I was very excited to ring in the New Year and be finished forever with 2009 which was horrific at worst, and painful at best. For some reason just saying the words 2010 makes my heart feel hopeful. The new year promises a bright future for those willing to seize the day!

What this downturn did was make everyone revamp, rethink, and rework business strategi

es, products and services. Going through these processes in 2009 makes 2010 an exciting year of achievement and execution, not a new start for old habits.

As you implement 2010 strategies remember that the survivors of 2009 never quit continuous improvement and had the ability to:

• Be flexible
• Be creative
• Ditch the obsolete
• Stretch for new skills

Do you have these skills? Even if you do, there is always room for improvement and while the entire world is reeling, reorienting, reworking, redoing, and renewing, now is the time to work hard on taking these skills to new levels.

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January Outlook on Steroids Webinar Series
www.KarlaBrandau.com/Outlook2007

The January dates are set for the popular time management and Microsoft Outlook Webinars. This January's sessions will be demonstrated in Outlook 2007 and will cover four topics:

January 19 - Shock and Awe - Get help with quirky changes in Microsoft Outlook 2007 and get introduced to little known features in Outlook 2007 that will make a big difference in your efficiency and effectiveness. You'll get smart tips on how to:

• Integrate the Inbox with the other Outlook folders - Contacts, Calendar and Tasks
• Use signatures to save you time sending out routine information
• Access the web right from Outlook (You'll never have to wait for your browser to boot up again.)

In addition, you'll learn the secrets for reconfiguring Outlook 2007 to be user friendly -- a real plus!

January 21- Tandem Teamwork - Learn how to speed up, keep up, and move work forward when using the Tasks and Calendar folders in tandem. If you are one of those who have never used tasks, you be amazed at the heavy lifting the Tasks folder can do for you. You'll learn how to:

• Use different views in the Tasks folder
• Add columns for an indepth look at where your projects are at any given moment
• Assign tasks to team members or employees

In addition, you will be amazed at a simple mindshift you can easily make to use the calendar as a pacing tool for productivity.

The BIG BONUS, however, is understanding how the mysterious To-Do Bar works in Outlook 2007 and how it relates to the Tasks folder. With this module, you'll be on track for unprecedented productivity. For dramatic organizational results, sign up your entire team to attend this session.

January 26 - Survive Avalanche Email - Get rescued from the avalanche of e-mail while learning to produce real results when processing your Inbox. You'll learn how to:

• Scan e-mails for embedded tasks
• Mentally prioritize your workload
  
•  Quickly process your Inbox work
• Effectively use flags and categories
  

Included is a never-fail idea for making fast decisions on where to safely store your processed e-mails for instant retrieval.

As this program raises the efficiency of anyone who uses e-mail, you will want to bring this program in-house. The in-house version includes how to write e-mails that actually reduce the number of e-mails that circulate in your organization.

January 28 - Contacts, Contacts, Contacts: Your lifeblood to career success! Learn how to use the Outlook Contacts folder to keep track of conversations, leads, follow up dates, promises and much, much more. The instruction includes:

• Two ways to categorize and separate contacts into needed groups
• How to work with additional contact folders
• How to quickly send e-mails to selected groups
• How to prospect and sell from the Contacts folder

You'll never again lose a networking contact, a vendor identity, business card information or an important conversation whether your communication was with a colleague or a client.

Sign up you and your colleagues today. Call 770-923-0883 for information on group rates or to bring the program inhouse. If you prefer, click here to e-mail us.

February is Expect Success Month - Win a Free IPOD!

We want to hear how you have triumphed through the recession and made it successfully to 2010.

Go to www.KarlaBrandau.com/iexpectsuccess_stories and submit your story with the mental, emotional, and physical things you did to survive a difficult challenge.

A prestigious panel of judges will award the winner on March 1, 2010.


Visit www.iExpectSuccess.com for Karla's Expect Success keynotes.