Fact Friday: E-Mail & Productivity
“E-mail is a quick and convenient way to convey information. It is not, however, a great way to build trust and confidence among co-workers collaborating for the first time, researchers say, and it can actually hurt both work relationships and productivity.” Read More: Workzone: E-mail isn’t the way to build trust at work · Steve Twedt [...]
Fact Friday: Communication & Productivity
“The typical businessperson experiences 170 interactions per day (phone calls, hallway conversations, emails) and has a backlog of 200 to 300 hours of uncompleted work.“ [Don't Manage Time, Manage Yourself · David Beardsley · FastCompany.com · March 31, 1998] Do you think this stat has changed much since 1998? //
Fact Friday: Spam
“Spam accounts for 20% of all e-mail traffic. The unwanted messages create integrity issues for IT staff, reduce business productivity, and threaten network integrity.” [The National Office for Information Economy (NOIE) · NAPO Organizing Statistics] photo credit: mamamusing //
Fact Friday: E-Mail
“Email is increasing print volumes by 40%.” [Document Magazine, February 2005] //
Need Help Reading Your BlackBerry E-Mails?
For over a year, I struggled with all the HTML gibberish and hyperlinks when I read e-mails on my BlackBerry. In fact, I didn’t bother to open some of them for fear that my eyes would begin to cross. Then I discovered that some clever company created software to turn all that garble into easy [...]
