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Sharing and Reaching Out

Posted By Lawrence Cunningham On January 2, 2013 @ 12:17 pm In Uncategorized | 4 Comments

In the hunt for elegant communications-speak in our email era, once upon a time it was nice to hear that someone wanted to share something with me and that a colleague from whom I had not heard in a long time wanted to reach out to me.  Overuse, however, now bedevils these nice touches.  Here is an example adapted from recent exchanges:

Assistant to Me: I wanted to share with you that the publisher has shared with me its desire to share with media contacts some advance copies of the manuscript.

Me: Thanks.  Please tell them that’s fine.

Assistant: Great.  I will reach out to the publisher and ask them to reach out to the media contacts.

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4 Comments To "Sharing and Reaching Out"

#1 Comment By mls On January 2, 2013 @ 1:41 pm

Perhaps you will want to join Greg Gutfeld in his “banned phrases.”

#2 Comment By Orin Kerr On January 2, 2013 @ 4:17 pm

You should touch base instead, or perhaps ping them.

#3 Comment By A.J. Sutter On January 2, 2013 @ 8:43 pm

It used to be that “sharing desire” meant something else, too.

#4 Comment By Shag from Brookline On January 3, 2013 @ 7:26 am

Is this a social media variation of the Ponzi scheme/chain letter?

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