<p>Managing email using the Inbox Zero approach.</p>
<p><a href="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ZERO-INBOX.png"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1902" src="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ZERO-INBOX.png" alt="ZERO INBOX" width="560" height="315" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:560/h:315/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ZERO-INBOX.png 560w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:169/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ZERO-INBOX.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:560/h:315/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ZERO-INBOX.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" /></a></p>
<h1>Podcast notes</h1>
<h2>Getting to zero inbox</h2>
<ul>
<li>Be strategic about what times you check email</li>
<li>Use email like a real mailbox with physical mail</li>
<li>Leverage a to do list / task manager</li>
<li>Make use of snippets for commonly-asked questions (<a href="https://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TextExpander</a> or <a href="http://breevy.en.softonic.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Breevy</a>)</li>
<li>Schedule meetings with <a href="http://doodle.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doodle</a> or <a href="http://thebestday.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the best day</a></li>
<li>Create a hub for committees and other collaboration</li>
</ul>
<h2>Merlin Mann&#8217;s video on Inbox Zero</h2>
<p><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=973149761529535925&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="150"></embed></p>
<h2>Recommendations</h2>
<p>Bonni recommends:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tim Stringer&#8217;s <a href="http://learnomnifocus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn OmniFocus</a> <a href="http://learnomnifocus.com/tutorials/2015-06-24-pm-omnifocus-and-the-calendar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calendar webinar</a> (OmniFocus users)</li>
</ul>
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