Become a Master of E-mail EtiquetteGreat ArticleA couple of points to add:1. Know your recipient. I work with someone who violates practically every rule on this list. When I send him an email, I make sure that it's something that I would not mind having the entire...
For many businesspeople, e-mail is the primary form of communication with clients, colleagues, and even the big boss. And it's been this way for years. So why do so many folks commit so many violations of e-mail etiquette? Publisher Michael Hyatt outlines 18 rules you should follow--and I agree with...
Earlier this week, in my review for Hale Centre Theatre's production of "The Curious Savage," I mentioned the audience was one of the worst I had experienced. I got quite a few e-mails from folks wondering what happened and why I wasn't more specific. That's the difficult...
LOS ANGELES, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Even the cleverest dog couldn't figure out how to buck the Internet's reliability as a source for translation programs -- otherwise, Susan Lustig may never have been able to decipher the mysterious folder she discovered while reorganizing the files in her computer. The...
Percentage of the nation's top divorce attorneys who say they have seen an increase in the number of cases using electronic data as evidence during the past five years, according to a survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: 88 Percentage who cited e-mail as the...
Chances are good you know a co-worker or manager who has made an e-mail faux pas. More than a quarter of employers have fired employees for misusing e-mail, according to the American Management Association. Appalled, frustrated and sometimes amused by what they found in their inboxes...
Byline: Matt Kinsey `Adland' Mark Tungate "Adland'' marks Tungate's turn as industry Virgil, a guide through advertising history. It's a tale of business built on courage, honesty and perseverance. `Send' ...
Cleveland: 'mad men' could use more 'mad max' "I wanted the hero to be a little off his rocker about doing great work." Brownstein: Six Rules for E-Mail Etiquette "So many talented people in small to midsize...
IN THE ever-changing world of technology, electronic gadgets are everywhere. Cell phones, faxes and other paraphernalia are constant reminders that our wired society is connected 24/7. All this technology has implications for how well agencies communicate with their clients. A recent UCLA study indicated that up to 93% of communication...
HUMAN RESOURCES Both you and your employees will benefit from a quick review of tips provided by Inc.com. on how to avoid e-mail blunders in the workplace. 1. Always check before you click, so you don't inadvertently send a message to someone who shouldn't receive it....
Since then, he has led the charge at Intel to deal with "infomania," which he describes as a debilitating state of mental overload caused by backlogs of e-mail, plus interruptions such as e-mail notifications, cell phones and instant messages. For a time, the $35 billion chip maker was satisfied with...
BUSINESS Although rules of e-mail etiquette exist, they are sometimes ignored. Responses to a survey developed by Robert Half Management Resources (www.roberthalfmr.com) reveal that while more than 80 percent of senior executives check their e-mail during meetings, nearly one-third of them disapprove of the practice. If the...
2 CENTS: ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS E-mail etiquette If you've caught yourself sneaking out your BlackBerry or Treo in a meeting and hastily thumbing through e-mail messages, take heart: You're in the majority. Eighty-six percent of senior executives say they commonly see professionals read and respond...
Larry Crolla points out, "E-mail is only a tool; it is not a life force. So use it as you would any tool when you need to get a particular job done. Schedule use of your e-mail 'tool' perhaps two times a day, in the morning and at the end...
The PRINTERY evokes a quainter time--and for good reason: it was established in 1881, long before the proliferation of junk mail, e-mail and spam. Tucked away in a historic building in Oyster Bay, on Long Island's North Shore, this master print shop has been run by ...
Dear Mary Mitchell: Thank you. Thank you. She's author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Etiquette." And she devoted 14 pages of her book to the thank you note and other correspondence niceties. She says: "Not one of the communications marvels that...
The rules of office etiquette have become blurred, according to Lynne Lancaster and David Stillman, the speaking and consulting team from BridgeWorks. Here are a few pointers: Learn the language * This means keeping up not...
ASEARCH of this Page 2 editor's e-mail system under "Valentine's Day" turned up an appropriate number of messages -- 14 -- thanks to a public relations world that goes insane trying to peddle its wares under the guise of love -- or any holiday for that matter. ...
IN CONTRAST to every other MC Masala you've read, this column will be a straight recollection of a recent event. Warning! I got tickets for a taping of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," and it was shockingly easy. I'd been denied a ticket via e-mail...
When John Debrett founded his eponymous toffs' "Bible" in 1769, he didn't have to contend with such modern delights as the e-mail, text message and video-conference. Yet if the legendary expert in Georgian manners had been born 250 years later, you get the feeling that he'd have used digital technology...
