My go-to salutation isn’t even on the poll!

 

I usually go for ‘best wishes’, although from that list would have probably selected ‘kind regards’.

 

Best wishes,

Lee

 

 

 

Dear colleagues

 

I have recently been talking to my students about writing emails in a professional context. They are going to be working on projects with external clients and after the initial face to face meeting will then liaise with them via email.

 

However in doing this, it got me thinking about whether the salutations I suggested were still relevant. Are there better ways to end an email? Does the way we tend to end emails differ to the way a student should end an email to a client or potential employer/job application for example?

 

I decided to put out a quick poll on Twitter to seek the views of my connections. The poll was open for 7 days and received 612 responses and was enlightening in relation to the comments, as people had strong preferences with respect to what they would or would not use.  

 

 

I would like to invite you to contribute your thoughts on this subject. I intend to gather the responses and write up as a blog post, which I will share with you in due course.

 

Best regards (don’t judge me!) 

 

Sue

 

Sue Beckingham NTF, CMBE, SFHEA, FSEDA, CMALT, MSc TELIC, MA, PgCLTHE

National Teaching Fellow | Principal Lecturer in Digital Analytics and Technologies | LTA Lead in Computing | Educational Developer (TEL) | Visiting Fellow Edge Hill University

Sheffield Hallam University | Department of Computing | College of Business, Technology and Engineering | S1 1WB | T: 0114 225 6923 | E: [log in to unmask]

 

 

Latest publications:
Beckingham, S. (2019) Developing a professional online presence and effective network. In C. Rowell (Ed) Social Media in Higher Education: Case Studies, Reflections and Analysis. Open Book Publishers.
Beckingham, S., Wood, C., Paddon, J., Butler, A., Trueman, M. and Rooney, C. (2019) A SMASHing approach for developing staff and student digital capabilities within a Community of Practice. Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 5(1).
Beckingham, S. (2018) Baseline Skills—Scaffolding Soft Skills Development Within the Curriculum. In J, Carter, M. O'Grady and C. Rosen (Eds) Higher Education Computer Science: A Manual of Practical Approaches. Springer.

Social Media for Learning Blog: http://socialmediaforlearning.com/

Publications: SHURA – SHU Research Archive of Publications

About.me: https://about.me/suebecks

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