I like the quote and the principle “Thank and recognize in public – repimand in private”. That’s a great practice to remember.

Last year I wrote an article titled STOP – Stop Treating Other Poorly. If interested you can read at http://www.JustGetserious.com/STOP.htm

Number 12 on my list is “Forgetting or deciding not to say ‘Congratulations,’ ‘Great Job,’ or other appreciative and complimentary comments to those who deserve hearing them.” Of course “Not saying thank you” is on the list along with 24 other behaviors we need to stop doing.

You are so right to correct me about how necessary thank-you’s are in real life. It’s SOOOO welcomed. Recently, we wrote a thank-you email to someone and did the traditional thank-you yadda yadda. But, we also included a note to him about how great two of his employees were. One of those employees wrote back to us, “That call-out to my boss – WOW!! So nice.”

Sort of reminds me of something I learned so long ago I can’t remember who said it, but it goes something like “Thank and recognize in public – reprimand in private.”

Your note is a good reminder to do it online, or offline. Thanks.

As an achievement and business speaker, I cannot tell you the number of times I have mentioned the importance of saying “thank you” during a speech and have gotten loud applauses as if I had said something revolutionary. After the presentation, people will approach me to talk specifically about that one message. Their remarks include comments like “Yes, you are so very right”, “I wish my manager could have heard you”, “Can you PLEASE come to my office and tell that to everyone I work with”.

Unfortunately, common courtesies like saying please, thank you, holding the door open for the person behind you, and other signs of good manners are becoming a lost art. Thanks for reminding all of us to be more conscious of saying thank regularly.

An NSA friend, we bumped into Meryl again on Twitter. She wrote, oddly enough, about David Meerman Scott in a recent post on her blog, which is how we sort of re-connected in this weird online social networking world. Kind of cool.

Here’s her blog post about Meerman Scott – http://tinyurl.com/merylmeerman

I’m learning the ropes, and will say that your response and acknowledgment of who I am definitely got my attention.

I’ve been in a speaking whirlwind, but when my feet hit the ground, I will review my followers, thank them for picking me and find a point of connection. And I’ll tell the one’s I’m following why I think they’re cool.

I only wish I did have the time to read The Same Rowdy Crowd every single day. It would be my new newspaper. Hmmm… For those of you who don’t know, Ellen is writing about newspapers these days on the Crowd blog – particularly about saving the Minneapolis Tribune. But, she writes about a ton of things, and I always learn something – like the great journalism blog mentioned in this post about Ariana Huffington giving a huge slug of money to support investigative journalism – http://tinyurl.com/rowdyhuffington

I’d say a lot more about the Rowdy Crowd blog, but my brother is one of the writers, and I don’t want to be accused of favoritism. Go look at the section called “who are those guys?”

If you don’t have enough time to write a blog, consider getting together with a bunch of people you know and write about what you know. It’s one of the best group blogs I know about anywhere on the web. But, then, my brother writes for it – so consider the source.

No matter what – read Ellen.

Folks, I’ve never “met” Michael. But I feel as if I have. And a large part of the reason why is that he’s been such a generous gentleman on the social media sites we both habituate.

This is the true value of this brave new world.. connecting in ways and with people we never could have before.

Well done, Michael.

Ellen

The best thing ever for a blogger is to get a note like yours some time after the article is posted. Made my day. And, yes, we probably should have said that folks don’t say thanks in email anymore. But, hey, they don’t send thank-you cards, either. Want to really make someone’s day? Send them a real live paper (made from trees) thank you card – and they will positively freak out.

Oh, and thanks for making such a great site!

Megan

Two of the smarter women in the world saying nice things about our article is a cool thank you in and of itself. Thanks!