Netiquette
for email – the fastest social and demographic equalizer
The following document is a summary of
items that educational institutions, professional organizations and legislators
can institute to benefit those they service and represent. This compilation is intended to have those in
positions of authority to assist Netiquette IQ in implementing their products
and services. Society is undergoing a
rapidly increasing wealth gap.
Furthermore, the educational system in the United States is falling
behind globally, currently ranked 17th. To make matters even worse, the recent
government sequester and legislatures have contributed to state and local
funding being significantly reduced, resulting in higher teacher to student
ratios. The demographic areas most
negatively impacted include:
1. Minorities
2. Immigrants
3. Those with lesser education
4. Unemployed
5. Underemployed
6. Those with no familiarly of
Netiquette
7. Younger users who primarily
text or tweet
8. Inner cities.
There is no area
today that can bring about a quicker parity realization for minorities and the disadvantaged
with majority middle and upper class groups than proper email communications.
Public
speaking and self-improvement pioneer, Dale Carnegie said, we are judged by
four things:
1) What we do
2) What we say
3) How we look
4) How we say it
Additionally,
research studies contend that:
·
Up
to 85% of one’s success is due to how
they present themselves
·
Only
15% of a person’s training is usually
related to achieving long term goals
A
simple course in Netiquette comprising one semester or trimester of study can
bring a person low in email Netiquette skills to a significantly higher and
considerably more competitive level of capability. Unfortunately, the tools
necessary for this education are virtually non-existent. Netiquette IQ looks to change the landscape
of this and deliver quality tools to thoroughly and rapidly educate any email
user from any demographic so that the result will be an improved and empowered
email sender who will have a more equal playing field with all other
users. So of the four aspects of Dale
Carnegie’s axiom, the three that can be conveyed in an email, what we do, what
we say and how we say it, will be addressed.
Allowing
minorities and underprivileged children to foster and maintain poor Netiquette
and email ethics is detrimental to their long term successes much as junk food
and soft drinks are detrimental to their long term health. Not
giving children and young adults Netiquette is a form of educational
suppression. As stated earlier, the USA
currently ranks 17th in the world in terms of education. Many of these countries, including Finland
(#1) and South Korea (#2), have substantial Netiquette programs as part of
their respective curriculum. This puts
our children and young adults, particularly minorities, even further behind in
opportunities to advance. As with many
aspects of education, many disciplines are far more difficult to learn or
adjust to once a person leaves school and goes past their formative years.
Senior
Citizens are also a Netiquette minority
Senior citizens,
many of them new to email use, often are far less familiar with how email works
and they are at a disadvantage with low Netiquette skills, even though their
basic writing skills are above average. Their skills can be greatly improved
with, most often, fewer improvement resources than other demographic groups.
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In
addition to this blog, Netiquette IQ
has a website with great assets which are being added to on a regular basis. I
have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, “Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive
Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". My new book, “You’re
Hired! Super Charge Your Email Skills in 60 Minutes. . . And Get That Job!”
will be published soon follow by a trilogy of books on Netiquette for young
people. You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:
www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki
If
you would like to listen to experts in all aspects of Netiquette and
communication, try my radio show on BlogtalkRadio Additionally,
I provide content for an online newsletter via paper.li. I
have also established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and Yahoo. I am
also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and
Minding Manners among others. Further, I regularly consult for the Gerson
Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and have been a contributor
to numerous blogs and publications.
Lastly,
I am the founder and president of Tabula Rosa
Systems, a company that provides “best of breed” products for network,
security and system management and services. Tabula Rosa has a new blog and Twitter site which offers great IT product
information for virtually anyone.
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