2 Simple Ways to Reduce Email Congestion

How much of your day is spent culling the unnecessary emails from you inbox? I am not addressing the SPAM mail, but the mail you received from people you work with on a regular basis. Two simple additions to the end of your subject line, when appropriate, can help reduce your email traffic.

NRN: No Reply Necessary

NTN: No Thanks Needed

We often feel compelled to thank people as a matter of courtesy and to reply to emails as a matter of acknowledgement. If you give the people who receive your emails the freedom to not reply or thank you when it is unnecessary then you will greatly reduce your inbox traffic. Just be sure to educate your remail recipients the first few times you use NRN or NTN.

Want to learn more? Managing the Email Surge is offered by the Professional Development Institute at Arkansas Tech University on December 8, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Early Bird Registration is $15 per person. (479) 968-6035 or http://lakepoint.atu.edu/pdi-registration.htm#Business_Communication