All staff email template to advertise your Randomised Coffee Trial
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The document is a draft email inviting staff to participate in a Randomised Coffee Trial (RCT) aimed at fostering communication within the organization on Change Day, October 19, 2016. Participants will be randomly paired for a 30-minute coffee chat, which can also be conducted virtually if necessary. Interested individuals can sign up by emailing a designated address to get paired with a partner.
![Draft email tobe personalisedtosendtoyour staff to introduce the RCT. People are five timesmore
likelytorespondtoa personalisedemail thantoan anonymous“dearcolleague”email soitisworth
the effortsendingpersonalemailsorusingamail merge systemsothat a personal name can be
included.
Subject:Let’s get[name of organisation] talkingagain:please joinourRandomisedCoffee Trial (RCT)
Dear [name]
The 19th
October2016 isFab Change Day,whenpeople all overthe NHSandwiderhealthandcare
systemwill be takingactiontomake a differencetopatients. Aspartof thiswe will be runninga
RandomisedCoffee Trial atXXXX[name of organisation,siteorteam] andwe wouldlove youtotake
part.
Randomised Coffee Trials (RCTs) are a simple but powerful idea. In an era of electronic patient
records and complex workloads, we are talking to each other less. We want to get [name of
organisation] talking to each other again. So we are going to pair people up at random across
[name of organisation] and give them the opportunity to have a cup of coffee and a chat together.
There a lots of benefits to RCTs including breaking down silos, getting people to connect and
learningfromeachother. Hundredsof organisationsacrossthe public,private andvoluntarysectors
have introduced RCTs with great results and we’d like to do it too!
We’re hosting our RCTs throughout the week commencing Monday 17th
October 2016. It is really
easyto signup.Just email [addthe RCT email address] to say you want to take part and this is what
will happen:
1. We will pairyou at randomwithsomeone else at[name of the organisation].Itcouldliterally be
anyone from a clinical colleague to a volunteer to the Chief Executive.
2. We will email you before 17th
October to introduce you to your RCT partner.
3. It is then up to the two of you to get in touch with each other and organise a 30 minute chat
over coffee.
4. It need not be coffee - it can be any drink or refreshment, whatever works best for you.
5. If the twoof youare on differentsites,theycanhave a virtual RCT,say overSkype or the phone,
still with a cup of coffee.
6. Afterthe RCT, we will sendyouanotheremail askinghow youfoundthe experience.
There ismore informationinthe attached flyer and if you’re interested, please email XXXXX to get
involved and we’ll get you paired up!
Best wishes,
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All staff email template to advertise your Randomised Coffee Trial
- 1. Draft email tobe personalisedtosendtoyour staff to introduce the RCT. People are five timesmore likelytorespondtoa personalisedemail thantoan anonymous“dearcolleague”email soitisworth the effortsendingpersonalemailsorusingamail merge systemsothat a personal name can be included. Subject:Let’s get[name of organisation] talkingagain:please joinourRandomisedCoffee Trial (RCT) Dear [name] The 19th October2016 isFab Change Day,whenpeople all overthe NHSandwiderhealthandcare systemwill be takingactiontomake a differencetopatients. Aspartof thiswe will be runninga RandomisedCoffee Trial atXXXX[name of organisation,siteorteam] andwe wouldlove youtotake part. Randomised Coffee Trials (RCTs) are a simple but powerful idea. In an era of electronic patient records and complex workloads, we are talking to each other less. We want to get [name of organisation] talking to each other again. So we are going to pair people up at random across [name of organisation] and give them the opportunity to have a cup of coffee and a chat together. There a lots of benefits to RCTs including breaking down silos, getting people to connect and learningfromeachother. Hundredsof organisationsacrossthe public,private andvoluntarysectors have introduced RCTs with great results and we’d like to do it too! We’re hosting our RCTs throughout the week commencing Monday 17th October 2016. It is really easyto signup.Just email [addthe RCT email address] to say you want to take part and this is what will happen: 1. We will pairyou at randomwithsomeone else at[name of the organisation].Itcouldliterally be anyone from a clinical colleague to a volunteer to the Chief Executive. 2. We will email you before 17th October to introduce you to your RCT partner. 3. It is then up to the two of you to get in touch with each other and organise a 30 minute chat over coffee. 4. It need not be coffee - it can be any drink or refreshment, whatever works best for you. 5. If the twoof youare on differentsites,theycanhave a virtual RCT,say overSkype or the phone, still with a cup of coffee. 6. Afterthe RCT, we will sendyouanotheremail askinghow youfoundthe experience. There ismore informationinthe attached flyer and if you’re interested, please email XXXXX to get involved and we’ll get you paired up! Best wishes, XXX