Email Etiquette: Interview with Elizabeth Danziger
November 15, 2010: L.A. Business Journal runs interview about email etiquette. A reminder: Never rush to hit “send”. Your words cannot be called back. http://tinyurl.com/Danziger-LABJ
Emailing Effectively
The Dangers of Writing Careless Emails
4. Proofreading Carelessly This includes spell-check typos and over-relying on spell-check. As mentioned in a recent post on Embarrassing Writing Mistakes, your spell-check program will let you type potty talk instead of assets or assess. It will helpfully fill in pubic when you meant to write public. It will let you write, as someone in …
How to avoid Sending Email to the Wrong People
Here we will discuss the problem of sending an email to someone who should not receive it. One respondent told the following sad tale: Years ago we had such an incompetent manager in training that we collectively wrote a long report of all his severe flaws to get him removed from his position. I was …
Common Email Pitfalls: Haste and the Illusion of Privacy
You’re walking innocently across a field. Suddenly you stumble on a hidden land mine. Pow! Disaster strikes. This kind of event happens daily in organizations where people use email extensively. In coming blog posts, we will explore some of the most explosive areas in business email usage. 1. Writing in Haste “Act in haste; repent …
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