April 04, 2012

230 – 7 Best E-mail Tools and Tips

56 minutes

This week on the WELSTech Podcast we countdown the 7 best e-mail productivity tools and tips.

The discussion:

Taming the Inbox – Martin and Sallie share productivity tips and tools to manage the avalanche of e-mail we all have to deal with.

E-mail Productivity Tools and Tips

FollowUpThen – E-mail reminders

Active Inbox – GTD addon for Gmail

Xobni – Organize your address book

Funnel all e-mail accounts through Gmail

Typing shortcut utilities:

PC – Texter

Mac – TextExpander

iPad – Keyboard Shortcuts

GTD add ons for Outlook

GTD Guide for Outlook 2010

Martin’s Wiring Up GTD in Outlook 2010

For the non-geeks … Getting things Done Outlook Add-In Support

Emptying Your Inbox – Bonus WELSTech Goodness on the WELSTech Wiki

Set up rules, filter, colors and categories

Gmail

Outlook

Coming up in May … 7 Best E-mail Photo Organizing and Editing Tools

Ministry resources:

(30:03) Check out the Copy Matters series from Church Marketing Sucks for tips on Writing for the Web, Writing Better Emails, Writing for Social Media and much more

Picks of the week:

(31:37) Notification Control

Atomic Web iOS Browser

Of interest:

(37:05) FinalWeb training – This summer we’re offering online training on web site creation and maintenance using the FinalWeb system. And, for the first time, we’ll be using Google Hangouts!

FinalWeb for Teachers – July 9 or 16 – bit.ly/fw4t2012

FinalWeb for Dummies – July 10-12 or July 17-19 – bit.ly/fw4d2012

Community feedback:

(39:31) Pastor Clint Rogas from St. Paul in South Haven, MI checked in regarding

Scanner recommendations – Martin recommends Fujitsu’s ScanSnap. Also listen to the archived PDFs and Potlucks WELSTech Podcast.

Favorite iPad app – Splashtop Remote Desktop

Shelly Karstens from Peace in Hartford, WI shared a link presentations from the recent Wisconsin Educational Media & Technology Association (WEMTA). You can even watch and listen to an archived webinar about useful iPad apps for education.

Via #WELSTech on Twitter we learned about …

Educreations – iPad screencasting app

Google+ Hangout Apps Come Out of Hiding

ApplJuce screen & electronic device cleaner

iPad vs. Chromebooks in the classroom from Teaching like it’s 2999

WELSTech on Pinterest

Download Facebook Shortcuts

Links shared in the WELSTech Diigo group this week include …

OnTheAir’s Video Call-In Show Platform Makes Hangouts and Ustream Seem Static

How to Use Google Spreadsheets to Quickly Build Teaching Resources

PCMSTV1 – Recommended YouTube channel with demos of iPads in the classroom

SideVibe

Coming up on WELSTech:

(51:31) Episode 231 – Martin and Sallie begin a discussion of the online e-book How to Transform Your Small Business With Social Media. (Release date – 04/11/12)

The featured artist:

(53:17) We close the podcast with the music of Michael Schroeder (www.michaelschroeder.com and on Facebook) – That’s My King from his CD titled “Worship“

Get involved:

Add a comment

Send us an e-mail [email protected]

Leave us a voice mail 405-FOR-WELS (405-367-9357)

Add to the WELSTech wiki welstechwiki.wels.net

Contribute to the #WELSTech Twitter conversation

Share with the diigo group welstech

Join the WELSTech community:

WELSTech listserve

WELSTech on Facebook

WELSTech on Google+

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April 04, 2012

230 – 7 Best E-mail Tools and Tips

56 minutes

This week on the WELSTech Podcast we countdown the 7 best e-mail productivity tools and tips.

The discussion:

Taming the Inbox – Martin and Sallie share productivity tips and tools to manage the avalanche of e-mail we all have to deal with.

E-mail Productivity Tools and Tips

FollowUpThen – E-mail reminders

Active Inbox – GTD addon for Gmail

Xobni – Organize your address book

Funnel all e-mail accounts through Gmail

Typing shortcut utilities:

PC – Texter

Mac – TextExpander

iPad – Keyboard Shortcuts

GTD add ons for Outlook

GTD Guide for Outlook 2010

Martin’s Wiring Up GTD in Outlook 2010

For the non-geeks … Getting things Done Outlook Add-In Support

Emptying Your Inbox – Bonus WELSTech Goodness on the WELSTech Wiki

Set up rules, filter, colors and categories

Gmail

Outlook

Coming up in May … 7 Best E-mail Photo Organizing and Editing Tools

Ministry resources:

(30:03) Check out the Copy Matters series from Church Marketing Sucks for tips on Writing for the Web, Writing Better Emails, Writing for Social Media and much more

Picks of the week:

(31:37) Notification Control

Atomic Web iOS Browser

Of interest:

FinalWeb for Teachers – July 9 or 16 – bit.ly/fw4t2012

FinalWeb for Dummies – July 10-12 or July 17-19 – bit.ly/fw4d2012

Community feedback:

(39:31) Pastor Clint Rogas from St. Paul in South Haven, MI checked in regarding

Scanner recommendations – Martin recommends Fujitsu’s ScanSnap. Also listen to the archived PDFs and Potlucks WELSTech Podcast.

Favorite iPad app – Splashtop Remote Desktop

Via #WELSTech on Twitter we learned about …

Educreations – iPad screencasting app

Google+ Hangout Apps Come Out of Hiding

ApplJuce screen & electronic device cleaner

iPad vs. Chromebooks in the classroom from Teaching like it’s 2999

WELSTech on Pinterest

Download Facebook Shortcuts

Links shared in the WELSTech Diigo group this week include …

OnTheAir’s Video Call-In Show Platform Makes Hangouts and Ustream Seem Static

How to Use Google Spreadsheets to Quickly Build Teaching Resources

PCMSTV1 – Recommended YouTube channel with demos of iPads in the classroom

SideVibe

Coming up on WELSTech:

(51:31) Episode 231 – Martin and Sallie begin a discussion of the online e-book How to Transform Your Small Business With Social Media. (Release date – 04/11/12)

The featured artist:

(53:17) We close the podcast with the music of Michael Schroeder (www.michaelschroeder.com and on Facebook) – That’s My King from his CD titled “Worship“

Get involved:

Add a comment

Send us an e-mail [email protected]

Leave us a voice mail 405-FOR-WELS (405-367-9357)

Add to the WELSTech wiki welstechwiki.wels.net

Contribute to the #WELSTech Twitter conversation

Share with the diigo group welstech

Join the WELSTech community:

WELSTech listserve

WELSTech on Facebook

WELSTech on Google+

WELSTech on Pinterest