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| After E-Mail: New Internet Tools That Can Save Time and Improve Your Performance | | Author: | Roger Kropf | ISBN: | 0970392303 | Format: | Handover | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | | | | | | | | Book Review | | |
Book Description E-mail is wonderful. Its made communicating immeasurably easier. But it cant do everything, and it can be frustrating. What comes after e-mail? After E-Mail shows you new or upgraded tools that can save you time and improve your performance. Some are even free. Most you can use right away, without asking your organization to make changes in computers or software. Finding time to learn even simple new software can be hard. After E-Mail helps you decide which tools to pick up first. What are your time wasters? "Ive got 15 e-mails about that project somewhere. What do they say? Where are they?" "I need only a two-word answer, but we keep just missing each other." "Do I have to drive two hours for a 30-minute meeting?" "Itll take two days of e-mail to get that meeting scheduled." "The four of them will spend eight hours in a car to hear my 40- minute presentation." "Ill send you that web addressIf I can find it." "Ill get around to reading that stack of magazines some day. . . .Wonder if Ive missed something important?" "I should check those websites regularly, but who has the time?" After E-Mail will help you choose the tool that fits your problem. It shows you tools on the Internet that can save time and improve your performance: Virtual offices where you can organize e-mail, share documents and manage a team calendar Bulletin boards or forums that you can set up to manage conversations with your work team. No longer will people say, "I cant find your e-mail." Instant messaging, including "chat" and "voice chat," to reach people quickly and surelyno more phone tag. Videoconferencing for small groups Services that help schedule meetings by sending invitations and tabulating responses On-line presentation servicesavoid needless travel On-line bookmark storage and other ways of sharing what is on the web Digital dailiescustomized news delivered to you over the Internet Personal portalscustomized pages that combine content from a variety of websites that you want to look at regularly Change is constant on the Internet. On an accompanying website for the book youll find new products, updated web addresses and new tips from the author. Purchasers of the e-book version will receive this information in e-mail updates to be issued from time to time.
From the Author This book is aimed at the individual trying to decide what comes next in using communication tools on the Internet. Managers and organizations with specific business objectives requiring intense levels of communication will find this book particularly useful. * Managers who are being asked to rely on dispersed teams will find technologies that improve communication and potentially increase efficiency and lower costs. * Travel for meetings is a major drain on people and organizations. The technologies described can reduce travel time and expense. * Organizations that want to serve a larger geographic area will find ways of communicating that are effective and less costly than travel. As I discuss each tool, I also provide references to specific products aimed at organizations and their needs. The focus of this book, however, is the individual looking for a product that can help them improve performance without waiting for the roll-out of applications across an entire company.
About the Author Roger Kropf, PhD is Professor of Health Management at the Wagner Graduate School at New York University.
After E-Mail: New Internet Tools That Can Save Time and Improve Your Performance SYNOPSIS E-mail is wonderful. It's made communicating easier. But it can't do everything, and it can be frustrating. What comes after e-mail?
After E-Mail describes how new or updated tools can save you time and improve your performance. Some are even free. Most you can use right away without asking your organization to make changes in computers or software.
Everyone is busy and finding time to use new software is difficult. After E-Mail will help you decide which tools to choose first. What are your time wasters?
After E-Mail will help you choose the tool that fits your problem. After E-Mail shows you there are tools on the Internet that can help save time and improve your performance:
1.Virtual offices where you can organize your e-mail, share documents and manage a team calendar
2.Bulletin boards or forums that you can set up and use to manage a conversation with your work team. No longer will people say, "I can't find your e-mail."
3.Instant messaging, including "chat" and "voice chat", that let you reach people quickly and avoid "telephone tag"
4.Videoconferencing for small groups
5.Services that help schedule meetings by sending invitations and automatically tabulating the responses
6.On-line presentation services that help you avoid travel when it isn't needed
7.On-line bookmark storage and other ways of sharing what you know is on the web
8.Digital dailies - customized news delivered to you over the Internet
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