Tips, tricks, advice, and answers for the 21st century global workspace. Dear Baird’s CMC, I hear many people talking about how project management can make the difference between a project’s success and failure. My question is, how exactly? What are the tools one uses in the field of project management? How do these tools help in […]
Ask CMC: Making the Most of Remote Meetings
Tips, tricks, advice, and answers for the 21st century global workspace. Dear Baird’s CMC, I am part of a virtual team and find that our frequent meetings are a bit of an ordeal. Some people are shy and awkward; others ramble on and on. We also seem to vacillate between long pauses and everyone trying to […]
Ask CMC: Company Twitter Account Management
Tips, tricks, advice, and answers for the 21st century global workspace. Dear Baird’s CMC, I’m a communications manager, and am soon going to take over the additional responsibility of managing my company’s Twitter account. Since I’ll be doing this for the first time, would you have any tips for effectiveness? – Twitter Trepidation Dear Twitter […]
Ask Baird’s CMC: Email signature
Tips, tricks, advice, and answers for the 21st century global workspace. Dear Baird’s CMC, I want to create an email signature for my professional correspondence. Since my company does not have a standardised format, I need some help. I have seen various email signatures using different styles and containing varied components. Which format is the […]
Ask CMC: Inbox Management
So many of us now have to deal with large volumes of email in addition to our other work tasks. The constant flow of emails that need to be answered can become a real hassle, distracting you throughout the day! Our project management expert, Chris Nial, has some great tips for you to manage […]