SUMMER SERIES Ep 1 — Email Cleanup

Your teacher conference ends, you feel inspired, and then your inbox gets hit with a wave of vendor promos you never asked for. We hear you. We talk through a question from Jessica in Tennessee and get very specific about how those emails end up in your inbox, what’s normal, and what’s avoidable when you’re moving through exhibit halls, giveaways, badge scans, and “free resource” forms.We also pull back the curtain on a piece many educators don’t realize: some conferences may share an attendee list with vendors, especially at smaller events. That doesn’t make the overwhelm any less real, but it explains why the emails arrive so quickly and why they can feel so persistent. Understanding the pipeline helps you make better choices next time you’re tempted by a free download or a quick booth chat.Then we shift into practical inbox management you can do in minutes. We walk through the simplest move first: using the unsubscribe tools your email client already offers (Gmail makes this especially easy). If you want to keep an occasional vendor update without letting it hijack your day, we talk about setting up automatic filters that send specific senders or keywords straight to a folder. And when unsubscribing fails, we cover when it makes sense to mark a message as spam so your provider learns what you don’t want.If you’re trying to protect your summer break and start the school year with less digital clutter, this quick listen gives you a clean, realistic plan. Subscribe for more short, useful answers, share this with a colleague who’s drowning in conference emails, and leave a review with your best inbox tip.Send us Fan MailSupport the show Find our book The Minimalist Teacher  and Your School Leadership Edit: A Minimalist Approach to Rethinking Your School's Ecosystem at the links!Follow on Instagram @PlanZEducation and @minimalist_ed_podcast.The Minimalist Educator Podcast is a Plan Z Education Services adventure.