Comment thread for the question: What can I do to get more feedback on the newsletter on an ongoing basis (rather than having to survey people at fixed times)?
Simply including a line in the newsletter that feedback and comments are welcome can make a difference, letting people know that this is not just something for consumption but something that can be discussed upon and have opinions voiced over. Possibly more effective might be to have a “feedback week” every month, asking people to give feedback on whatever forum they are reading it on—having a specific time to give feedback is more likely to lead to action than leaving a continuously open window for it (even if the window does continue to be open at other times).
This is a good method, by which I mean creating comment threads on LessWrong. It has the added advantage of letting you solicit specific feedback, instead of just collecting what bubbles to the surface from the commentariat.
Explicitly saying that you’d like feedback on the newsletter (like you just did in this post) would probably help and as digital_carver suggested you can include a request for feedback in each newsletter. For example, the Import AI newsletter ends with “If you have suggestions, comments or other thoughts you can reach me at … or tweet at me...”
Comment thread for the question: What can I do to get more feedback on the newsletter on an ongoing basis (rather than having to survey people at fixed times)?
Simply including a line in the newsletter that feedback and comments are welcome can make a difference, letting people know that this is not just something for consumption but something that can be discussed upon and have opinions voiced over. Possibly more effective might be to have a “feedback week” every month, asking people to give feedback on whatever forum they are reading it on—having a specific time to give feedback is more likely to lead to action than leaving a continuously open window for it (even if the window does continue to be open at other times).
Yeah, I like the idea of having specific times for feedback, it does seem more likely that people actually bother to give feedback in those cases.
This is a good method, by which I mean creating comment threads on LessWrong. It has the added advantage of letting you solicit specific feedback, instead of just collecting what bubbles to the surface from the commentariat.
Explicitly saying that you’d like feedback on the newsletter (like you just did in this post) would probably help and as digital_carver suggested you can include a request for feedback in each newsletter. For example, the Import AI newsletter ends with “If you have suggestions, comments or other thoughts you can reach me at … or tweet at me...”