PowerPoint Presentation Content Slides Include: • Definition/s of office etiquette • Etymology ' office • Etymology ' etiquette • Learning objectives for this presentation • Office etiquette (20 points) and using your cell phone at work (5 rules) • Important calls (6 points) and finding a private place (5 points) • Where to not bring your cells phone (7 points) • The importance of email etiquette (13 points) • Minding your manners in emails (8 points) and tone (15 points) • Being concise (5 points) and not abbreviating (8 points) • What’s in a name (15 points) and spelling and grammar (10 points) • Attachments (10 points) and making a good first impression (5 points) • Nine top office party do not's (26 points) • Keeping it simple for eating etiquette at work (4 points) • Customers and your phone (4 points) and watching your timing (6 points) • Considering your colleagues (4 points) and office bathroom etiquette (9 points) • Office attire (8 points) and casual attire (10 points) • Smart casual (11 points) and formal professional business attire (12 points) • Showing consideration in open and partitioned workplaces (18 points) • Smells (6 points) and tact and diplomacy (7 points) • Dog-proofing (8 points) and dog manners (5 points) • Harmony (6 points) and coming prepared (10 points) • Expecting the unexpected (8 points) and taking out the trash (6 points) • Ten-minute breaks (5 points) and new moms and moms-to-be (4 tips) • Telling the boss (6 points) and morning sickness (12 points) • When to tell your co-workers (8 points) and gift-giving between colleagues (7 points) • Gift-giving (9 guidelines) and giving gifts to your boss (11 points) • Giving gifts to employees (10 points) and answering calls (28 points) • Making telephone calls (11 points) and reconsidering the Twitter commentary (5 points) • Understanding @ replies (10 points) and going easy on the acronyms (4 points) • Not worrying about followers (5 points) and re-tweeting properly (6 points) • Sending business greeting cards (22 tips) and signing (5 points) • Tele-class etiquette (12 tips) and introducing yourself (6 points) • Using mute (9 points) and minimizing background noise (9 points) • Basic etiquette for business meals (26 tips) • Office etiquette for recent grads (15 points) and college being over (4 points) • Watching your language (8 points) • Actions steps (16 points).

1. OFFICE
ETIQUETE
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Program Objectives
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Office Etiquette
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Understand why office etiquette is important.
Understand how/when you should use your cell
phone, telephone, email and twitter at work.
Understand how to behave at office parties and
business meals.
Learn important eating and bathroom etiquette.

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Program Objectives
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Explore the different office attire standards.
Learn what is important when working in open
and partitioned workplaces/offices.
Identify the challenges when you bring your
dog into the office or you become a mother.

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Program Objectives
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Follow gift giving and business greeting card
sending guidelines for the office.
Explore important tele-class etiquette.

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Why Office Etiquette?
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Bad language
Excessive workplace gossip
Drinking on the job
Leaving without telling anyone
Too many personal calls
Top five reasons given by surveyed managers, for firing employees:

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Top Rules for Using Cell Phones at
Work
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Having your cell phone at
work can be useful and
can also be very
disruptive.
When it comes to using your
cell phone at work, you have
to be mindful of your co-
workers and your boss, not to
mention your own ability to
get your job done.

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It is Important Because…
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"Can U plz send info on
careers?"
This is appropriate for
communicating with
your buddies through
instant messaging:
It is not for
writing to
someone you
have never met.
Some use what can only be described as some sort of shorthand:

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Mind Your Manners
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What three words have
a total of only 14 letters
yet carry a great deal of
meaning?
People may not notice
these words when they
are there:
However, if you forget
to use them, you'll
come across looking
disrespectful and
ungrateful.
These very powerful
words are “Please” and
“Thank You.”

