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Subject:Re: Business Card Questions From:Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> Date:Wed, 3 Dec 2014 10:10:49 +0200
Tony asked some good questions.
But assuming you need one standard business card, how about "Senior Editor
and Writer"?
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Howard (Haim) Roman -- haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com -- 052-8-592-599 -- ×××× ××××
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> Hi Debbie,
>
> When do you use these cards? Do you represent the different roles at
> different events? If the company won't let you have more than one title, is
> there a problem with just having multiple cards to use for different
> purposes?
>
> A go-to title could be: "Ask me" (like on Starbucks custom beverages)
>
> A question could be: Who uses business cards nowadays anyway? I show QR
> codes and email vcards . ;-)
>
> -Tony
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Debbie Hemstreet <
> D_Hemstreet -at- rambam -dot- health -dot- gov -dot- il> wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I'd really appreciate your input on something. Many of you have been
> > following my activities since I came back to Israel... and we all know
> how
> > important good communication is, particularly when people want to know
> what
> > we do.
> >
> > I need to have new business cards printed here at work, and can only have
> > one title on it. My problem, I have "several" titles and an official
> title
> > for administrative purposes. Could you help me find a "one size fits all"
> > title that could somehow reflect what I am doing officially?
> >
> > My title for the Personnel office is:
> > English Editor for the Administration
> >
> > Here are my officially recognized titles by everyone I work with,
> > including my immediate supervisor: (I even have three different
> signatures
> > set up for my emails!)
> >
> > Editorial Assistant, Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal (administrative
> > tasks, copy editing, DTP, software requirements for the manuscript
> system,
> > and more)
> >
> > English Editor and Writer for the Administration, Marketing, and
> > International Relations (everything from letters to certificates,
> websites,
> > newsletters, marketing collateral, manuscripts for publication, and
> more...)
> >
> > Christian Friends of Rambam Representative, International Relations
> > (involves writing a newsletter for the Christian audience, and
> > meeting/speaking to Christian groups who come to visit)
> >
> > I'd really appreciate your thoughts and advice on what to call myself. NO
> > ONE here has any comprehension of Technical Communication (which is
> > definitely part of what I do).
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Debbie
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