PRODUCTIVITY and development

Google Tips

1. "Quotation Marks"

Put quotes around search terms to get exact words or phrases.

Ex: "James Clear" gives all James Clear results without just "James" or "Clear"

2. -Dashes

If you want to exclude a term from your search, include a hyphen before that word.

Ex: dolphins-football returns dolphins the animal without the football team.

3. ~ Tilde

Use tilde when you want synonyms to appear in the result.

Ex: music ~classes would return music classes, music lessons, music coaching, etc.

4. Site:

Use to search within a specific website only.

Ex: Promotion site:e-publishing.af.mil would return files that reference promotions only from e-pubs.

5. | Vertical Bar

Works the same as OR.

Ex: Netflix | Hulu would return Netflix or Hulu results

6. . . Two Periods

Use 2 periods to search within 2 number ranges.

Ex: movies 1980..2000 returns movies from 1980 and 2000

7. Location:

Find news related to a particular location.

Ex: Elon Musk location:San Francisco returns news stories with Elon Musk from San Fransisco

8. FileType:

Filter by a certain file type for your search.

Ex: warren buffet filetype:pdf

Credit to Chris Hladczuk for sharing these tips on Twitter.

Microsoft Outlook Productivity Tips

1. Effective Email Writing

Subject Lines – can provide the bottom line in the subject line?

Example: INFO//1LSC 10-11 Sep, Signup in ARCNet

Email Body:

Bottom Line (BL) Method – get to the point, then tell them details after

BL: Next 1LSC will be 10-11 Sep. Eligibility is SrA (with ALS completed) to TSgt. Signup via ARCNet.

The next First Line Supervisors Course (1LSC) will be held in the Wing Conference Room from 10-11 Sep. Members must obtain approval from their supervisor then signup via ARCnet.

Curriculum includes open dialogue between students and several topics to increase supervisor knowledge. Activities include bullet writing, a force management scenario, a mock promotion board, etc.

2. Quick Steps – steps that lets me click 1 button to do a series of action. Here is a video walk-through to show you how to setup your quick steps.

3. Categories – setup color-coded categories to label emails & color code your calendar events. Here is a video that walks through categories.