| There is power in words - always has been and | | | | This lack of standardization and guidance for email use |
| always will be. No matter how sophisticated and | | | | is getting some businesses into hot water, but even for |
| "digital" we get, communication all boils down to words, | | | | those who aren't into any discernable trouble, there are |
| and I don't think real books are ever going away. | | | | provable wastes in terms of time and ultimately, profits. |
| It's the 4th of July today, and I pulled up the American | | | | I believe the reason for this misuse of the powerful |
| Declaration of Independence online and read it in its | | | | communication tool of email, is that it just kind of |
| entirety. It seems that our forefathers really had a way | | | | sneaked up on us. When I was in high school, we |
| with words - so succinct, so simple, yet so powerful. | | | | actually prepared for what would be required of us in |
| So, you may be wondering where in the world I am | | | | a business setting - typing, shorthand, clear business |
| going with all this talk about words. Well, believe it or | | | | writing skills, just to mention a few. But who |
| not, I want to talk about email. I think our world revolves | | | | remembers a course in high school or college teaching |
| around email these days in the business sector. There | | | | us how to properly use email? My guess is no one. It |
| is a stream of information taking place on a daily basis | | | | just slowly became the "way" to communicate in the |
| that would simply be unfathomable less than a lifetime | | | | business world. I'd have to think hard to trace it back to |
| ago. I've even heard of some large corporations hiring | | | | its beginnings in my entrepreneurial life. |
| an "Information and Knowledge Director" to their staffs. | | | | I think that it's time to pay closer attention to how we |
| Email is the largest vehicle for this stream of | | | | use email. Companies, even small companies need to |
| information. Yet, most companies do not offer any | | | | set some standards and guidelines concerning email. I |
| training or set any standards concerning the use of | | | | am currently in the process of writing an online course |
| email. | | | | for that purpose. I believe it's that important. |