Keep Emails Brief, Organized, and On Topic to Get Responses from Busy People

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We are all busy and have a lot to accomplish at work during business hours. Time is of the essence.

For the most part, we correspond with the same key people with in our organization in order to get our work accomplished; however, from time to time we may need to contact an individual higher up in the organization or even outside the organization.  Generally, we know these people are particularly busy. Or maybe we know they receive A LOT of emails and the likely hood of ours being read may be slim-to-none.

So what can YOU do to increase the chances that your email is read and you get what you need? Try these tips from Passive Panda on how to get a response to your important email.