The Headache: Personal productivity tools like Blackberries, e-mail, and cell phones that sometimes make business life harder.

Our Question: How do you get out of these "productivity" devices what you originally hoped for?

Come see what other bankers think, and add your own views

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2. Remember when Blackberries, cell phones, PDAs, e-mail, and such were supposed to make things easier?
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4. Share one or two tips about how you get more out of these tools-or make them less of a burden
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6. One community banker we know CCs his assistant whenever he agrees to an appointment from his handheld device.
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8. At the end of the message agreeing to the appointment, he ends with: "Dear _____, please calendar this."
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10. This saves dropped appointments, and eliminates time wasted fine tuning the gadget.
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12. Now let's hear your views and ideas below!
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