{"id":836,"date":"2021-05-23T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T05:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-nz\/?post_type=article&#038;p=836"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T05:01:38","slug":"inspiration-corner-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-nz\/article\/inspiration-corner-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"post-content\">\n<h1 class=\"single-post-title\">5 tips to writing emails that will always get you a reply<\/h1>\n<section class=\"l-section l-section--small\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"l-section__content\">\n<div class=\"byline\"><a class=\"author url fn\" title=\"Posts by Guy Katz PhD\" href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/author\/guy-katz-phd\/\" rel=\"author\"><span class=\"author\">By Guy Katz PhD<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"f1-lift-hide lift-paragraph-26961 l-section\" data-f1-slot-id=\"lift-paragraph-26961\" data-f1-slot-id-hmac=\"q-5IoxTp2LZfKQuJKUxYfYEeBySBXN64iVItIFQfWRk\">\n<div class=\"l-constrain\">\n<div class=\"l-section__content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/working-from-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/working-from-home.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/working-from-home-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/working-from-home-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/working-from-home-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/04\/working-from-home-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/yes-there-is-a-right-way-to-write-an-email-here-are-some-simple-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a>\u00a0are just as fundamental these days as food and water in our lives, and they form a large part of our daily communications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roughly 300 billion are sent around the world every day,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/456500\/daily-number-of-e-mails-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Statista<\/a>. On average, each of us who works in an office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignmonitor.com\/resources\/knowledge-base\/how-many-emails-does-the-average-person-receive-per-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gets<\/a>\u00a0121 emails per working day on average! Yet we send them and read them without thinking about them for a second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But emails are essential<\/strong>. In some situations, they can\u2019t be replaced with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/how-to-reap-big-benefits-from-meetings-that-are-just-10-to-15-minutes-long\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a short meeting<\/a>\u00a0or a phone call. We send them because of traceability or a time difference, or we need to have many people reading the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>A study of around 1 million emails that was done with Microsoft\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3077136.3080782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows<\/a>\u00a0the average employee spends 28 percent of his or her day working on emails.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But given how essential emails are, did anyone ever teach you how to write one?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have dedicated the last 25 years to learning and teaching. I have trained in the Scouts and the Israeli Army, and I teach business at a German university today. Just like anyone else, I send and receive emails and texts. Loads of them. I use them to stay in touch with customers, collaborators and students around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/5-tips-to-writing-emails-that-will-always-get-you-a-reply\/?utm_source=linkedin.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=social&amp;utm_content=2021-5-04\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"post-content\">\n<h1 class=\"single-post-title\">Productivity Styles and why they matter for you and your team<\/h1>\n<section class=\"l-section l-section--small\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"l-section__content\">\n<div class=\"byline\"><span class=\"author\">By Amy Rigby<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-837\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/05\/productivity-styles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/05\/productivity-styles.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/05\/productivity-styles-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/05\/productivity-styles-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"f1-lift-hide lift-paragraph-26961 l-section\" data-f1-slot-id=\"lift-paragraph-26961\" data-f1-slot-id-hmac=\"q-5IoxTp2LZfKQuJKUxYfYEeBySBXN64iVItIFQfWRk\">\n<div class=\"l-constrain\">\n<div class=\"l-section__content\">\n<p>You could call me a productivity junkie. I\u2019ve read countless books on the topic, hired a business coach to revamp my systems\u2014I even write about productivity for a living. But like every junkie, many of the things I\u2019ve tried have left me feeling burned out.<\/p>\n<p>There was the time I hired an assistant to create a folder system to tame my emails, only to find that I preferred leaving my messages out in the open in my inbox. Shortly after was the two-day stint where I managed to hyper-focus on one task at a time using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/todoist.com\/productivity-methods\/pomodoro-technique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pomodoro Method<\/a>, but then I felt exhausted and reverted to treating my task list like a sampler platter\u2014a little bit of this for five minutes, a little bit of that for the next. (I need variety!)<\/p>\n<p>I was starting to think something was wrong with me. That is, until I learned about productivity styles.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by consultant\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/carsontate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carson Tate<\/a>, productivity styles refer to the way your brain is wired to process information, solve problems, and complete tasks. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to getting stuff done, these styles give you the tools and knowledge to make the most of your innate tendencies.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.trello.com\/productivity-styles-and-why-they-matter?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=trello-may2021-newsletter1\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p>For your use please find more useful information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/05\/DISC-Assessment-1.pdf\">The DiSC Personality Quiz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/05\/overview-styles.pdf\">Overview of the DiSC Styles poster\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 tips to writing emails that will always get you a reply By Guy Katz PhD \u00a0 Emails\u00a0are just as fundamental these days as food and water in our lives, and they form a large part of our daily communications. 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