Answers to the Main Questions / One useful communication note
What do you say instead of “just checking in”?
InsightGuidanceAI amplification
Insight
Send something useful: a relevant article with two sentences of your take, a thank-you for a past introduction, an offer to connect two people, or a resource. Ask for a meeting only after you have given a reason they would want it. Do not ask for a job in that note.
Guidance
- Pick one action: thank, share a take, recommend, introduce, or share a resource.
- Make it specific to them (their work, not a mass blast).
- Keep it under half a page. One ask at most, and not “any jobs?”
AI amplification
Optional. Copy this into ChatGPT or a similar tool if you want a first draft. Replace the [PASTE] sections with your own material. The work stays in that tool; we do not save it here.
Prompt to copy
Rules: Do not invent employers, job titles, dates, metrics, team sizes, or outcomes. If something is missing, ask me or write [unknown]. Keep hedges such as "approximately" and "more than" exactly as I stated them. Never turn a qualitative result into a number. Draft a short note that is not “just checking in.” Use one of: thank / share a 5–8 sentence take on something I paste / introduce two people / share a resource. Do not ask for a job. Use only facts I provide. Who they are and what they care about: [PASTE] The useful thing (link or fact): [PASTE] Action I want: [PASTE]