Email Etiquette

Why do you need email etiquette?
A company needs to implement etiquette rules for the following three reasons:

• Professionalism - by using proper email language your company will convey a professional image.

• Efficiency - emails that get to the point are much more effective than poorly worded emails.

• Protection from liability - employee awareness of email risks will protect your company from costly law suits.

What are the etiquette rules?

There are many etiquette guides and many different etiquette rules. Some rules will differ according to the nature of your business and the corporate culture. Below we list what we consider as the 32 most important email etiquette rules that apply to nearly all companies.

32 most important email etiquette tips:

1. Be concise and to the point
2. Answer all questions, and pre-empt further questions
3. Use proper spelling, grammar & punctuation
4. Make it personal
5. Use templates for frequently used responses
6. Answer swiftly
7. Do not attach unnecessary files
8. Use proper structure & layout
9. Do not overuse the high priority option
10. Do not write in CAPITALS
11. Don't leave out the message thread
12. Add disclaimers to your emails
13. Read the email before you send it
14. Do not overuse Reply to All
15. Mailings > use the bcc: field or do a mail merge
16. Take care with abbreviations and emoticons
17. Be careful with formatting
18. Take care with rich text and HTML messages
19. Do not forward chain letters
20. Do not request delivery and read receipts
21. Do not ask to recall a message.
22. Do not copy a message or attachment without permission
23. Do not use email to discuss confidential information
24. Use a meaningful subject
25. Use active instead of passive
26. Avoid using URGENT and IMPORTANT
27. Avoid long sentences
28. Don't send or forward emails containing libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks
29. Don't forward virus hoaxes and chain letters
30. Keep your language gender neutral
31. Don't reply to spam
32. Use cc: field sparingly

How do you enforce email etiquette?

The first step is to create a written email policy. This email policy should include all the do's and don'ts concerning the use of the company's email system and should be distributed amongst all employees. Secondly, employees must be trained to fully understand the importance of email etiquette. Finally, implementation of the rules can be monitored by using email management software and email response tools.

Courtesy to www.emailreplies.com

Advantages of Managing Virtual Company

COST

Virtual teams can help companies lower overhead costs and labor. There are teams of inexpensive, highly skilled labor forces in various locations around the world who can't or do not want to be relocated. Access by communication to these labor forces leads many organizations to offshore certain functions traditionally performed in-house or by contractors. This is an appealing option to many organizations looking to reduce overall project and maintenance costs. By outsourcing the development of an application to Philippines, for example, an organization can reduce the cost of a project. This is because Philippines, in addition to many other countries, has a large population of highly educated people who can be accessed with today's advanced communications technology. This allows the company to pay someone in Philippines much less to do the same work compared to someone working locally in the U.S. Virtual teams also reduce travel, accommodations, and other miscellaneous expenses for team members.

TIME and FOCUS

Managing a virtual company can consume a huge amount of time - time that could be spent building the business. The office conflicts, tensions, and politics are minimized and nearly eliminated in a virtual company. Because people are physically separated, many of the negative and time-consuming aspects of the "office dynamic" simply cannot take root, thus freeing the entrepreneur to focus on building the business.

EFFECTIVITY

In terms of effectivity, Although the absence of a "normal" office environment changes the job of managing people, it doesn't eliminate the need for doing so effectively. In fact, it introduces new challenges the founder must be aware of. As in every area of business - and life - these challenges are the flip side of a set of advantages that prompted the model to take hold in the first place.

Anime Coloring

Coloring Anime Using Photoshop

Mecha Colorist Eman conduct a seminar on how to color Mecha Drawings like Transformers and other Anime Characters. He shared techniques and he gave us tips on how to color, the color combination, angles, lighting's and other related ideas about coloring.

Our Digital Graphics Manipulation(DISIGMA) instructor told us to do coloring for our final exam. The above image is the one I choose to color. The original image is from BOUDEWIJN SIMONS.

Mystery Island Environment

NEW SCREEN SHOTS

Abandoned Village, it will serve as 4rt Level in Sid's Challenges in Mystery Island. Sid is being cursed by the Goddess and to break the curse Sid must complete all the challenges. It has 5 Levels and the Forest will be the first.

Thank you to my group mates John Kimuel Nieva and Irene Narvaez. :D

Before and After "Blogger Template"

BEFORE

AFTER

Before and After of my Template, from Minima Black Free Template of Blogger to my X-Habit Modified Template. I have 25 edits.

Click here to view the code.

Sids Journey - Tour

Take a tour in Mystery Island.

Sid's Journey Beyond Mystery - A 3-Dimensional Adventure Game

THESIS UPDATE

Screen shoots of our game environment.

As I've said in my post before I will post our updates here for you to know our status. The update we made is on game environment, the forest, palm land, water, cave, orc village, church, ports, towers, and buildings.