Feb 5, 2016
In today's episode, Pilar and Lisette are joined by Hassan Osman, who shares how to make the most out of email. Take out your notebooks (virtual or otherwise) as this episode is packed with practical advice.
Introduction
Not much to say today, we go almost straight into the Virtual not Distant Bitesize.
Leadership in Virtual Teams Webinar - the last
in the Working in Virtual Teams series.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6102097491496619777
Virtual not Distant Bitesize
04: 00 Match the Tool to How and What You Want to
Communicate.
Choose different tools and processes for:
Urgent communication
Progress updates
Chit Chat
Saros Virtual Team Practice
10:20 We share the virtual team practice of Saros Research
http://www.sarosresearch.com/participate/saros-latest-news/2016/01/28/christmas-in-july-calendar-curiosities-in-qualitative-research/
Virtual Coffee with Lisette and Hassan Osman
12: 25 How Lisette and Pilar met through Hassan.
Don't Reply All - why Hassan wrote this book.
"It's not the quantity that bothers me, it's the quality."
24:00 Bad email practice.
Don't write long emails.
Don't keep the same subject line for emails on end.
Don't bury your actions and questions within your email.
TLDR - what does that mean?
And finally, don't reply all!
Five tactics to get the best email results.
How the use of email has evolved.
How about checking out Hassan's other book on the Kindle?
Or his Udemy course? How to Manage and Influence Your Virtual Team
Or his blog: www.thecouchmanager.com
EOM.
You can also check out Pilar's previous conversation with Hassan.