I really like these suggestions. One thing I didn’t see, which can be really helpful on the recipient side: Be ready to respond with a “pre-response response”.
For example, when I do editing for EA Forum posts, rather than let something sit until I’m ready to read through it, I might respond to the sender saying something like: “I expect to get to this by Friday. If you don’t have an email from me by then, you’re welcome to follow up and bother me about it.”
This lets the other person know I’ve seen their message and plan to respond. I might also say, if I’m really crunched for time/prioritization: “I don’t know whether I’ll have time to get to this at all; if you don’t hear from me, I’d recommend X”, where X might be “emailing someone else”, “reading an article”, “posting your piece as-is”, etc.
I really like these suggestions. One thing I didn’t see, which can be really helpful on the recipient side: Be ready to respond with a “pre-response response”.
For example, when I do editing for EA Forum posts, rather than let something sit until I’m ready to read through it, I might respond to the sender saying something like: “I expect to get to this by Friday. If you don’t have an email from me by then, you’re welcome to follow up and bother me about it.”
This lets the other person know I’ve seen their message and plan to respond. I might also say, if I’m really crunched for time/prioritization: “I don’t know whether I’ll have time to get to this at all; if you don’t hear from me, I’d recommend X”, where X might be “emailing someone else”, “reading an article”, “posting your piece as-is”, etc.
Yes this is a great one!