When I’m at work, school, or home (I’ve actually reduced this a lot), I use instant messaging to keep in contact with others. i know that it can help productivity, but most times I find that it limits what I can do through the day. I thought it would be a good idea to include some tips I found on digg.

Top 5 Tips

1. Limit your time. Get to the point. While it may seem friendlier to start out by asking about the person’s day, and their family, and their job, and their cat … it wastes a lot of time if you do this many times a day.

2. Have a purpose. Unless you have time to kill, don’t chat just to chat.

3. Get to the point. While it may seem friendlier to start out by asking about the person’s day, and their family, and their job, and their cat … it wastes a lot of time if you do this many times a day.

4. Be concise. While it’s important to be concise in email, in IM it’s even more important.

5. Know when to use IM. There are times when IM is best, when email is best, when the phone is best, etc. Get to know when IM is the best way to communicate.

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