E-Mail Tip 10: Stop the Cascade

Break the cascading increasingly hard-to-comprehend discussion thread. Do an executive summary of where all have got to and start a fresh mail; this is invaluable for all concerned, life-saving for those new to the project and discussion. Extra work for you? No, not really: it helps you collect your thoughts.

TBC

In the meantime: 

1. How To Lessen E-mail Pain, free download.
2. The Business Skills Collection: fast, pragmatic, budget amazon e-read.

Plus:

• Tip 1: Keep it Short
• Tip 2: Don't cc
• Tip 3: Don't send a mail
• Tip 4: Batch Process
• Tip 5: What Do you Want?
• Tip 6: Days Without
• Tip 7: Dig Deeper
• Tip 8: Don't Do It First
• Tip 9: Make 'no action' easy.