effective emails
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Effective Emails
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Agenda•When to use email•Effective Subject Lines•Email Content and Style•Format•Signatures•Professionalism
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When to use email
If the communication will require a lot of back-and-forth discussion or if the subject is delicate or sensitive you should call or speak with the person directly
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When to use email
If a discussion is becoming emotionally charged, stop exchanging emails. Speak to the person directly to clear up any misunderstandings.
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When to use email
Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 2006
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Effective subject lines
•Clarity•Descriptive•Critical information
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Ineffective subject linesSubject: Date:
Hi 9:17 am
questions 10:11 am
Meeting 12:44 pm
One more thing........... 3:02 pm
Some thoughts 4:21pm
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Effective subject linesSubject: Date:Party planning meeting rescheduled for 3pm 9:17 am
Help: I can’t find the draft for the Smith Paper 10:11 am
Reminder: peer-review articles due tomorrow (3/30)
12:44 pm
Questions about Sociology 210 project 3:02 pmCongratulations to Jennifer for winning Nobel Prize 4:21pm
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Effective subject lines
Subject: Date:
Re: Question about Smith paper (was: please help with this!)
10:11 am
Change subject lines when necessary
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Effective subject lines
Subject: Date:
Re: Re: Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [hrfac] Reminder: Deadline for Spring Semester Is Jan. 15]]
9:17 am
Remove extra email prefixes
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Effective subject lines
Subject: Date:
Thanks for the help today! <eom> 9:17 am
Got your message <nm> 10:11 am
Today’s group meeting canceled <ssia> 12:44 pm
<end of message>
<no message>
<subject says it all>
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Email ContentBefore you start writing, ask
yourself…..
•Is this truly the correct person to contact?
•What is my goal?
•Should this conversation be held in person or over the phone?
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Email ContentUse a polite and respectful greeting and closing
Professor Anderson,…….Respectfully,....Sincerely,…..
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Email Content•Brevity and clarity•Try to keep each email short •Use paragraphs (5 sentences
each)•Is this message scannable and
actionable?
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Email Content•Use topic sentences•One topic per email •Provide important dates or
references•Put each action or point on its
own line
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Poor Email ContentJon,Hey, I was just thinking about the meeting we had about the new workshop you were planning for next week about resume-writing. I think that we may have forgotten to include all of the students who might benefit from this workshop. There are several groups of students at the School of Public Health that were not on your list. Of course you may have added them to you list since our last meeting. Sara from the School of Public Health contacted me to ask if the students from the Epidemiology program were on our list of included students. She also wanted a list of all of the included departments from the School of Public Health. Can you send me a list of all of the included student groups? I can then send the relevant information on to Sara because she needs this information by tomorrow.
Thanks,Rachell
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Better Email ContentJon,Can you send me a list of the students included in the resume-writing workshop by tomorrow?We may have forgotten to include all of the students who might benefit from this workshop. There are several groups of students at the School of Public Health that were not on your list. Sara from the School of Public Health contacted me to ask if the students from the Epidemiology program were on our list. I will send her that information tomorrow after I get the list from you.Thanks,Rachell
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Format•Plain-text vs HTML
Plain-text is always preferable
•Send from your university account
DON’T TYPE IN ALL-CAPS, IT LOOKS LIKE SHOUTING
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Email Signature•Use an appropriate signature•Brief (4-5 lines)•Informative
provide all contact information
•Professional do not include pictures, quotes, animations
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Professionalism•Always spell-check before
sending•Set your email program to
automatically check before sending
•Re-read email for other spelling, grammar and punctuation errors.
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Professionalism
•Always proofread at least once!
•Read it out loud•Sleep on it
Before sending ask yourself….
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ProfessionalismWould I be comfortable having this email posted on a public bulletin board or forwarded on to my entire department?
To: [email protected] Subject: Why It's All About Me
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~schochet/NYT--To_Professor@University_edu.htm
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Professionalism•All laws governing copyright,
defamation, discrimination and other forms of written communication also apply to email.
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Professionalism
•Complete the “TO:” line last•Set your email program to
delay sending
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Remember…
•Emails are permanent•Emails are searchable
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Happy emailing!