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Powerful Data: With Propel, Students No Longer Write Entire Email in Subject Line
Raise your hand if you receive emails from students in which the entire message is in the subject line.
…You can put your hands down now.
Propel, Rubin’s revolutionary email etiquette tool for Gmail and Outlook, eliminates the poor habit and instead teaches students to write compact, professional subject lines.
After six weeks of pilot programs across the country, students have used Propel to assist with emails 4,254 times.
Of the 4,254 emails, only four had a subject line longer than eight words. Four.
That means 99.9% of students who use Propel have learned to use the subject line as a summary and not the full conversation.
Want to see your students stop treating emails like text messages? Install Propel to students’ email accounts.
“We are thrilled with the early data on Propel in the classroom,” said Rubin founder Danny Rubin. “The #1 complaint we hear from educators about communication is that students write the entire message in the subject line. Propel has solved the problem with the initial crop of pilot students, and we hope to roll out the tool to many more schools in the months to come.”
When students compose a new email, they are prompted with a pop-up screen that guides them to write all the part of an email, including a subject line with an example to follow. A subject line is more than a summary of the email. It is a first impression as a student communicates with teachers, employers and the broader community.
A sloppy subject line could prevent the student from receiving a response. A professional subject line allows the student to open new doors and conversations.
Propel, then, is a tool for equity and opportunity that all students deserve.
Problem? Solved.
Whew, Here We Go: 3 National Conferences in 10 Days
Road trip!
I have worked hard to offer myself as a speaker on communication skills at relevant conferences across the country. And it just so happens three of the conferences fall within the same ten-day period.
Whew. Here I go.
- Sunday, October 23: PRSSA National Conference — Indianapolis, Indiana
- Run a workshop for members of PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America)
- Focus of the workshop will be how to write a job application employers never forget
- October 28-29: Lead365 National Conference — Orlando, Florida
- Appear at national leadership development conference for high school students
- Conduct “labs” on how to network in person/via email, write winning cover letters and impress during job interviews
- Wednesday, November 2: NAWDP Youth Symposium — Chicago, Illinois
- Lead a writing/networking workshop for the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP)
- Audience includes One-Stop Center staff, Youth Build grantees, Job Corps professionals, career and guidance counselors, educators, community college representatives and juvenile justice specialists
See all of my speaking engagements (past and present).
Lots of travel and people to meet. But I’m excited for the opportunity.
If you plan to be at any of the three events, please stop me and say hello.
See you on the road!
Giddy up!
- Sunday, October 23: PRSSA National Conference — Indianapolis, Indiana