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A Telephone Etiquette Test

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. While forms of technology are making inroads into the communication process, the telephone is still an important source of contact with people. Thanks for visiting!

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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

Email is no longer just for personal use, with all our accepted short forms: LOL, U, GB and a co-worker's favourite, OMG! Writing all in caps is a form of email shouting. This is the commonest form of color blindness, but it affects only.4 Jane Watson of J. Is that the message you want to send to your recipient?

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Answering Reader Mail: Being Terminated (Social Etiquette Part 2)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. There were no rules against fraternization in our employee handbook and because the SVPs I supported often took their subordinates out for carousing and merriment, I went against her wishes. The link is that original post.

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Business Etiquette - Webinar

Office Dynamics

We are often asked about doing etiquette seminars/programs onsite for administrative professionals across the country. Etiquette expert, Anna Post, Emily's great-great granddaughter will present this program via our friends at Business Management Daily. Rudeness isn't just bad form: it's bad business. Email etiquette.

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Business Etiquette for the 21st Century - A Webinar

Office Dynamics

Rudeness isn’t just bad form: it’s bad business. Emily Post's Guide to Business Etiquette for the 21st Century. But rudeness isn’t just bad form: it’s bad business. The truth is, multimillion-dollar deals (and people’s jobs) can be LOST as a result of poor etiquette. E-mail etiquette. Social networking etiquette.

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Tips for Managing Politics In the Workplace During Election Season

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Update your policies and procedures It’s time to bust out that dusty handbook (which is hopefully not in actual book form anymore).