How deep is your email inbox? Seriously, how deep. I’ve been there from time to time, but I’ve been proactively working to keep my inbox as close to empty as possible. If…
Tag: email ettiquette
Take Fridays off from Email
On Friday, NPR’s Morning Edition ran the following segment: Can you go a day at the office without e-mail? Employees at U.S. Cellular try to do that every Friday. A policy implemented…
Choose the right messaging medium
Sometimes you just have to take a step back and point out the obvious. Today was one of those times. I was in the middle of typing out a detailed email message…
Tip for forwarding jokes
If you are someone who likes to forward jokes around, you need to be respectful of everyone’s email addresses. Don’t throw all of those addresses in the TO: or CC: field. Use…
Sending Large Files
Email is a great tool for messages to people but it is horrible for sending attachments. Sure, the PDF, DOC, PPT or XLS file here and there is probably fine, but what…
Writing Email
While talking to a friend yesterday, we were discussing the whole concept of Email ettiquette. So many people use email but so few are taught how to really use it. Of course,…