The way you manage your email only becomes a habit through repetition. In order to make these simple tips work, they have to become part of a daily routine. It … Continue reading Want to Change Your Emailing Habits? Invest a Month
Interruptions are productivity killers. Email dings and flashes have turned into the most prolific source of interruptions seen by man. Considering it takes the average adult four minutes to … Continue reading Email Efficiency Tip: Turn off unnecessary notifications.
This is an actual email message I just received. It went to a group list of over 100 people. Hi there, Please email me at namechangedtoprotecttheinnocent@yahoo.com if you are currently … Continue reading Email Pet Peeve: No common sense…
We all know that productivity and efficiency involves setting boundaries. Just because the Blackberry allows us to be connected 24/7 doesn’t mean we should. One of the battery saving features … Continue reading Email and Blackberry Efficiency Tip: Set electronic boundaries
I love it when a CEO models the “right” behavior in the use of email. No better way for these best practices to infiltrate the organization. Take Kasper Rorsted, the … Continue reading Henkel’s CEO aces healthy email practices… New York Times interview
Here’s an excerpt of an article by Alexia Tsotsis posted on TechCrunch: A new study by email software purveyor Xobni confirms what we bloggers know to be true, there’s actually no … Continue reading TechCrunch: Email Overload Means We’re Never Not Working
I know I am not alone in this… You’ve experienced receiving these email messages–the ones whose subject lines are the same as they were 2 months ago, even though the … Continue reading Email Pet Peeve: Forwarded Subject Lines that No Longer Make Sense
Here is a link to a brief interview I gave to Ian Griffin http://bit.ly/aUg5mc and his post about that interview: http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2010/07/23/interview-marsha-egan-inbox-detox/ Here is an excerpt from his post about our interview: … Continue reading Podcast interview – How Your Inbox is Holding You Back – with Ian Griffin
I just got back from the National Speakers’ Association convention in Orlando, where I attended Larry Chaing’s workshop – What They Don’t Teach You at NSA. In that workshop, he … Continue reading E-mail and Texting are being used in “Two Way Keynotes” a la Larry Chaing
Stop sending to all if all do not have a need to know. “Reply All” is convenient. It is easy. BUT – If all don’t need to know, you’ve just … Continue reading Email pet peeve: Reply All
Great post by LifeHacker.com on words to avoid to avoid getting your company in trouble. You laugh – these were in found in actual court documents. How about… Big Problem … Continue reading Avoid these red flag words in office email – LifeHacker
