Electronic Communication

Presentation

Email Attachments

• Files you attach and send with an email message.

Bcc• Blind carbon copy• Sending an email message to multiple people

but they cannot see who you sent the email message to.

Blogs

• Electronic forums• Anyone can comment on the topic or

introduce a new topic• Anyone can create and maintain a blog

Cancel

• Use this button when you decide not to finish and send an email message

Cc

• Carbon copy• To send an email

message to secondary recipients

Chat

• Real-time written conversations with a group of people.

Delete

• Button to delete email messages

Delivery Failure

• Failure to send email messages and dropped cell phone calls.

Email

• Electronic mail, similar to snail mail but much, much faster

Forward

• Receive an email message and send it on to someone else

Fraud

• Unethical people who try to trick you into giving something up

• This is against the law

Google Docs

• Free, online, application software for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations

Google Drive

• Cloud Technology• Storage for files

Reply

• Button that lets you respond to the person who sent you an email message

Reply to all

• Button that lets you respond to all the people addressed in an email message

• It is rarely a good idea to reply to all

Save Draft

• A button that lets you save an email message until you can finish it later

Send• A button that will get your email message on

its way to someone

Social Networks

• Facebook• Free, online service to help you stay in touch

with family and friends

SPAM

• Junk email• Unsolicited!• Unwanted!

Spelling

• Even though you are sending a message to family, always spell check, grammar check, and proofread

• This is a MUST if you are sending business communication

Subject

• The purpose for the email message• Keep it short and to the point

What is this email about?

Teleconferencing

• Using a special telephone device to communicate verbally with groups of people

To:

• The address of the

person you are sending

the email message to.

Twitter

• Social network• You can send short text messages over the

Internet

Videoconferencing

• Using the Internet to see and speak to people

• Skype is a videoconferencing service

Viruses

• Software programs designed to damage hardware, software, and files

Wikis

• A knowledge database written collaboratively through the efforts of many people