Hot Tips for Reducing Distraction and E-Distraction in Work and Life
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Speaker : RANDY DEAN
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When : Tuesday, July 01, 2025
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Time : 01 : 00 PM EST
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Randy Dean, MBA: The E-mail Sanity Expert®, is a professional speaker and expert on time & e-mail management and the related use of technology. For 30 years, Randy has been leading programs for major corporate, university, association, and governmental audiences. Obsessed with time management and personal productivity, he left a successful career as a university administrator, professional marketer, and media strategist to become a leading speaker and trainer. The author of the 2009 Amazon bestseller, Taming the E-mail Beast, and the new Taming the E-mail Beast REBOOT eBook, Randy is also the producer and creator of several highly regarded video-based self-study courses that are posted on many of the major online learning platforms. He has led programs for thousands of inspired students, managers, and professionals on being more productive with their time, e-mail and technology. His highly informative and entertaining speaking, training and webinar programs (he is a Certified Virtual Presenter) leave audience members with immediately usable tools, strategies, and tips for saving time and effort, finding more focus and less distraction, and achieving higher efficiency and productivity.
Randy is best known for his programs on time, project, people, distraction, and especially e-mail management using popular tools like Microsoft Outlook & 365, Gmail/Google Workspace apps, and smart phones & tablets. His popular YouTube channel provides numerous short video tips on key software tools like Outlook and Gmail, as well as content on key productivity and time management strategies, techniques, and issues.
His speaking and training programs are consistently some of the highest-rated programs for the many clients he speaks for, including at major conferences and conventions, Fortune 500 organizations, top universities, governmental agencies, and leading nonprofits -- basically anyone struggling to better manage their time, e-mail, and smart phone/tablet devices. (And he makes these topics fun and engaging too!)
He has previously been interviewed by numerous media outlets including radio, television, newspaper, and blog/podcast sites. He is a 20-year member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and also a member of the Michigan Society of Association Executives.
Speakers' experience with many different audiences and industries is that they are fighting a wave of distractions and interruptions throughout the day, and it has become exceedingly difficult for them to find focus and sanity throughout the day. Having some strategies for better managing their daily inputs, distractions, and interruptions could be the difference between a successful, fulfilling career and quick burnout.
Distractions and interruptions, like e-mail, are an epidemic in the business world, and particularly in the meetings and events industry. However, some of those interruptions are actually critical for business and event success and/or failure reduction ("We have a power outage at the event site!") Having strategies for better dealing with less important distractions and interruptions while also maintaining high client service has become even more difficult with the advent and usage of some many new tools, apps, and devices.
This program will help convention and meeting professionals better understand, analyze, and prioritize their sources of distraction so they can better serve their companies and clients.
This program starts with a deep discussion on the costs and statistics of the "epidemic of distraction" caused by all forms of current and modern interruptions and e-distractions. It then transitions into a discussion of specific types, with possible solutions for more focus, productivity, and prioritization. It even lifts the discussion up to supervisors/leaders, and the impact these endless distractions are having on their team's performance. In a world where most adults are now suffering from at least some form of "attention deficit", having critical strategies for both being aware of and handling distractions and interruptions better could be the difference between personal, professional, and team success.
Areas Covered
- The state of interruptions and distraction in today’s professional world
- The two key ways e-mail distracts you (and solutions for managing that!)
- Dealing with other common office inputs efficiently (voice mail, documents, e-documents, faxes, texts, “stacks and piles”, etc.)
- More effectively dealing with unexpected interruptions (phone calls, “stop by’s”, texts) and project transitions to maintain “traction” and reduce distraction (including now at “work from home)
- Reducing the e-distraction of computers, second monitors, smartphones, tablets, social media, news feeds, streaming programs, and apps (and enhanced productivity tips for these same devices)
- Dealing with “work from home” distractions – spouses, kids, the UPS driver, even your dogs!
- A few key office/info clutter strategies for better organization
- A discussion on what really happens when people try to “Multitask” and perhaps a better idea?
- “Game plan” techniques for better managing the start of your day and your work/information through the day for higher productivity, more focus, and less distraction
Who Should Attend
Managers, Directors, Supervisors, Administrative Assistants, Professional and Technical staff, Front office professionals, Accounting, Engineering, Human Resources, Marketing, Law, Travel & Tourism, Education, Higher Education, Government, Health Administration, Construction management.
Why Should You Attend
E-mail, Texts, Interruptions, Phone Calls, Project Transitions, Event Insanity, Office Clutter, Social and Other Media, Smart Phones and Apps. Even Family and Friends. These common distractions make it almost impossible to get anything done. It seems like there is always SOMETHING getting in the way of what you really need to do. But with some forethought and effective strategies, as well as some discipline, it is possible to find your focus, even in a hyper-distracted world. We'll have a fun time sharing "game plan" ideas for getting and keeping your distractions and interruptions under control and finding critical "focused productivity" time every day, leading to both performance and clarity of mind and purpose.
Topic Background
Covers the myriad of distractions and e-distractions that inherently reduce productivity and focus in the workspace.
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$160.00
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