Today I presented with Elaine Shuck at the International Forum of Women in E-Learning in San Antionio, TX, sponsored by USDLA. Here are some resources and links that we shared today.

Presentation PPT: IFWE 2014 Taming the Email Tiger

Here are the articles and resources mentioned:

Managing Email Folders

• Empty your inbox with the trusted trio
• 5 Folders: The simple system for getting your email inbox to zero
• Archive, Action, Waiting
• Follow Up, Archive, Hold
• Filed, Urgent, Research More, Waiting

Email Filters and Rules

• Email filtering strategies
• Outlook 2010 email filter directions
• Outlook 2013 email filter directions

Managing Listserv Articles and Information

• 9 tools to save what you read on the web for later

Email Behaviors

• French company bans internal email
• Five tricks to finally achieve Inbox Zero
• Inbox Zero: Five sneaky email cheats
• Inbox Zero: Action based email
• Getting Things Done Lifehacker primer
• Personal Kanban
• Zen to Done: The ultimate simple productivity system
• Alternatives to GTD
• PowerUp

Email Integrations and Apps

• Evernote
  • Keep your inbox clear by sending tasks to Evernote
  • Emailing into Evernote
  • Install Evernote on all your devices and browsers
• OneNote
• Smartphone Apps
  • Cloudmagic (that’s the one that I use; love the cards and the conversation tracking)
  • Mailbox – send emails away for later; auto-swipe learns your common actions
  • Services to deal with the mass of emails:
    • Mailstrom bundles related emails
    • Taper only gives you five emails at a time

Participant Shared Resources

• TED Talk David Pogue on email templates and other topics