Helpful Hacks: Exploring Personal Productivity Oct 2 PEN Webinar

The Performance Excellence Network — in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence and the Iowa Quality Center and in cooperation with the Greater Rochester NY Quality Council — is pleased to host an online webinar discussion on Thursday, October 2: “Helpful Hacks: Exploring Personal Productivity Tools.”  The session will be facilitated by Libby Fisette of CTC Productivity, but also have an opportunity to share insights and best practices on productivity tools from attendees!

Libby will introduce six Microsoft 365 productivity/technology tools (Outlook, Whiteboard, Teams, OneNote, Planner, and Loop) and then share a scenario – a case study – that shows how these tools work together to streamline meeting planning and follow-through.  The scenario includes:

1. Scheduling meetings: Using scheduling polls and/or Copilot

2. Meeting prep and collaborative meeting agendas: Using the whiteboard feature prior to the meeting to crowdsource ideas, using the "notes" loop component for a live, editable agenda that everyone can contribute to before the meeting

3. Meeting chat and whiteboard before, during, and after the meeting

4. Meeting notes: Using OneNote (and the linked meeting feature) and/or Copilot, send post-meeting notes

5. Follow-up tasks: Adding tasks to the loop agenda create tasks in To Do and Planner - when someone completes a tasks, all place update (the loop agenda and the task itself)

6. Save the chat in a favorites section in Teams

7. Duplicate the meeting if a follow-up meeting is required

After Libby’s introduction of the tools (and a brief pause for questions and dialogue), we will head into two rounds of (optional) breakout discussions for webinar attendees to share insights, tips, and best practices related to these six tools.  We will wrap up with a quick debrief to share some of the key insights with the larger audience.

We all need to be more efficient now in managing our time and maximizing our productivity these days. Don’t miss this valuable discussion on how to improve your – and/or your team’s – productivity!

This session is Thursday, Oct 2  from 8:00-9:00 CT (optional networking and mingling 7:45-8:00), using Zoom MEETING.  Grab your coffee and breakfast, and join us for a rich discussion.  Free for PEN/WCPE/IQC members; $20 for non-members.

Can’t make it live but interested in the content? Register anyway: all registered attendees get a link to the recording after the session!