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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

With the increasing use of email as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and don'ts for the assistant.Here are Some Good-Sense Email Etiquette Tips: Email Salutations: Although email is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting.

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Handshakes During Flu Season

Office Dynamics

With the flu season upon us as well as colds cropping up, people are wondering about the proper etiquette for shaking hands. It’s funny that this question would be asked of me today, as I was just speaking on business etiquette in Raleigh, NC. This does pose a real problem. We even practiced the “right” way to shake someone’s hand.

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Handshakes During Flu Season

Office Dynamics

With the flu season upon us as well as colds cropping up, people are wondering about the proper etiquette for shaking hands. It’s funny that this question would be asked of me today, as I was just speaking on business etiquette in Raleigh, NC. This does pose a real problem. We even practiced the “right” way to shake someone’s hand.

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Why I don't rely on Wikipedia anymore

Laughing all the Way to Work

I took advantage of that in my article on E-mail Etiquette and unfortunately the information first given was incorrect. 1] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Color Blindness: More Prevalent Among Males, (1995 report) (Accessed February 2, 2008) (Used with permission). This is the commonest form of color blindness, but it affects only.4

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Hard to Build Rapport While Multi-Tasking » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

I didn’t find a lot on the Internet to answer that question – sure would love your thoughts – but I did find an old article by Darren Rowse on Problogger offering IM Etiquette tips. Most involve contacting a blogger of which you are a fan but some can translate to building relationships with customers over the computer: 1.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Tags: color blindness colour blindness e-mail signature E-tiquette of E-mail out of office assistant email signature E-mail etiquette. Jane Watson of J.

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

Laughing all the Way to Work

What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name? That's not my job!