
Raise your hand if things you are supposed to do sometimes fall through the cracks. With multiple systems, it’s hard to keep track of everything. I often see people jotting things down on notepads, sticking post-its in random places, scribbling notes in their day-planner, putting reminders on their phones, and feeling buried in emails. With so many ways to communicate, it makes sense that we often end up with “to do” items in multiple locations. Raise your hand if you work somewhere where “action items” come in many forms (requests via emails, presentations and meetings, phone calls, people stopping by your desk – not to mention the tasks you assign yourself). I’m going to assume most of you have your hand up. So here’s a question for you. Raise your hand if you think organization is fun No? No one? Just me? Since this may not be your favorite thing, let’s make it more fun by playing the game. “Raise your hand if you like purple,” “Raise your hand if you like aliens,” “Raise your hand if you like playing this game.” At lunchtime, I often hear them asking each other questions.


You can create an index, for example, of project-related files. Embed links to other Office files and create notes about them.Create task lists or calendar events that sync with Outlook.Type quick notes from the taskbar using the New Side Note feature, which is like a little notepad that pops up to capture random ideas that are easily lost if not written down.You can even flag it to be reminded in the future to call that contact. For example, you can highlight contact information on a website and send it to OneNote for future reference.

