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Outlook Calendar Management
- Reference numbers
- Use of initials
- Attach confirmations/contracts/travel
- Colour coding
- Reminders
- Recurrance/series of events
- Relevant participants
- Travel times and details
- Relevant emails attached
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Blog
- Keep Operations Managers updated
- Share messages
- Communicate news to colleagues
- Update on work in progress
- Update on issues with operations team
- Update any finance issues
- Update on events
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Use of Personal Space
- U Drive
- Snapshot
- Personal email folders
- Store training materials
- Don't save on desktop
- Don't save on C drive - not backed up
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Shared Drive
- Folder structure
- Archiving
- Structure based on department setup
- Saved in backed up shared drive not desktop
- Accessible to whole dept
- Old/Unused files archived or deleted
- Best fit/layout for your department
- Fit for purpose
- Correct versioning
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Naming Conventions
- Concise - easy to scan
- Objective naming - make it clear
- Meaningful - no short abbreviations
- Standardised - so widely understood by team/dept
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Communicator/Skype
- Update/status message
- Colour coding for availability
- Skype on UNN desktop
- Use Skype to contact JISC Advance
- Out of office notifications
- Voice/video calls on Skype
- Video conferencing
- Sensible work username
- Real time conversations
- Correct use of emotion symbols
- Quick query rather than email
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Version Control
- Drafts
- Issue
- Archiving
- Correct date format
- Ensure all team use same format
- Whether to retain drafts
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Wiki
- Meeting Agenda's
- Update colleagues on workload
- Estates/IT jobs logged
- Event management online
- Templates
- Collaboration across teams/institutions
- Research
- Feedback
- Writing and creating materials
- Managing meetings
- Day to day project management
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Email Managment
- Personal folders
- Department folders
- Rules
- Flags
- Keeping personal & work email separate
- Good folder structure
- Consider other forms of communication
- Appropriate use of UNN email for personal emails
- CCing for information purposes
- Understandable subject line
- House keeping/tidying
- Use of hyperlinks for large files instead of attachments