http://ayoungprofessional.com/2009/11/15/communication-starting-point/ Mistakes I've made, lessons I've learnt and where to next Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ayoungprofessional.com/2009/11/15/communication-starting-point/#comment-30 JW Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:17:31 +0000 http://ayoungprofessional.wordpress.com/?p=139#comment-30 I'm quite a big fan of the instant msger @ work as it's not quite as invasive as a phonecall/face2face - people can answer at their own pace i.e. like an email but in a less formal structure, one drawback is the lack of audit trail compared to email. whilst it's all recorded, it's more expensive to dig out the content versus your sent folder a big plus for me is that you can also use the availability status to determine whether someone is available, especially useful if you don't work in the same floor, building, country or timezone It's also good for some chitchat to build relationships/networks It's good for some instant quick answers Depending on the urgency and importance and the relationship with the person I'm communicating to: I would usually use email, then follow up with f2f if they are sit closeby and phonecall if they are sit far away. I’m quite a big fan of the instant msger @ work as it’s not quite as invasive as a phonecall/face2face – people can answer at their own pace i.e. like an email but in a less formal structure, one drawback is the lack of audit trail compared to email. whilst it’s all recorded, it’s more expensive to dig out the content versus your sent folder
a big plus for me is that you can also use the availability status to determine whether someone is available, especially useful if you don’t work in the same floor, building, country or timezone
It’s also good for some chitchat to build relationships/networks
It’s good for some instant quick answers
Depending on the urgency and importance and the relationship with the person I’m communicating to:
I would usually use email, then follow up with f2f if they are sit closeby and phonecall if they are sit far away.

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