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RE: Communications, The Fine Art of Voice Mail and Email
Subject:RE: Communications, The Fine Art of Voice Mail and Email From:"Janoff, Steven" <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- ga -dot- com> To:William Sherman <bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:40:44 -0700
Leave short voice mails. (For that matter, write short e-mails.)
The best work gets done in one-on-one dialogue in person or over the phone. Through the tangle of ideas you can work out a solution to an issue in a minute or two that would take days of back and forth over e-mail.
I'm currently working with folks who like to use the phone and I love it.
Consider making the phone your friend, with the goal being live dialogue. I have a new respect for the thing. E-mail is a time drain (except when you need to get a message out to multiple people).
Just one person's opinion, of course.
Steve
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