Legal Research

"What is 'Technology Etiquette?' You'd Better Learn."

This post was written by Susan Cartier Liebel: "An old post/column I wrote -  e-mail etiquette (or lack thereof) and the impact on clients - led me to check out other technologies which, without policies regarding their use, offend clients and people in general.  There was a great archived article in Missed Manners which discusses the impact of poor etiquette when using Blackberries, PDAs and Smartphones as well as e-mail.

It's worth a read because most people don't realize they are behaving rudely.  As business people we have to be extra-aware or risk our professional and personal reputations and relationships.

Technological advances give us new freedoms.  But they also come with a whole new set of rules regarding their use. If inappropriately used, those very freedoms can impact our behaviors and destroy our professional and personal relationships.

Continue reading this interesting post and reach the active links by clicking on the author's name.

Source: Build a Solo Practice, 16 August 2010. © SPU 2010 Susan Cartier Liebel, reproduced with permission.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).