Brevity is the soul of ...

...well, it is the best way to get people to read, at any rate. Keeping things brief, that is .

Here is how my weekly task-update e-mail reads:

Morning Function Owner Name Here,

These are the tasks that are due for completion or scheduled during the upcoming week. Please review and update.

Function Name Here Schedule: December 15 – December 19:
Items highlighted in RED appear to be overdue.

Task Task Task Task EBD ECD

Thanks,

Andrea Jordan