Contacts gone...ugh

Made a laptop switch over the summer and now that I'm getting into season previews and such, I'm consulting my Coaches List that I had on file with phone #s for the 10 schools we cover...somehow in the switchover, I ended up with an old copy of this file, so I've lost more than half my coaches #s...ughh!!!

 

E-mail every important document to yourself using a Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail service. Works for equipment switches, breakdowns and layoffs.

 

Even better: Dropbox. Automatically syncs documents in the Dropbox folder on your computer to the cloud.

 

It doesn't help flex at this point, but this is exactly what I do.

 

I find many coaches respond a lot faster to emails than phone calls.

 

yes, my list had emails and phone #s...now I'm seeing coaches from 5 years ago on this list I have

I think I had two files of similar name and a mistakenly emailed myself the old list. Stupid me.

 

Do the school websites at least have a list of staff emails?

 

Think of it as an opportunity - sure it is a hassle - especially when time is short, but it also might give you a chance to reacquaint yourself with some people you haven't touched base with recently.
Hell you go through any contact list at a newspaper and it's like the scene from Major League - "This guy here is DEAD!"

 

Better yet, create a Google Docs spreadsheet that you can continually update.

 

Even better, save the info - numbers, emails - on your iPhone.
If you don't have one, go get one.

 

Is throwing all the info onto a flash drive an option?

 

I clicked on this thread thinking you were going to complain that you couldn't see.