If you have a little girl that loves pink, you may know Fancy Nancy. Fancy Nancy is the main character of a series of books for girls that my daughter loves. This character is not satisfied with “life as usual,” she accessorizes everything! I think we have a few Fancy Nancy’s in PWOC!
I often find [...]

Last week, we started talking about using the Subject line when sending emails. Here are a few more rules to consider.
Talk About One Subject per Email Message Only
Help make the world less confusing. Try to talk about one subject per message only. For another subject, start a new email.
Keep Your Subjects Lines Short, but meaningful
Make [...]

Have you ever considered the purpose of the Subject Line?
If you’ve ever put question or meeting or hello in the Subject line, you’ve probably never really thought about it. There are three reasons to begin using the Subject Line more thoughtfully:

Avoid going to JUNK Mail
Make searching through email easier for the recipient
It’s just good manners

Avoid [...]

I think everyone has a family member that seems to forward every joke they’ve ever received clogging up your inbox with messages you’ll never have the time to read. My advice? Don’t be that person!
Clean Up Emails Before Forwarding Them
Forwarding emails is a great way of sharing ideas, but make sure the original idea is [...]

One of my pet peeves is when someone sends me an email attachment that is unnecessarily large, slowing download time. One of the biggest offenders is PowerPoint slides. The army has falsely taught its ranks that this is an appropriate application for creating fliers. Let me be clear – they use it in the absence [...]

After reading an email message, I often find myself asking, “Did they read this before sending it?” Here are a few things to consider before sending out an irretrievable message with your name on it.
Quote Original Messages in Replies
Answering a question without including the question is assuming that the recipient has nothing better going on [...]