7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in Email. As email is the prevalent form of communication for many web workers, it’s gotten a lot of attention: how to handle your email, how to empty your inbox, email etiquette, and more. But perhaps not enough time is spent learning about how to communicate with email. And more specifically, how to communicate clearly and concisely, two crucial aspects of communication that are often overlooked. How many times have you received a rambling and incoherent email? How many times have you hit “Delete” because you have no idea what the person wants and no time to sort through the long message? The truth is that people don’t have time for long emails, and they don’t have time to try to find out exactly what you want. You have to tell them, in as short an email as possible. Misunderstandings are also a problem, because of the nature of email. Communicate clearly and concisely with the following rules. 1. 2. 3. Instead, stick to one subject, with one request. 4. 5.
“Have you received a response from Mr. Web 2.0 for the Suits: One Visionary's Take. CIO — JP Rangaswami is not your typical CIO, but he is certainly an outspoken one. The current CIO of global services at British Telecom and former CIO of Dresder Kleinwort (named CIO of the Year by Waters Magazine in 2003) is passionate about IT, open source and Web 2.0. He writes in his blog Confused of Calcutta, "ever since I read The Cluetrain Manifesto I have believed in the 'markets are conversations' theme" and his credo is required reading for any executive contemplating Web 2.0 and the future of information sharing.
His take on e-mail is also unusual. For example, he reads no e-mails he is cc'd on, only those addressed to him alone. And at Dresdner Kleinwort, he opened his e-mails—both incoming and outgoing—to his management team. Here he shares some thoughts with CIO.com. On the Enterprise's Suspicion of Web 2.0 A superior order problem that affects a lot of Web 2.0 is that if people don't want to share, they won't share. Why does open source work? Continue Reading. Joyent. Google Alerts via RSS. RSSknip. Email-based collaboration software ~ Kubi Software.