9. Tone is a difficult thing to interpret through
email.
Remember when your parents would say "Don't
use that tone of voice with me, young lady (or
young man)?"
Your feelings come across by the way you say
anything.
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Your Tone
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Your Tone
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It is easy to change
your tone when you
are speaking.
A writing tone can
easily be misperceived.
Whenever you write
an email, read your
message over several
times before you hit
send.
You want to make sure
you come across as
respectful, friendly, and
approachable.

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Your Tone
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You do not want to
sound curt or
demanding.
Sometimes, just
rearranging your
paragraphs will help.
If you are writing to
someone you have
communicated with
before, you might want
to begin by saying "I
hope you are well."

12. Email writers often use
emoticons to convey a
certain tone.
Emoticons are little
faces made up by
arranging
parentheses, colons,
and semi-colons. For
example :-)
If you write to
someone frequently
and you have a less
formal relationship,
then emoticons are
okay.
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Your Tone
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13. If you are writing to a prospective employer,
stick to words only.
Avoid writing your message using all upper case
letters. It looks like you're shouting.
Do not use all lower case letters either. Some
people
say it will make it seem like you are mumbling and
unprofessional.
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Your Tone
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Don't Wear Suggestive Clothing
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If you wouldn't wear it to
the office, consider not to
wear it to the office party.
Your clothes can be more
festive than those you wear to
work:
(Think sequins, color, and
sparkles!) However, the
clothing should not be
revealing.

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Keep It Simple
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It does not matter if you
prefer a plate of spaghetti to
eating a Chow Mein with
chop sticks in the workplace:
Keep it simple if you are
planning to eat at your desk.
Stick to things like:
sandwiches, a pie or a pastry, or
something that can be kept in a
pot or small plastic container
and eaten simply with a fork or
spoon.

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Casual
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This would normally
constitute the type of
clothing that you might
wear on a daily basis if
you were not in work.
T-shirts/sweatshirts
and jeans and denim
skirts might be
perfectly acceptable.
Likewise, trainers or
sandals might
equally be fine.

17. In general, adopt a
policy of treating people
how you would like to
be treated.
This is usually a good
benchmark to ensuring a
harmonious workspace.
Also, remember that not
everybody will share the
same values as you.
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Tact and Diplomacy
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18. Constant barking and jumping
up on your colleagues can be a
bit distracting in a business
meeting:
No matter how cute he/she is!
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Miss/Mister Manners
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19. If you can do your job
throughout your
pregnancy:
Keep doing it for as
long as you are
physically
able to.
Review the short-term
disability policy of the
company you work for
and all medical
policies.
Some companies
classify pregnancy
as a short-term
disability:
While others have a
maternity leave
policy.
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Tell the Boss
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20. Find what gifts have been given in the past.
Is there a dollar limit set?
When are gifts normally exchanged?
Giving a bag of jellybeans to one co-worker and an elaborate gift basket to another could cause
resentment.
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Gift Giving Between Colleagues
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Answering Calls
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Do not eat or drink while
on telephone:
Only eat or drink during
your break.
Do not use slang
words or poor
language:
Respond clearly.
Never use swear
words.
Address the caller
properly by title
i.e., Good afternoon
Mr./Ms. Sanders.
Never address an
unfamiliar caller by
his or her first name.

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No Speaker Phones
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It can make you sound
like you are in a tunnel.
Any activities you are
engaged in are audible
to others.
It can be annoying,
distracting, or impede
others ability to hear
and understand.

23. Put the butter on your bread & butter plate.
Break (don’t cut) the bread .
Take one bite at a time.
Butter each bite individually.
Do not create a bigger mess than necessary on your plate.
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Bread & Butter
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24. Your co-workers and
employers would rather you
be forthcoming than find out
that you made a mistake after
your report has gone to the
Senior Vice President with
bad numbers intact.
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College is Over
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Watch your Language
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Whatever the work
environment, you will
probably become part of
a hierarchical
organization.
Not everyone is your
peer: So it’s important
not to treat your co-
workers like you treated
your roommates.
Stop dropping those f-
bombs and pick up a “sir”
or “ma’am” where
appropriate.

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