Memo Maestros Gifts

'We don't want to interfere with your interests, Crawford, but would you mind using our regular inter-office mail service?'

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

"I'd say we were pretty much on target."

"Here, we do not procrastinate, we 'table' things."

Four children playing the flute.

Text Culture

Presentation: Thinking each other are idiots.

'Ms Simpson, I believe I've finally done it. I've written the Great American Memo.'

"You're good at asking all the right questions. Now let's hear some right answers."

"You're writing a memoir? You're seven years old. Do you honestly think you can capture the interest of readers with such a short—wait, is that my name?!"

Busking, "Stop worrying your father for money."

Target your message

A woman playing a keyboard

'A few messages came in during your lunch break.'

Two plans - one long-term and one short-term.

'My manuscript is available for download on the internet. I'll email the link to you.'

"Well, it could be the rising tide of consumer indifference to our company's latest product, or it might be the sink in the men's bathroom acting up again. We're still not sure."

"Most people forget they've had amnesia."

Man with post it note

'I can't write cheating songs because my wife's too insecure.'

'Ooops! My mistake. That was the yearly budget estimate, no the monthly estimate.'

'Enter, His Royal Globalness...'

'I apologize for sending out the meeting memo late. Let me summarize by saying that the entire board is being replaced starting tomorrow.'

"Oh he also likes Wagner's 'Flight Of The Valkyries' played whenever he enters a room."

"And what my plan may lack in coherence, it makes up for in the exhilerating momentum created by all of these super-cool arrows!"

'Good - we're finally all on the same rampage.'

"He's cooing on the ledge. May I take a message?"

'let's see if we can find any loopholes in this 'honesty-is-the-best-policy' nonsense.'

"Yeah, but no progress in meeting..."

The boss and her baby

Study more to pass more tests.

"Next?? How should I know what comes next?"

'It's another office memo from that Mr. Tolstoy.'

"Costs have risen by 200% and we are behind schedule. We are living up to our acronym gentlemen and I am not happy about it!!"

Communicating with clients without using buzzwords posed a challenge for the consultants.