Comments on: 7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in Email http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jan Hemmingsen http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-698250 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:20:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-698250 7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in Email http://t.co/jutDUsEV

]]> By: hotrao http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-572170 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:08:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-572170 My comments:

a) Use the minimum amount of sentences. True and try to use bullets were make sense to be schematic
b) State what you want right away. Email is not (only) an exercise of style. Is communication with no escapes, since no facial or hands expression help to clarify your thoughts. So c) go to the point as fast as you can
d) Write about only one thing. True. This also helps recipients to answer one thing a time
e) Leave out the humor and emotions. True, because recipients read the messages as they are, and you’re not there to explain is a joke.
f) Use “If …then” statements. Is part of being schematic
g) Review for ambiguity, clarity. Revise for conciseness. Review always the message and if you can )and the message is really important) save it as a draft and come back later

]]> By: sinikka http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-441673 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:58:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-441673 Rule six: “Review for ambiguity, clarity”. But not for typos, obviously.

“Read it as if you were an outsider — how clear it it?”

]]> By: evilrouters.net » Blog Archive » 7 rules for communicating clearly and concisely in e-mail http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64711 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:21:06 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64711 [...] on October 7, 2007 – 4:00 pm – Web Worker Daily has a great write-up entitled “7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in E-mail” that I wish everyone in my company would read. =) As email is the prevalent form of [...]

]]> By: john http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64710 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:32:51 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64710 This is an interesting article on communication. I found this post which has some information which complements this article well, especially regarding avoiding misinterpretation and how to communicate the intended message:
http://simplerthanyouthink.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-clearly-communicate-and-avoiding.html

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]]> By: ramblings of a {sys,net}admin… » Blog Archive » 7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in E-mail http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64702 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:56:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64702 [...] Worker Daily has a great write-up entitled “7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in E-mail” that I wish everyone in my company would read. =) As email is the prevalent form of [...]

]]> By: Mity | 使E-Mail溝通變得清楚簡單的七個法則 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64701 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:38:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64701 [...] 這一篇文章原文來自”7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in Email“。 如何正確與清楚的透過Email溝通，是一件很重要的事情（但是常被忽略）。我們經常看到有些人堅持要「見面談」，而不肯透過Email來作業，就是這個原因了。 你收到多少次看起來讓你一頭霧水的Email了？有多少次你因為看不懂別人一封長長的Email，而乾脆按下刪除按鈕？ [...]

]]> By: Mity’s網路開店教學 | 使E-Mail溝通變得清楚簡單的七個法則 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64700 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:16:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64700 [...] 這一篇文章原文來自"7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in Email"。 如何正確與清楚的透過Email溝通，是一件很重要的事情（但是常被忽略）。我們經常看到有些人堅持要「見面談」，而不肯透過Email來作業，就是這個原因了。 你收到多少次看起來讓你一頭霧水的Email了？有多少次你因為看不懂別人一封長長的Email，而乾脆按下刪除按鈕？ 實際上，人們根本就沒有時間閱讀長信，而且他們根本也沒有時間去搞懂這封信裡面在寫什麼，所以你必須用盡可能短的文字去表達你的意思。 造成誤解也是個問題，這是Email的先天限制。由於人們有時候會誤解你信中的意思，從而浪費大量的時間跟精力在這上面。 所以這七個使用技巧能夠讓你正確且清楚的在Email當中表達意思： [...]

]]> By: digital.leadnet.org http://gigaom.com/collaboration/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64699 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:39:08 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/05/7-rules-for-communicating-clearly-and-concisely-in-email/#comment-64699 how to write clear emails

Hat tip to PastorHacks for linking to this: 7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in Email from Web Worker Daily — Use the minimum amount of sentences. State what you want right away. Write about only one thing. Leave

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