You are writing a book about the advantages and potential pitfalls of using onli

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You are writing a book about the advantages and potential pitfalls of using online collaboration systems for virtual team projects. You would like to include several dozen real-life examples from people in a variety of indus­tries. Fortunately, you publish a highly respected blog on the subject, with several thousand regular readers.

Your task: Write a post for your blog that asks readers to submit brief descriptions of their experiences using collab­oration tools for team projects. Ask them to email stories of how well a specific system or approach worked for them. Explain that they will receive an autographed copy of the book as thanks and that they will need to sign a release form if their stories are used. In addition, emphasize that you would like to use real names—of people, companies, and software—but you can keep the anecdotes anonymous if readers require. To stay on schedule, you need to have these stories by May 20.

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Dear readers,

I would be happy if you could send me your real-life experiences related to usage of online collaboration systems in virtual team projects, for the book I am writing.

As many of you might be aware, I am writing a book regarding the advantages and potential pitfalls of using online collaboration systems for virtual team projects. To add credibility, I would like to use several dozen real-life examples from people in various industries. If you are interested it would be much appreciated if you could submit a brief description of your experiences using collaboration tools for team projects. You can email me the stories of how well a specific system or approach worked for you. I would like to use real names—of people, companies, and software—but I can keep keep the anecdotes anonymous if readers require. I am also delighted to announce that you will receive an autographed copy of my book as a token of thanks for your help

Kingly email me the content by the end of day May 20, so that the book is on schedule.

             Thanking you,
Yours,
XYZ

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