Learning Activity 02 Email Etiquette

Learning Activity 02 – Email Etiquette

I always use a subject line as this is really just a courtesy thing, I don’t like when people cry wolf by making their emails high priority for really no reason. I try to summarize my emails as much as possible making them brief and to the point, manners in emails I consider are very important and relevant to any email whether it is business or social. Replies are a difficult one some require replies virtually immediately whilst others require thought before a response. I do hate the world we find ourselves in that most people expect a reply within minutes of forwarding their email to you. Emails between employee and employer should be used to summarize events or follow up but not replace the face to face meetings that should occur. Most importantly to remember when using email is that your recipient may not be the only person reading your correspondence, always be professional, never send angry or aggressive responses even if you think they may be justified. Email is a great tool to use and very useful for elaborating on a conversation when conversing with someone a great distance from you, although when someone is across the hall from you email is not the best tool to convey a message when face to face would be considered more appropriate.