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Effective communication through email. Mary Coker MD Expo Oct 2010. Communication - . One of the most important tools you have at your disposal. If you don’t or can’t communicate well , your service to your users is not complete.
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Effective communication through email Mary Coker MD Expo Oct 2010
Communication - One of the most important tools you have at your disposal. If you don’t or can’t communicate well , your service to your users is not complete. Poor communication can give the impression of lack of competency or lack of caring in what you do. Always clearly identify the audience
Communication via email • To ask for information • To give service status to a user • To manage up or down • To fix political disasters
Why, when,what • To have a record • Efficiency • Effectiveness • Managing a service event • V.S. Face to face • No novels
Exercises # 1 – Write your reply to the email #2 – Find where the errors are
Keep the extras out ! backgrounds, animations, business cards From the desk of
Why isn’t she getting an answer ? From: Cheryl Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:36 AMTo: Ayesha : Mary CokerCc: Mary CokerSubject: RE: Test equipment Did you do this yet? From: Cheryl Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:46 PMTo: Cheryl ; Ayesha , Mary CokerCc: Mary CokerSubject: RE: Test equipment Is this done yet?
Advice for the road Make it clear who you want to answer what Reread it at least twice If you are angry – write everything and then discard and rewrite ( don’t put any one in the TO: ) Open your attachments before sending. Reply all when all need to stay in the loop. Splintering emails are more work for everybody. Always be over pleasant. Never blind copy Remember whatever you write can be sent to anyone.