Internal Memo Template

When to use this

For when an email is too transient and a town hall is too dramatic. Memos endure: they get filed, referred back to, and forwarded.

# Internal Memo

**To:** [Audience]
**From:** [Sender]
**Date:** [Date]
**Subject:** [Single-line subject]

## Summary
> Two sentences. What and why.

## Background
> What led to this. Brief. Assume the reader knows the company; don't recap obvious things.

## Decision / change
> The substantive content. Bulleted or short paragraphs. Specific.

## What this means for you
> By audience segment if needed. Make it concrete: actions, deadlines, named owners.

## What doesn't change
> The reassuring section. Often forgotten; almost always useful.

## Questions
> Where to direct them. Named person. Channel.

— [Sender]