Less Mail (Because of E-Mail) May Mean Changes for Postal Service
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010The review by the USPS suggests that some letter carriers have time on their hands. With e-mail replacing the written letter and companies mailing less materials to trim expenses, the Postal Service has seen a drastic drop in business.
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E-Mail Boot Camp
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Download this PowerPoint file
This PowerPoint program focuses on five key questions:
1. What types of messages are overloading your in-box?
2. What are common signs that improved e-mail management may be warranted?
3. What are common barriers to improved e-mail management?
4. What management tools are available?
5. What strategies can be implemented using those tools?
Can You Be Fired for Sending Personal E-Mails at Work?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010You probably don’t think twice about sending personal messages through your work e-mail. But sending e-mails about a seemingly innocuous hobby cost one financial advisor his job when his employer tapped into his work account and read his messages.
Cameron Pettigrew, who worked as a client relations manager at Fidelity Investments in Texas, was fired after [...]
Writing E-Mails
Monday, February 15th, 2010Learn about e-mail and how to write e-mails effectively.
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Five Simple Rules for Better E-Mail Business Communication
Friday, February 12th, 2010I have been teaching with Frances Grimes in the Management Communications program here at Graziadio this fall and so business communication is on my mind.
Face-to-face business communication is difficult—attempting to read body language, facial expressions, and gestures (although some gestures speak for themselves), can be a challenge. Not to mention cultural differences that can blur [...]
How to Write Great E-Mail Subject Lines
Friday, February 5th, 2010It’s more important than ever for your e-mail to stand out. How can you do this? What’s the best way to get people to notice your email above all the rest? Watch this episode to learn four easy tips.
Social Networking to Replace E-Mail by 2014?
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010The business benefits of social software platforms will lead to e-mail being replaced as the primary means of communication by 2014, according to analyst Gartner.
Increasing business use of tools such as Twitter and Facebook has resulted in more demand for such systems, says the firm, which predicts that 20 per cent of organisations will use [...]
Who's Reading Your E-Mail?
Monday, January 25th, 2010A new survey finds more companies hire staff to just read e-mails to ensure secrets are safe.
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E-Mail Could Be Extinct within a Decade
Monday, January 4th, 2010With more and more teenagers switching to instant messaging and social networking sites for speedy communication, e-mail could be extinct within a decade, a report says.
This electronic form of contact is losing its charm as millions of teenagers ditch it as their main form of communication, said the study by social anthropologist [...]
Rational or Random? Professor Models How People Send E-Mails
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009In the last 10 years, e-mail has gone from a novelty to a necessity. What was once a pastime is now an essential form of communication, with many people opening their inboxes to find dozens of e-mails waiting.
But how do people respond to those e-mails? Do they act rationally, responding to the most important first, [...]
