Memo
noun
A short note or message, especially one written formally for communication inside a company or organization.
The manager sent a memo to all staff about the new working hours.
Often appears as...
- issue a memo
- send a memo
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A record or reminder of what someone has learned or discovered.
He made a quick memo of the idea on his phone.
Often appears as...
- make a memo
- jot down a memo
noun
A short note or message, especially one written formally for communication inside a company or organization.
The manager sent a memo to all staff about the new working hours.
Often appears as...
- issue a memo
- send a memo
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A record or reminder of what someone has learned or discovered.
He made a quick memo of the idea on his phone.
Often appears as...
- make a memo
- jot down a memo
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Internal Communication
Memos are used for internal information sharing within an organization, not for external communication.
Please read the memo regarding our new lunch policy in the breakroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Tone
A memo maintains a professional tone, avoiding slang or casual language.
The memo stated that the quarterly meeting is postponed, not 'pushed back'.
Pro Tip 3/3Clear Structure
Memos should have a clear structure with headings, bullet points, or numbered lists for easy reading.
The memo entitled 'Safety Protocols' included bulleted steps to follow.
Pro Tip 1/3Internal Communication
Memos are used for internal information sharing within an organization, not for external communication.
Please read the memo regarding our new lunch policy in the breakroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Tone
A memo maintains a professional tone, avoiding slang or casual language.
The memo stated that the quarterly meeting is postponed, not 'pushed back'.
Pro Tip 3/3Clear Structure
Memos should have a clear structure with headings, bullet points, or numbered lists for easy reading.
The memo entitled 'Safety Protocols' included bulleted steps to follow.
Pro Tip 1/3Internal Communication
Memos are used for internal information sharing within an organization, not for external communication.
Please read the memo regarding our new lunch policy in the breakroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Professional Tone
A memo maintains a professional tone, avoiding slang or casual language.
The memo stated that the quarterly meeting is postponed, not 'pushed back'.
Pro Tip 3/3Clear Structure
Memos should have a clear structure with headings, bullet points, or numbered lists for easy reading.
The memo entitled 'Safety Protocols' included bulleted steps to follow.
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A tale of mental illness...
of the cases I've said we've got a case two joined I don't believe in joints but they do hold your body together it's an example of loose associations eventually I made my way back to my dorm room and once they are I couldn't settle down my head was too full of noise too full of orange trees and law memos I could not
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A lesson on looking PIPE...
Then, we analyze it. We say, "What's important? What do I need? What don't I need?" Then, we articulate it in a conversation, in a memo, in a text, in an email. And then, we we make a decision. We all do this multiple times a day, but we don't realize what a role seeing and looking plays
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The Battle for the Soul...
google ai ethics researcher and black woman was allegedly forced out google ceo sundar pichai issued a memo apologizing for the way the company handled the case the long-term solution is to help more people of color become computer scientists but there's a more immediate problem one
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Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
glaciers instead hudson drew a line that was a whole lot more east than north favoring pakistan hodgson had closed the gap in the border making the new line official on u.s maps but he also tried to keep it quiet hudson authored a memo where he said that this
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Tim Berners-Lee: The...
being part of some big, virtual documentation system in the sky, say on the Internet, then life would be so much easier. Well, once you've had an idea like that it kind of gets under your skin and even if people don't read your memo --
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Upgrading management...
in other words business is rapidly involving and worked as not if we were to take apart this pie chart and replace the word email with memo this could represent the life of a worker one century ago and it's frustrating because
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Mentally-Ill Billionaire...
around hues were dozens of boxes of Kleenex which he continuously stacked and rearranged there's a famous memo he wrote it was called the Kleenex directive and it was a lengthy memo on how to use Kleenex to protect yourself
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How to Write Less but...
so point two point two is grab me whenever you're communicating again i don't care if it's in an email if it's a tweet if it's a note if it's a a memo to a friend grab me what is the most important thing
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To solve old problems,...
Each planarian an ocean unto itself, full of unknowns. One of the common characteristics of all of these animals I've been talking to you about is that they did not appear to have received the memo
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A Black man goes...
These guys seem to live beneath the bridges of said superhighway -- And they also missed the memo about the enlightenment of the internet age. I remember being called highly colorful racial slurs
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A tale of mental illness...
of the cases I've said we've got a case two joined I don't believe in joints but they do hold your body together it's an example of loose associations eventually I made my way back to my dorm room and once they are I couldn't settle down my head was too full of noise too full of orange trees and law memos I could not
Video examples
A lesson on looking PIPE...
