2) How about some real basics: backing up my favourites in my browser and my contacts in Outlook. I don’t know how many times I’ve lost those during a software upgrade, and the IT guys just shake their heads and say, “Well, guess you’ll have to start over…”; and creating e-mail signatures that make you look good, instead of ones that make you look like an idiot; and capturing screenshots and captures of a single window… These are all really basic things, but there are lots of office folks who don’t know, or forgot, or have switched platforms.

3) 10 best uses of a memory stick at work. ie. save crucial documents and templates, be able to get your office back up and running anywhere with what’s on a 2GB stick, family photos on the road, a video, etc.

4) Clean desk vs. messy desk. I saw a photo of Al Gore’s messy desk today in my travels. Compare that to some neat freak’s desk, and present the argument for and against a clean desk.

5) Lowest common denominator office magic. You have 10 minutes. The computer you’re on only has Paint. Create a five-slide presentation for the CEO, and make it sing.

6) Borrow from How or Before and After Magazine tips on cropping photos. So few people in offices know how to crop properly!

7) Five examples of using the sort function in Excel to save time and energy on a project – only do one report, but sort it differently based on who you’re sending it to…, etc.

8) Are coffee and sweets dragging you down? The sugar and caffeine rush is followed by a crash. Show how a 20-minute walk before starting work can keep you energized more than artificial stimulants.