Everyday we can lose a lot of time searching for information and still not be sure we have the whole story.
So where DO you start? To help you out here are three things to ask yourself before you start to get better insights from your search.
1.Work out what the real question is before you start looking for answers.
Start throwing words into Google too soon and you can end up wasting time. You might find yourself with too many open tabs and bookmarked links to manage.
Ask yourself: Why do I want to know? before asking Where will I find it?
2.Know your audience: who are you speaking to and what do they need to know?
It doesn't matter if you are preparing a background briefing, business case, or a presentation. Anticipating your audience's questions can help you plan your search.
Ask yourself: Who will read this? and use this inside knowledge to work out what you need to understand and search for.
3.What are you already paying to know?
If magazines or industry emails are routinely circulated at work, there’s a good chance your organisation pays to subscribe to some of them.
Ask yourself: Are we already paying for industry information that we aren’t fully utilising?
Want to know more than these three tips?Don’t want to get inundated or misled by fake news or fail to find the critical information needed?
Our Smarter Searching Workshop outlines a step-by-step research process designed specifically for all professionals who have had to search for companies, government information, markets, industries, business, products or people.
You will leave with tips, tools and resources you can use to search effectively so you can have the best information possible on hand to help you make good business decisions.
If you are overloaded with information, struggle to find what you need to know without losing hours to the task or want to know ways of getting better search results faster – then check out www.smartersearchingworkshop.com.au to register now.