Then, we analyze it. We say, "What's important? What do I need? What don't I need?" Then, we articulate it in a conversation, in a memo, in a text, in an email. And then, we we make a decision. We all do this multiple times a day, but we don't realize what a role seeing and looking plays
Video examples
The Battle for the Soul...
google ai ethics researcher and black woman was allegedly forced out google ceo sundar pichai issued a memo apologizing for the way the company handled the case the long-term solution is to help more people of color become computer scientists but there's a more immediate problem one
Video examples
Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
glaciers instead hudson drew a line that was a whole lot more east than north favoring pakistan hodgson had closed the gap in the border making the new line official on u.s maps but he also tried to keep it quiet hudson authored a memo where he said that this
Video examples
Tim Berners-Lee: The...
being part of some big, virtual documentation system in the sky, say on the Internet, then life would be so much easier. Well, once you've had an idea like that it kind of gets under your skin and even if people don't read your memo --
Video examples
Upgrading management...
in other words business is rapidly involving and worked as not if we were to take apart this pie chart and replace the word email with memo this could represent the life of a worker one century ago and it's frustrating because
Video examples
Mentally-Ill Billionaire...
around hues were dozens of boxes of Kleenex which he continuously stacked and rearranged there's a famous memo he wrote it was called the Kleenex directive and it was a lengthy memo on how to use Kleenex to protect yourself
Video examples
How to Write Less but...
so point two point two is grab me whenever you're communicating again i don't care if it's in an email if it's a tweet if it's a note if it's a a memo to a friend grab me what is the most important thing
Video examples
To solve old problems,...
Each planarian an ocean unto itself, full of unknowns. One of the common characteristics of all of these animals I've been talking to you about is that they did not appear to have received the memo
Video examples
A Black man goes...
These guys seem to live beneath the bridges of said superhighway -- And they also missed the memo about the enlightenment of the internet age. I remember being called highly colorful racial slurs
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Quote examples
James Altucher
American Author
Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. One hundred years from now, your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.
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Jim James
American Musician
Moving and motion tends to make things pop up. But things pop up for me, really, at just odd intervals or at random times that aren't really convenient, so I'm a big fan of the voice memo recorder on my phone. That's the only way I can remember things.
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
American Businessman
The world is full of CEOs that think that just because they write a memo or they write a letter inside an annual report or they give a little video speech that gets sent around the company, they think that's what's really going to affect employees.
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Andrew Yang
American Public Servant
If I need a pick-me-up, I pull up a memo file on my phone and type in three things I'm grateful for. The things I've typed on other days are still there. It's a long list. Always helps.
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Marina and the Diamonds
Welsh Musician
I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious and I don't have idols, so something has to drive me.
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Nell Scovell
American Journalist
Blondness is a core Trump-family value: Both Donald Jr. and Eric got the memo and married blondes.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo.
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Karl Rove
American Politician
Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.
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Matt Gaetz
American Politician
We are a nation of laws, not department-wide memos.
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Orianthi
Australian Musician
I have, like, 1,000 voice memos on my iPhone.
Quote examples
James Altucher
American Author
Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. One hundred years from now, your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.
Quote examples
Jim James
American Musician
Moving and motion tends to make things pop up. But things pop up for me, really, at just odd intervals or at random times that aren't really convenient, so I'm a big fan of the voice memo recorder on my phone. That's the only way I can remember things.
Quote examples
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
American Businessman
The world is full of CEOs that think that just because they write a memo or they write a letter inside an annual report or they give a little video speech that gets sent around the company, they think that's what's really going to affect employees.
Quote examples
Andrew Yang
American Public Servant
If I need a pick-me-up, I pull up a memo file on my phone and type in three things I'm grateful for. The things I've typed on other days are still there. It's a long list. Always helps.
Quote examples
Marina and the Diamonds
Welsh Musician
I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious and I don't have idols, so something has to drive me.
Quote examples
Nell Scovell
American Journalist
Blondness is a core Trump-family value: Both Donald Jr. and Eric got the memo and married blondes.
Quote examples
Howard Rheingold
American Critic
By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo.
Quote examples
Karl Rove
American Politician
Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.
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Matt Gaetz
American Politician
We are a nation of laws, not department-wide memos.
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Orianthi
Australian Musician
I have, like, 1,000 voice memos on my iPhone.
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