Before you hit ‘send’: 3 e-mail tips
Think before you click.That’s the in-a-nutshell advice of Will Schwalbe, co-author of Send, a book about how to write the perfect e-mail. Here are three of his best practices.
Category: Writing/Editing
Top 5 little-known web research sites
Save time doing web research with these five powerfully helpful sites: Ask a Librarian; OWL, the Online Writing Lab; the Phrase Finder; Refdesk.com; and LibrarySpot.com.
Crafting an ‘open me now’ subject line
When you need to send a message to a group of customers, board members or an entire department, you don’t want your message to become lost in the hundred other messages they receive that day.
Is your e-portfolio ready for Google?
Whether or not you’re actively looking for a job, it pays to ratchet up your professional image outside your office. (After all, you never know who might google your name.) For that, the e-portfolio can be your most powerful tool.
Ignore these ‘old school’ grammar rules
Sticking to outdated grammar rules could be getting in the way of your business writing, says trainer Fred Kniggendorf. For starters, Kniggendorf says ignore these four grammar rules:
Add aphorisms to your bag of tricks
Aphorisms are reams of wisdom packed into little sayings. They come in
handy during meetings and speeches. Heres a sampling.
handy during meetings and speeches. Heres a sampling.
Cap your conference with a post-con
Your big conference went off without a hitch. In fact, it went so smoothly, your boss might not realize how well you handled everything.
Is it raise or rise?
“Is it ‘Crop input prices have been raising rapidly’ or ‘Crop input prices have been rising rapidly’?”
Bring yourself out of a bad mood
Bring yourself out of a bad mood by jotting down your bad feelings, advises Darlene Minnini, Ph.D., author of
The Emotional Toolkit
.
Manager vs. manager
For the second year in a row, I have composed a short e-mail invite to the managers and supervisors on staff. Another employee informed me that the words ‘managers’ and ‘supervisors’ should be capitalized. What is the correct capitalization in this situation?