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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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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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Creating Effective Team Communication Systems

BioTeams

Ultimately, communication etiquettes, messaging technologies and collaboration platforms should be designed with a supporting framework that integrates simple rules and principals that encourage what is known as STIGMERGY. Max collaborates on Bioteams with Ken Thompson (The Bumble Bee). Tampa, Fla.: Meghan-Kiffer Press, part 3.

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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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OMG! Could Technology be Ruining your Professional Reputation?

Tips From T. Marie

This article from 2008 states that Nielsen Mobile of the Nielsen Company reported the average mobile user sends 357 text messages to 204 voice calls (incoming or outgoing). The questions arise, when we begin to think about applying traditional etiquette rules to this progressive style of communication. Can we text an RSVP?