Acceptances: How to Say It

When you are writing an acceptance, here are some great guidelines:

• Express your pleasure in accepting the invitation, offer, proposal or agreeing to do what was asked
• Repeat the details of what you are accepting (meeting date and time, amount of the contribution, the precise nature of your assistance, the duties you agree to do)
• Inquire about particular needs: redirections to host’s home, wheelchair accessibility, equipment for your speech, list of other organizers, receipt for a tax-deductible contribution
• Close with an expression of pleasure to come (seeing the person, working for the company, being part of the group) or of future action (what you wish to accomplish, actions you intend to take, a reciprocal invitation)

Rerun from Sep 21, 2015