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10 WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE ACTUALLY READ YOUR EMAILS

(By Erik Sherman, business and tech writer for Inc, The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, and more.)

Email is an efficient and effective form of communication. It’s also very easy to ignore. That’s because most email is spam, so people are primed to hit the delete button.

So how do you get people to actually read your missives? Try these

Set Importance to High

We wish to notify you all of an upcoming outage of at THQ on Friday, 15 June 2012. This outage will begin at 5:30pm and be completed by 6:30pm.

This will affect connections to ALL SERVICES from THQ servers. This includes:-

• Lotus Notes - client and DWA (webmail) - this relates to emails, calendar or any other LN application or databases;
• Citrix - which includes Technology One Financials and Technology One HR & Payroll;
• iMIS;
• Intranet - No resources from the intranet will be available;
• THQ VoIP phone system - no incoming or outgoing calls will be able to be made from within THQ.

Please note that:-

• SAMIS

will be available as this is hosted by the Australia Eastern Territory, and can be accessed on the following URL https://nzft.auesamis.org/home-samisIntro.htm

. Please note that the link on intranet will NOT be available.

• Goldcare will also be available.

Dear friends,

Just a reminder about the upcoming outage of ALL servers at THQ on Sunday, 10 June 2012. This outage will begin at 3pm and be completed around 5pm.

This will affect connections to ALL SERVICES from THQ servers. This includes:-

• Lotus Notes - client and DWA (webmail) - this relates to emails, calendar or any other LN application or databases;
• Citrix - which includes Technology One Financials and Technology One HR & Payroll;
• iMIS;
• Intranet - No resources from the intranet will be available;
• THQ VoIP phone system - no incoming or outgoing calls will be able to be made from within THQ.

Please note that:-

• SAMIS will be available as this is hosted by the Australia Eastern Territory, and can be accessed on the following URL https://nzft.auesamis.org/home-samisIntro.htm. Please note that the link on intranet will NOT be available.
• Goldcare will also be available.

Connected is an application designed to assist Corps with communication (specifically mass communication) using email and text messaging. It also has pastoral care capabilities that enable visits to Corps members to be recorded and follow-up tasks created.

Connected enables you to interact (via email and/or text message) with people around specific Corps events or their participation within a group.

Connected is integrated with Lotus Notes so pastoral events will show in your calendar. Church members in your Corps directory can easily be added as contacts in Lotus Notes or your mobile device.

For more information on Connected, call ISG on (04) 802 6262 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..