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Still waiting for an answer?? Bryan A. Garner shows how to write a perfect e-mail and earn your collegues attention.

  • Stick to standard capitalization and punctuation;
  • Get straight to the point (politely, of course);
  • Be brief — but not too brief;
  • Plot out what happened, and when;
  • Add a short but descriptive subject line;
  • Copy people judiciously.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/02/write_e-mails_that_people_wont.html

image source: http://jacquelinewhitmore.com/15-essential-e-mail-etiquette-tips/

eTools for Language Training

Web 2.0 technologies are changing the ways we can do personal learning: Information and content aggregators may come in handy for training activities.

The English Learning Corner set by the Istituto Diplomatico (using Netvibes) is  an excellent example of these possibilities. The service gathers and organizes links to relevant sites and RSS feeds devoted to English language learning.  It shows how an aggregation service can provide a personal learning environment.

More about the English Learning Corner.

Image source - Travelhack.org

Image source – Travelhack.org

TTTT: Take Time To Think!

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer”.Albert Einstein

Timetables, time management, running time: time has become a scarce resource in the galloping 21st century. Technological innovation processes made our daily life easier and more comfortable, but also time-starved. Notwithstanding smartphones and ultra-high speed internet connections, problems still need time to be solved.

Joanne Cantor provides 5 tips to a profitable and healthy use of time:

(1) Anticipate
(2) Reconsider
(3) Review
(4) Refresh
(5) Reconnoiter

For more details read the full article

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Image source: Flickr – Tony Verdù Carbò

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