TEDTalks, Chris Anderson is seeking your help. He wants your suggestions in how make email stop being both a time-suck and a source of stress and guilt for people.
Chris explains what’s wrong with email, and some solutions.
Chris has purchased a domain emailcharter.org and plans to share all the information. But for now he is using Posterous
He makes some very good points.
“The key cause of this problem: The total time taken to respond to an email is often MORE than the time it took to create it.
He has quite a nice list, but consider this:
3. Choose Clear Subject Lines.
Here are some that don’t work:
Subject: Re: re: re: re
Subject:
Subject: Hello from me!
Subject: next week….
Subject: MY AMAZING NEW SHOW starts next week at the Vctory Theater at 113-86 Broad Lane, every night 8 PM 6/7–7/12
Here are some that do:
Subject: TED Partnership Proposal
Subject: Rescheduling today’s dinner with Sarah G.
Subject: Noon meeting cancelled (eom).
EOM means ‘end of message.’ It’s a fine gift to your recipient. They don’t have to spend the time actually opening the message.
Subject: Re: re: re: re
Subject:
Subject: Hello from me!
Subject: next week….
Subject: MY AMAZING NEW SHOW starts next week at the Vctory Theater at 113-86 Broad Lane, every night 8 PM 6/7–7/12
Here are some that do:
Subject: TED Partnership Proposal
Subject: Rescheduling today’s dinner with Sarah G.
Subject: Noon meeting cancelled (eom).
EOM means ‘end of message.’ It’s a fine gift to your recipient. They don’t have to spend the time actually opening the message.
Read the full story and all his suggestions and add your’s
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