Send a Message to Everybody in the Stake or Ward

[johnshaw]

Experience has taught us that same lesson. If you can't convey the entire message in a subject line of an email, the body of the message is read rarely, or distraction interrupts and the message is marked as read and not returned to.

If you send it to top leadership they don't always pass it on. If you send it to the entire ward council, everyone assumes everyone else reads it and the information isn't consumed.

In our stake, the mantra is, don't let important information go down one communication path. If it's vital we'll add it to Bishopric Training or have a quick (no longer than 30 min) conference call with Bishops.

This is difficult for all organizations now.

[drepouille]

Our stake president has an interesting habit, especially when he is out of town. He simply forwards e-mails to the rest of the stake presidency without comment. Sometimes they require immediate action. We often look at each other and try to figure out among ourselves who is going to take the action item.
I am often asked to pass things on to the bishop(rics) simply because I am the guy who brings a laptop to all stake meetings.