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With this setting, you can see at a glance the different time zones so that you don't need to look up the equivalent time on another website.
Use outlook like a pro,
This tool is good for both people internal and external to your organisation.
IT SAVES LOTS OF FRUSTRATING EMAILS
Only point to note is that you need to access this tool through your Outlook Calendar rather than through a new email as shown.
We are in the business of meeting with people, yet it frequently takes a lot of hard work to line up your calendar with the person we want to meet with. Microsoft has now made this much easier using this tool!
Here where you can combine your regional staff calendars and then assign different meetings to different staff
Great tips and tricks
I don’t know about you, but I have tried countless folder systems for storing emails! This video has really helped crystalise a better approach for me.
In the case of sorting emails into folders, less is more!
Fed-up with creating folders and then finding that a mail could fit within multiple folders, then Outlook Categories are the solution. You can tag emails with multiple categories
15 minutes very well spent!
I don’t know about you, but I always find searching for mails in Outlook a nightmare!
Finally I did some research and found this great YouTube tutorial
For those of us who are frustrated by the confusion caused by Outlook automatically creating a Teams Meeting even when we have chosen Zoom, then this is how to turn off the default setting:
Turning off default Teams Meeting in Outlook: https://youtu.be/0b7Tpc6vIfM
1 minute 20 seconds
Here is a 1 minute video showing how to add another persons calendar to outlook. This will help planning meetings with others and reduce the double booking.
Adding a calendar to outlook: https://youtu.be/UIq9Cb3x6Mo
1 minute
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How to check transfers made to NMs: https://youtu.be/OhAW7NkOqE0
2.5 minutes
"We tend to prepay grants for the quarter, so at any given time there are amounts in prepaid…meaning the full amount paid is not in 73800. The prepaid account is located at the bottom and you can click into that as well. Copies of all APs (we are trying to stay on top of it) are located in the Paid Bills/year/vendor (everyone has access to this Box folder) and you should be able to find copies of all APs there under each national ministry."
Reviewing budget figures in Martus: youtu.be/kwCXHb4mooQ
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This video shows you how to use and add to the PFI network mapping tool
5 minutes
Sometimes data within the portal does not display correctly. The good news is that it is simple to resolve when you refresh your browser and clear your browsing data. Here is a 1 minute video to walk you through: https://youtu.be/u5rx8vm0h0k
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Learn how to add & edit program and project information in just 2 minutes 44 seconds. Click this link: https://youtu.be/ISvCdmLMb4s
Learn how to add & edit program and project information in just 2 minutes 44 seconds. Click this link: https://youtu.be/e-MoEMre_XU
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In just 3 minutes 58 seconds gain an overview of how the charter a new country
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Time is our most precious resource. For us to consider what is possible, a good starting point is to understand how much time we need for different activities. In the table above, each region will have their own working page. If you wave your curser over the table and then click the pop up symbol on the top right, you will be able to edit your table.
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Notes; Surveys; Clips; AI > they all live outside of a specific meeting, so you can use them any time and for multiple meetings