Email and Time Management: Online Intensive

You’ve answered emails all day, but your important work is still waiting.

Struggling to balance urgent demands with meaningful work? This practical 2.5-hour live workshop will help you take control of your inbox, prioritise tasks and manage your time more effectively.

Working in the for-purpose sector often means constant interruptions, competing deadlines and never-ending emails. When your day is consumed by immediate demands, focused work suffers. This intensive equips you with practical strategies to protect your attention, reduce distractions and create time for what matters most.

What You’ll Get

• Live, interactive 2.5-hour workshop via Zoom
• Practical tools and techniques to apply immediately
• Workshop recording and slide note handouts for ongoing reference

When and Where

Wednesday 10 March 2027

Online via Zoom

Please check your local time, as daylight saving will be in effect in some states:

• NSW, VIC, ACT & TAS: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm AEDT
• SA: 9:30 am – 12:00 noon ACDT
• QLD: 9:00 am – 11:30 am AEST
• NT: 8:30 am – 11:00 am ACST
• WA: 7:00 am – 9:30 am AWST

What Does the Training Cover?

This workshop explores the behaviours and systems that influence how you manage your time and email. You will develop practical approaches to reducing distractions, prioritising meaningful work and building sustainable working habits.

1. Understanding email and time management

Explore why modern work makes it easy to lose control of your day, including:

• The hidden cost of interruptions, context switching and constant notifications.
• Understanding where your time really goes.

2. Building more effective habits

Identify the everyday behaviours that affect your ability to work effectively, including:

• The habits that quietly steal hours every week.
• Replacing reactive behaviours with intentional habits.
• Making small changes that create lasting improvements.

3. Your time management roadmap

Develop practical approaches to planning and managing your work, including:

• Designing your time around your priorities.
• Identifying and eliminating time leaks.
• Improving focus and getting unstuck.
• Managing your energy throughout the workday.

4. Your email management roadmap

Build a more consistent approach to managing your inbox, including:

• Protecting your attention.
• Using the 4D method to process emails.
• Reducing the volume of incoming email.
• Setting expectations about communication and response times.
• Using tools intentionally.
• Following email etiquette that supports clear and efficient communication.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is designed for professionals in the for-purpose sector, including:

• Policy, advocacy, research, communications and program delivery staff
• Managers and team leaders juggling multiple priorities
• Administration and coordination staff handling high email volumes
• Anyone who finds email or Teams demanding, distracting or time-consuming

If you often finish the day feeling busy but behind, this workshop will help you make more deliberate decisions about your time and workload.

What Participants Are Saying

“The slides supported the delivery, Kate's attention to detail and systems knowledge enriched the session. Tips and tricks were walked through with examples in real time, bringing the session alive. If anyone thinks they don't have time for this training, they need this training :) Despite having covered personal productivity training a number of times across my career, there were new things for me to apply. Plus, the opportunity to refresh on principles that I have become lazy with, that I need to re-activate in my daily working practice.”

Caro Roach, Our Watch

“Great resources and I like the recording of the session to go back to as a refresh.”

Kerry Fitzroy, Karralika Programs

“Loved it, right pace and perfect for my needs”

Vivienne Williams, Kids Matters OT

About Your Facilitator

Kate Harvey is a digital excellence consultant who specialises in helping small to medium-sized organisations work more effectively with software and information.

She is the author of Digital by Design: How to Get the Most Out of Your Information, Processes and Technology.

Kate brings practical systems knowledge to her training, helping participants identify simple changes to manage their workload, use technology more effectively and create time for meaningful work.