Thursday, June 23, 2011

Opt for etiquette when sending e-mails, texts - Dayton Business Journal:

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It read, “This message was typed using mytwo thumbs. The content should be accurate, but the qualituy of my input is questionableat best.” In an age of text messaging at stoplights and covertly replyint to e-mails during meetings, professionals are facinyg a world where “its ez 2 do qk.” But as a experts and executives suggest initial communications be formalp until a rapport is established with the other end. they advise it’s unwise to send e-mails that could be damaging, unless senders trust their counterpartr to keep it to themselves if Incolleges today, professors are teachinb students not to use slang.
But, those entering the workplacse often find it difficult to switch from slantgto sophistication, said Jim Farrelly, who teacheds business communications at the . In his first assignment — to craft a professional e-mail — often they “falll flat on their he said. “They all mess it up,” he “There are many papers that fail, but they fail on spelling alone.” Because e-mail and textinv often give sendersinstant gratification, it is hard to step back and take a look at what the recipieng is receiving, he said. But he advises people to do just He also tells students towait 24-hour if they are firing off a charged message.
A simple trick is to e-mail the message to yourself, which can be cathartidc to type out, but also give perspective on whatthe e-mai l will look like in someone else’ s inbox. Deb Norris, vice president of workforce developmenrt and corporate servicesat , said for initiao communications, she always keeps it After all, first impressions neve r happen again, plus who knows who will see the message. “I try to kind of look at it and say, “Ifg it were on the fronty pageof something, how would that appear?” she said.
Yet, many establisher Dayton area executives communicatwin quick, terse functional language versesw Oxford English, said Shane Imwalle, a vice president at “Fort me and other executives, I am using the stuff I learnef from my kids,” Imwalle “From an etiquette perspective, no one has any proble with that.” Norris said she agreed and thinks it is becausew e-mails and text messages have become so ingrainedr in daily communication. “It is expected now, if someones e-mails you at 10 at night,” she “We have become tethered to these there isno escaping.
” But both executives said they sometimes must remind themselves that though e-mail and texting has become it still leaves a communicationh trail. Imwalle said if it is important, he stil picks up the phone to speakin person. “ I am far more inclined to talk candor, than any candor in a text or e-mail,” he said.

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