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Collaboration Etiquette
General etiquette
• take pride in how you appear to others
• respect other people’s privacy
• be forgiving of other people’s mistakes
• direct a critique at the issue rather than at an individual
• take some time to thoughtfully compose submissions
• do not forward private mail without the creator’s consent
• messages in a conference belong to the group, and not necessarily to everyone in the school or the Internet.
Treat the subject as a headline
The reader should be able to determine what your message is about before opening it. A good subject will enable your peers to prioritize their time.
Quoting guidelines
Help the reader focus on your reply by quoting only what is relevant.
Delete messages
Not all messages need to be permanent. For example, if you've found a set of car keys you could delete the message when the owner had been found. Sending a second message to say you've found the owner makes people read two messages.
Use the right conference
Where you send your message will also help people prioritize their time. If the principal were to send a message to Daily Announcements and one to Buy and Sell, you would prioritize the importance of the two messages intuitively. However, if both messages arrived in the Employee Lounge conference it would be much harder to determine the priority.
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