When there comes an invitation for an event there would always be hard to say "No” in an invitation. From our childhood, we are groomed after accepting the request, respecting the elders and similar alike. And it is really hard for us to deny the invitation when we don’t have a good excuse. At a time, we also tend to think in a negative way and this can cause problems in their relationship. This habit of not denying or not saying "No” always hampers us. But in the professional setting, it is as much as important to say "No” like saying "Yes”.
Respecting and thanking for the invitation and reasoning shortly for excuse for not attending the event with polite and humble words can helps to maintain the emotions and relationship. This is why; while saying "No” one should always be graceful. Saying "NO” is very important because this habit helps to established the prioritization of events, works and people, builds a habit to say polite deny or refusal (Whitemore, 2014).
I can relate this with one incident in my office. One of my friends working in another organization invites me for the event called "HR meet” which is hosted by their organization. The organization where she works is our strong competitor. Knowing this, I was not allowed to attend their event by my company. Then I wrote a message for her saying
Dear Sanju,
Thank you for the invitation. The event theme "HR meet” is very interesting that we will really get chance to meet the corporate personnel. This event is going to be an important and successful. But sorry to say that I’m not able to attend the event due to some meeting which I had already fixed some days ago. I would be glad if you share me the events’ thoughts in our next meet.
Good luck for the event.
Thank you.
Regards,
Dinesh Shrestha
When concluding negative response, we can express goodwill or well-wishing for the reader and their projects but we should not sound hypocritical. As soon as we realize we cannot commit, we should let that person know quickly because most events require planning & budgeting (Mayne, 2017). Also, honestly inform them the reason for not attending the event and respect their invitation by thanking them, will always works better rather giving the false commitment. We might also suggest some alternatives.
When there comes an invitation for an event there would always be hard to say "No” in an invitation. From our childhood, we are groomed after accepting the request, respecting the elders and similar alike. And it is really hard for us to deny the invitation when we don’t have a good excuse. At a time, we also tend to think in a negative way and this can cause problems in their relationship. This habit of not denying or not saying "No” always hampers us. But in the professional setting, it is as much as important to say "No” like saying "Yes”.
Respecting and thanking for the invitation and reasoning shortly for excuse for not attending the event with polite and humble words can helps to maintain the emotions and relationship. This is why; while saying "No” one should always be graceful. Saying "NO” is very important because this habit helps to established the prioritization of events, works and people, builds a habit to say polite deny or refusal (Whitemore, 2014).
I can relate this with one incident in my office. One of my friends working in another organization invites me for the event called "HR meet” which is hosted by their organization. The organization where she works is our strong competitor. Knowing this, I was not allowed to attend their event by my company. Then I wrote a message for her saying
Dear Sanju,
Thank you for the invitation. The event theme "HR meet” is very interesting that we will really get chance to meet the corporate personnel. This event is going to be an important and successful. But sorry to say that I’m not able to attend the event due to some meeting which I had already fixed some days ago. I would be glad if you share me the events’ thoughts in our next meet.
Good luck for the event.
Thank you.
Regards,
Dinesh Shrestha
When concluding negative response, we can express goodwill or well-wishing for the reader and their projects but we should not sound hypocritical. As soon as we realize we cannot commit, we should let that person know quickly because most events require planning & budgeting (Mayne, 2017). Also, honestly inform them the reason for not attending the event and respect their invitation by thanking them, will always works better rather giving the false commitment. We might also suggest some alternatives.
References
Mayne, D. (2017). How to politely decline an invitation. In thespurce. Retrieved from thespruce.com/how-to-politely-decl...
Whitemore, J. (2014). Why ‘No’ is the most important Word you’ll ever say?. In entrepreneur . Retrieved from entrepreneur.com/article/233122