Saturday, September 12, 2009

Re: Email Complaints

You might want to offer some coping skills. These are based on the GTD model but are generally good advice:

http://zenhabits.net/2007/01/email-zen-clear-out-your-inbox/

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/01/09/10-steps-to-become-an-email-ninja/


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Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com


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From: Gary S. Stager <district@stager.org>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:32:29 AM
Subject: Re: Email Complaints

Welcome to the 21st Century. They better find a way to cope.


On Sep 11, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Renee Ramig wrote:

> They are complaining about volume they are getting, mostly internal
> email. Our spam level is actually very low (only 1-2 a day on
> average).
>
> Renee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:17 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Email Complaints
>
> What type of emails are they complaining about?
>
> Spam? Mail that does not apply to them? For sale notices?
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Renee Ramig
> Sender: A forum for independent school educators
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> ReplyTo: A forum for independent school educators
> Subject: Email Complaints
> Sent: Sep 11, 2009 10:48 PM
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> The teachers and administrators (primarily head and assistant head)
> complain about the amount of email they get. They want to work on
> implement email protocols to reduce it.
>
> Does anybody have internal email protocols in place?
>
> Are there others out there fielding complaints on email amounts? How
> have you dealt with it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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