Lesson: How to Save the World from Email/ExerciseL1

Listening Exercise

Watch the video and complete the text according to what you can understand. Emails are to write than they are to to. You can write an email in , link to an or video with a simple and a paste and send. Now that poor person you to has to scan his inbox, open your email, read it, how to respond, then respond. Emails often have open-ended questions that are hard to , and people get "Cc"ed on emails they don't care about. This is all out of control and destroying your . So we ask, do you wanna be part of the problem or part of the ? Here are things you can start doing today, to make your emails for everyone. Choose good subject lines that give the topic of your email and maybe even tag with an action . Write short emails, keep it to five or less if you can, and make sure the reason for the email is clear at the top. No fonts or colors please. Don't give open-ended questions, but very specific-action options. Slash "Ccs" and when forwarding emails, tighten up by deleting unimportant things. Oh, and stop replying just to say . It might feel rude at first, but it's one less email to about reading. So unless you enjoy people, join the emailcharter.