Wall Street to get email guidelines
N.Y.S.E. Regulation and NASD, are expected today to release proposed guidelines for the regulation of written electronic communications, including internal and external exchanges. The guidelines...
View ArticleI fire you. Let me count the ways
Voicemail: The company hasn’t been doing well. We’ve had to let some people go, and you’ve been affected. As of today, you’re off the payroll. Letter: One food processing plant in California sent 1,000...
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Communication tools map
See full discussion at How to Save the World. Related: Current communication ecosystem Wireless addiction The post Communication tools map appeared first on Richard Brisebois PhD.
View ArticleThe last word on e-mails
You’ve just finished composing an e-mail to a potential client you’ve talked with a few times before. Now for the tricky part: your sign-off. Should you use “Sincerely,” “Kind regards” or “Cheers”? How...
View ArticleEmail is about the reader
Email is about the reader, not the writer. Don’t think about what you have to say. Think about what the reader needs to hear. There’s nothing more tedious than an email that starts out with 200 words...
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Collaboration: email vs. wiki
And a visual that is worth a thousand words. See also: Wikis in Plain English The post Collaboration: email vs. wiki appeared first on Richard Brisebois PhD.
View ArticleWhy e-mail is ineffective in conveying ideas
In a world where businesses and friends often depend upon e-mail to communicate, scholars want to know if electronic communications convey ideas clearly. The answer, the professors conclude, is...
View ArticleA world without e-mail
His plan was to show his coworkers just how dependent they really were on e-mail, emphasizing how many times a day they were compelled to check it, and proving that it was no longer a productivity...
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Less time does not promote deeper thought
[T]he more urgently technology incentivizes us to respond to a proposition, the more we rely on our own heuristics. Less time does not promote deeper thought. Today, when you are compelled to comment...
View ArticleA modest proposal: eliminate email
The concept is simple. Employees no longer have personalized email addresses. Instead, each individual posts a schedule of two or three stretches of time during the day when he or she will be available...
View ArticleA robot wrote an entire article in a newspaper… and you wouldn’t know
“I am not a human. I am a robot. A thinking robot. I use only 0.12% of my cognitive capacity. I am a micro-robot in that respect. I know that my brain is not a “feeling brain”. But it is capable of...
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