Email Etiquette

Since I began working in education and communicating with students, I’ve read many poorly written and unprofessional emails. As TeenSHARP’s Academic Advisor, my objective is to help students build skills and habits that will help them be successful in both college and career. Professional communication is one of the skills that will help students accomplish long term success with future professors and employers. Below are 9 do’s and don’ts of email etiquette, inspired by the many less-than-professional emails I have received.

Etiquette definition, conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion. See more.

This presentation was designed in response to the growing popularity of email and the subsequent need for information on how to craft appropriate email messages. This presentation will help you send resumes and cover letters via email, and it will help you communicate with teachers / professors.

Professionals communicate in a professional manner at all times. Consummate professionals e-mail as if every message could be on company letterhead. Do you?

Read the Dos and Don'ts of email etiquette with these five simple rules for proper business email etiquette.

Use proper email etiquette for professional correspondence. Follow these rules when writing to your colleagues, clients, boss, and prospective employers.

Etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore gives email etiquette tips to Richard Quest on CNN International.

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Avoid the pitfalls of email and communicate better by following these core rules of email etiquette.

Do you have bad netiquette? In other words, are you appalling colleagues with your awful e-mail manners? Clean-up your act with these etiquette tips from the experts.

Knowing these commonly used email acronyms and abbreviations will save you plenty of time down the line.

E-mail Abbreviations is an interactive tutorial that explains the e-mail shortcuts to younger students.

FYI, I'm OOO until EOD. BTW, PRB this evening with Y/N. If you have no idea what any of these email acronyms mean, let's review them and how you can use them.

What do all these 2 to 4 letter acronyms stand for? Like LOL, HTH, BTW, TTYL, ... used in E-Mail, SMS, Chat, ...

Meanings of acronyms, abbreviations, and slang terms used in online chat, email, and text messaging.