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Information Overload Day 2019 – SAVE THE DATE
The Annual Information Overload Day Webinar will take place on October 15 at 11:00 AM EDT Mark your calendars: On October 15, 2019 at 11:00 AM EDT the Information Overload Research Group (IORG) will celebrate Information Overload Day by hosting a webinar dedicated to the theme “Beyond Email – the Next Generation of Solutions”. The 90-minute program will include: […]
End information overload by reducing the level of Cc’d emails
Too much cc’d email is one of the main causes of information overload. This is one of the main factors to emerge from various client Smart Email Management workshops which Mesmo Consultancy have been running. Email is basically wall paper covering much deeper cracks in the business regardless of the nature of your business. Too much cc’d email is generally […]
How to Avoid Dashboard Information Overload
Alan Earls [https://searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com/feature/Clutter-data-overload-put-dashboard-designs-on-path-to-failure] proposes 5 actions to reduce IO in dashboard design: 1. eliminate irrelevant content, 2. group content logically, not chaotically, 3. assure sufficient user needs input, 4. Let content, not technology be your dashboard design, and 5. consider appropriate access security for the content. Joshua Reynolds [https://marketingland.com/blinded-by-data-181971] further adds 3 new suggestions: 1. content should be KPI driven, […]
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“The Cost of Continuously Checking Email”
This is a quick read that emphasizes the cognitive price we pay when we’re constantly shifting our attention from one item to another. It is a 2 min or less resource so go ahead “Do It!”
Should You Strive for ‘Inbox Zero’?
A critical look at the poppular “Inbox Zero” model.
Try a Computer “Desktop Zero” To Stay Focused on Your Work
An often overlooked aspect of Info Overload: the Windows desktop!
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Anne McGhee-Stinson Managing Partner & Director of Practice, Effective EdgeIORG has done a tremendous job to raise awareness as well as provide well researched, practical resources to address the complex issues of information overload. They were way ahead of the game and continue to lead in this arena.
Dr. Lawrence Ampofo Director & Founder, Digital MindfulnessIORG’s work is extremely relevant and impactful in an age when people regularly suffer from information overload. I regularly use their work to get the latest high-level thinking on information overload.
Rui Silva Founder - 2BeProThe costs associated with information overload are too high for this problem to be seen merely as an academic rhetoric… IORG helps us to not forget that this is a problem we face every day, despite the fact that it often goes unnoticed. In that sense, IORG was, for me, a “canary in the coal mine”, an advance indicator showing the imminence of a dangerous problem.
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