Reply to All + Office Ettiquette

I love a good office, as in: windows, lots of sunlight, some plants, photobooth pics of lovely coworkers, a wonderfully open boss, and a marvelous event planning system. Being quite new to office culture, I have picked up a few new tips that I have had to make note of in the reporter moleskine that I carry around with me everywhere.

For today, I thought I'd show you what our events office looks like at the museum while I list some of the things I've learned. These things relate mostly to an office setting, not specifically to just an events setting. I've been in this office setting for almost a year now, so I definitely feel like I have improved since then!

Some lovely things in our office include the amazing lime-green wall behind my desk. My boss picked out this paint color and I seriously think it adds a brightness to everyday! We also have tons of left overs from events past like that succulents centerpiece that I posted about before.

I also adore our view. We have three circular windows in our office that let in so much light. It's so nice to work with a view of the clouds. There's also the inexpensive/inspirational mugs that I've brought in to hold my pens and pencils that were a gift to me from my brother-in-law to be. 

Now, somethings I have learned while working in the events department of a museum...
Things to note in a contemporary office setting:

• Always Reply to All to an email, it's common courtesy. This is something that I had no idea about when I first started professionally contacting clients, vendors, and even employers. For me, the best way to address this issue was to simply make Reply to All my go-to reply button, so that even if there was no one else CC'ed on something, all of my bases were covered. I made it second nature.
• Read all of your emails before responding to any of them, and before even asking questions. I am still guilty of this to this day. I just get so curious, eager, and I have a penchant for crossing things off my to-do list. So if I answer an email immediately, that's one less thing I have to worry about! Until of course I come across the other 5 emails regarding that email. 
• Double check that you've attached the file that you said you had attached. It's happened to me so many times that I've sent an email in which I said I attached an invoice/photo/diagram and it turns out, it in fact was not attached. It's not the end of the world, but I always feel so green when that happens to me.

Salut, Yelle