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Books : Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and HomeIn association with Amazon.comfrom: Random House Audio  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 658.054692 EAN: 9780739344354 Format: Abridged, Audiobook ISBN: 0739344358 Label: Random House Audio Manufacturer: Random House Audio Number Of Items: 2 Publication Date: April 17, 2007 Publisher: Random House Audio Release Date: April 17, 2007 Studio: Random House Audio Sales Rank: 1111253 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: • When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? • What is the crucial–and most often overlooked–line in an email? • What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? Enter Send. Whether you email just a little or never stop, here, at last, is an authoritative and delightful audiobook that shows how to write the perfect email anywhere. Send also points out the numerous (but not always obvious) times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). The secret is, of course, to think before you click. Send is nothing short of a survival guide for the digital age–wise, brimming with good humor, and filled with helpful lessons from the authors’ own email experiences (and mistakes). In short: absolutely e-ssential. Amazon.com Review: An April 2007 Significant 7 Editors' Pick: Funny, engaging, and oh-so-practical, Send is the ultimate etiquette handbook for email, making David Shipley and Will Schwalbe the "Miss Manners" resource for the digital age. Full of practical insights, Send is an invaluable resource for anyone who uses email, and is guaranteed to help you "think before you click." We are not the only fans of this important book. We asked psychologist, science journalist, and bestselling author Daniel Goleman to read Send and give us his take. Check out his exclusive guest review below. --Daphne Durham Guest Reviewer: Daniel Goleman  Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses, and is the author of many bestselling books, including Emotional Intelligence and most recently, Social Intelligence. Poor Michael Brown. During the darkest days of the Hurricane Katrina debacle, Brown, then director of FEMA, the agency that so badly bungled the rescue efforts, sent this email: "Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home?" Emails can come back to haunt us--any of us. Few among us have mastered this medium, and only slowly are we realizing its dangers. From the earliest days of email people "flamed", sending off irritating or otherwise annoying messages. One explanation for the failure to inhibit our more unruly impulses online is a mismatch between the screen we stare at as we email, and the cues the social circuits of the brain use to navigate us through an interaction effectively: on email there is no tone of voice, no facial expression. When we talk to someone on the phone or face-to-face these circuits would ordinarily squelch impulses that will seem "off." Lacking these crucial cues, flaming occurs. It's not just flaming--I've sent my fair share of emails that were, in retrospect, embarrassing, too familiar or formal, or otherwise wrong in tone. Email invites these lapses in social intelligence in part because the social brain flies blind. In the absence of the other person's real-time emotional signals we need to take a moment to shift from focusing on our own feelings and thoughts, and intentionally focus on the other person, even in absentia, and consider, How might this message come across? The peril of being off-key is amplified by the temptation to hit SEND prematurely: before we've thought it over and had a chance to ease up on that too-stiff tone, drop that bit of sarcasm, and remember to ask about the kids. In the old days of letter writing--a dying art--we had plenty of time to rewrite before sealing the envelope, and so flaming letters were far more rare than red-hot emails. And so the brave new world of email could benefit from a civilizing force, a voice that articulates the ground rules online. Enter Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home, a new book by David Shipley (an old friend of mine) and Will Schwalbe. Send not only articulates the way to win--or keep--friends online, but offers practical tips on both email etiquette and on the writing style most suitable. In this witty and wise book Shipley and Schwalbe give essential guidance on vital matters like the politics of using Cc (nobody likes to be left out); when to just reply and when to "Reply All"; the danger of the URGENT subject (too many and you cry wolf); fine-tuning your greetings to fit the relationship (if you use the wrong one, you can lose them at hello); how best to apologize online (put the word 'sorry' in the subject or else the email may never be read). But Send is far more than Miss Manners for the Web; it's brimming with fascinating insights. For example, now that email has become the way we talk, showing up in person has added impact as the ultimate compliment, signifying that the person, meeting or project has special importance for you. Years ago a slim volume by Strunk and White, The Elements of Style, laid out the ground rules for good writing; the book became a bible for authors, widely known just as "Strunk and White." Send should make Shipley and Schwalbe the "Strunk and White" for the Web. --Daniel Goleman (www.danielgoleman.info) Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "Native speaker's" grammar book of e-mailIf you are naturally good at writing good e-mails, how do you teach someone else to compose better e-mails? It's like being a native speaker and trying to teach someone your language without knowing anything about grammar. You would need a textbook and here it comes! I actually got this book because I receive bad e-mails way too often. Time after time I'm shocked by how many people do this -- customers, colleagues, you name it! So in order to understand these offenders better I bought ... Read More Rating: - Don't give it away, you'll never get it back!In these days of constant email, anything that helps educate about good email use and etiquette is a good idea in my book. We immediately implemented some of the suggestions made in this book. But as with anything, rules are meant to be broken, so take it for what it's worth. This was so hot in my office that it made all the rounds - and I never got it back! It's a good, quick read and very actionable. Rating: - Short and sweet... perhaps itself a bit like an email! I personally prefer email for most of my communications, and I think my kind don't get a totally fair shake in this book. Email can have its advantages in charged situations. Like a letter, you have time to think about exactly what you want to say, and if necessary, you have time to calm down. If you're struggling with strong emotions, your face and/or voice will probably show them; if necessary, you can keep these to yourself in an email. Email ... Read More Rating: - A Must-Own for both the Savvy and the CluelessThis breezy tome will do an excellent job of making a savvy writer from even the most oblivious Luddite. It is to internet communication what The Elements of Style is to the written word: clear, concise instruction that elaborates not only on what should be done, but explains why. Email was thrust upon an unsuspecting populace years ago; unlike English grammar and composition, the proper use of email in not learned in most classrooms, and this witty book feels a much needed gap. If- ... Read More Rating: - Should be Required Reading!"Do you know someone who drives you crazy with their email? Then rush out and buy this book immediately. Give them a copy of Send, which should be required reading for anyone who uses email." Browse for similar items by category:
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