Having a strategy for your email doesn’t mean that you’re trying to pull something sneaky, though sometimes that’s exactly what you want to do. Sure, there are times when you want to wait to send out an important message until the end of the day Friday so you don’t have to deal with a whole bunch of annoying responses. It’s Friday and you’re ready for happy hour-- bring on the nachos! But most of the time having a strategy for what you’re writing just means taking a couple of seconds to think about what you’re doing so you don’t make mistakes. Taking the time to ask yourself a few questions can make all the difference between a good email and an embarrassing one. What is it that I’m trying to say? Who needs to know about this? How are they likely to react? Have I taken the time proofread and run spellcheck on my message?
So the first and single most important step in the SEAR program is:
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