Hello and welcome to SpeakerSue's Email Ezine! This is a great issue because you'll read how you can:

• Apply 21st Century "Gadget" etiquette
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• Practically guarantee your recipients read and act on your message
• Stop sending emails that (in the morning!) you'll wish you hadn't

21st Century "Gadget" etiquette
I was excited when GQ took the time to list 66 rules, tips and secrets for living like a gentleperson in the 21st century. Less excited when it wasn’t on their website. Fortunately, Mario Sundar posted their tips — an exclusive — here.

This is "Gadget Etiquette," he says.

#1. Don’t check your phone in a social setting. This shouldn’t be brain surgery. But the addiction runs deep. As if someone or something really important is going to email you with a message that is more important than what is happening in real time. I see people choosing to check their email during short networking breaks at meetings. Who-a. You’re there to network not disappear/hide behind your iPhone/Blackberry/whatever.

#2 and #3. If checking email is critical… click to continue

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Practically guarantee your recipients read and act on your message

1. Use a great subject line.
2. Summarize your message in the first 3 lines or sooner. Set expectations like this: Hi Bill, I have 2 quick questions for you. First, ...
3. Don't bury the action.
   Don't do this: Hi Sophie, I’ve been considering scheduling that outside speaker you mentioned to me for this quarter's training. I think we should talk about it. because I have a few concerns. (Lost action)
   Do this: Hi Sophie, I’ve been considering scheduling that outside speaker you mentioned to me for this quarter's training but I have some concerns about costs. Please call me today so we can talk about how we can work her into the budget. (Clear next step)

Stop sending emails that (in the morning!) you'll wish you hadn't
This is so great! The next time you decide to email after hours, you can check yourself to see if you're in the right state of mind to send the message. Okay... more specifically, picture this. You went out after work and were overserved. You get dropped off at home and not having anything else you're up to doing, you decide to check your emails. And there are three from your boss and one from your customer in Hong Kong. You're feeling really good, playful and clever, and decide to get the work done; why-wait-until-the-morning, you (mistakenly) think. But, aha, if you've set up the new Mail Goggles, before you can send that message, you have to answer a few math problems within a time limit. If you can't do the math, you get told: "Water and bed for you." If you get the math right, you get to send the email.

The default kicks in only on weekends or late at night. But you can change the default and some people should consider using it to cool down before they send any email. It's a breathalyzer for email. How cool is that?!

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All the best,
Sue

Sue Hershkowitz-Coore
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