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A virtual workshop for TWU faculty (Nov 10, 2:30-3:30pm)
Faculty face overwhelming information streams daily, from hundreds of emails and scattered meeting links to conference deadlines and calls for papers buried in cluttered inboxes. Many struggle to efficiently locate important messages, miss critical opportunities due to poor information management, and waste valuable research time searching through disorganized digital communications. Without systematic approaches to information management, faculty often feel constantly behind, miss important deadlines, and fail to maintain adequate documentation for tenure, promotion, and professional advancement.
In this virtual workshop,* you'll master practical strategies for streamlining email workflows, including advanced search techniques, folder systems, and filters that automatically organize incoming messages by priority and type. The workshop covers systematic approaches for saving and categorizing important emails for tenure and promotion documentation, efficient methods for tracking online meeting links across multiple platforms (Teams, Zoom, Google Meet), and proactive systems for managing conference deadlines and professional opportunities. You'll leave with customized email management systems, templates for organizing professional correspondence, and digital tools for staying ahead of important deadlines, transforming information overload into a strategic advantage that supports your scholarly productivity and career advancement.
This workshop will be facilitated by Defend, Publish, Lead's senior writing coach James P. Purdy, Ph.D. Jim is a professor of English/writing studies and a university and community writing center director. From these roles, he brings nearly 20 years of experience working with graduate students across disciplines to complete their theses and dissertations and faculty members across disciplines to achieve their research-writing publication goals. In his two co-authored books, four edited volumes, and numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters in leading, Purdy studies research-writing activities, particularly as mediated by digital technologies and as intersect with issues of intellectual property and expertise. He is currently working on research investigating use of generative artificial intelligence as a writing assessment tool.
* This workshop is part of a series from Defend Publish Lead brought to you by Nancy Chick. Stay tuned for information about future workshops.
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