If you're joining a new work team, it's a good idea to connect via email to provide an overall introduction to everyone, followed up by brief one-on-one in-person discussions, when possible.

By following this style of forwardable email, you minimize the work involved for the connector, and make the introduction process more efficient. Try it out and let us know how it works out for you.

This is my work-only, outbound-only email volume ... Once you have permission, don’t send an email introduction to two people and have the originator/requestor immediately respond - that ...

Out of the blue earlier this year a man I have known for years sent me an email introduction to one of his work contacts that was such a striking example of the genre that it has stuck in my mind ...