Find some way to ‘meet’ with your customers and ask them about them about their needs” (Levine, 2006, p. 117).
- 11. Dance Schedule time not just for working, but for playing… https://secure.flickr.com/photos/camargofernanda/8077035604/
- 12. Mistakes Be OK with mistakes Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ~ Albert Einstein
- 13. Jump on 2- risk taking https://secure.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/486119799/sizes/s/ Be willing to take risks
- 14. “People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.” ― Idries Shah, Reflections
- 15. Other Resources: Resources 1) Blur: How to Know What’s True in the Age of Information Overload by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel 2) Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload by Mark Hurst 3) The Dip by Seth Godin 4) Cut to the Chase: And 99 Other Rules to Liberate Yourself and Gain Back the Gift of Time by Stuart R. Levine https://secure.flickr.com/photos/cherigrace/7478349084/sizes/m/ 5) The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory by Torkel Klingberg
- 16. Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be your model. Remembering balance It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface. -Confucius https://secure.flickr.com/photos/ladymaggic/4594513247/sizes/m/
- 17. References References ba1969. (Photographer). (2012). Canvas texture 1, 2, 4, & 5. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=texture&w=1&x=0&y=0 Hurst, M. (2007). Bit literacy: Productivity in the age of information and e-mail overload. New York: Good Experience Press. Levine, S. (2006). Cut to the chase: And 99 other rules to liberate yourself and gain back the gift of time. (pp. 113-117). New York: Doubleday.