Reading the Excellence in Business communication chapter 7 and 8 I found very helpful. I chose to do my readings before I began my draft email to the program I am choosing to contact. This reading helped me better understand the meaning of better business communication. The key point I drew out of the reading was making sure all communication is effective! A busy person on the job doesn't have enough time to read a long lengthy email, most likely they will either skim over the context or choose to ignore the email. I think that if a point can be made in the least amount of words that is effective the better. One thing that I found from the chapter 7 that I found most interesting when writing a company email are the two things that you should always consider before you push send... Ask yourself, "would I say this to my audience face to face? Am I comfortable with this message becoming a permanent part of the company's communication history?" I can not image how many people do not take this into account and through care to the wind when the choose to communicate through email with someone. The key words that I drew from chapter 8 was: be specific, comply with your audience, pay attention to tone. Once again another message I drew was keep it clear and effective.
The next reading Understanding Rhetoric's primary underlying message is saying the right thing at the right time, as well as it is important to change to meet the needs of different audiences. There are different social contexts that people can play different roles, everyone has different social roles that they can play to better communicate with a certain group. Later on in the reading, it discusses identity. When composing an email to someone it is important that once again, everything is clear and there is not room for interpretation! It is critical that when communicating with someone you are clear and don't leave room for them to fill in the gaps.
All in all I found these reading very informative. I will definitely be using some of the tools when I reach out to the program I am interested in.
Lyric,
ReplyDeleteYou’ve got a gorgeous blog aesthetic going. I’m a sucker for visuals/artsy-fartsiness, and the lavender backdrop with the soft/pretty text makes your blog very enjoyable to read.
Now, I’m a little bit upset here: I can’t believe I’ve never seen or head of that “Credible Hulk” pic/idea. That is BEYOND cool. Thank you for posting that. #amazing.
Nice job on your two readings responses too. ☺. Don’t forget to post your professional email request draft too when you can.
Z
Hi Lyric,
ReplyDeleteHow interesting is everything right? And how I felt is that even though many things make a lot of sense it's still so great to read about how many things you still learn from it. It is sometimes hard to figure out all those social concepts and how to implement them to different people. Fortunately we are in this great writing class and we'll gain some great knowledge about all of this! :)