Skillfully, this course has changed my outlook on new elements which continue to develop and expand my communication skills both personally and professionally. Although I’ve acquired skills through experience, this course enhanced my communication skillset by adding valuable meaning, volume, and structure in all forms necessary to prepare a well-thought-out message. As a result of following the three-step writing process, I’ve learned how to define a purpose, prepare an outline by using sufficient information, select an appropriate approach and incorporate the correct channel to transmit an effective message.
I am writing to update you on the process in building our organization’s communication skills.
Communication in writing skills for the past six weeks were standards information on different sorts of sources for rapidly flowing needs of today’s writers. This form of writing shows the role of strategies in writing on subjects. It demonstrated contracts between oral communication and written communication. The main ideas in this course discovery, objectives, critical thinking, and tension, valuing course resources time management, and cooperating with others (Giordano 2012). However, the skills for effective writing produce volumes of master’s level for the required resources in this way.
The writing skills and techniques learned in my Essentials of Managerial Communication class can and will benefit me in my future classes as well as in my career in many ways. A few of the skills learned are including, but not limited to the appropriate ways of communicating depending on the audience, e-mail and business letter writing etiquette and also the importance of unbiased speaking in the workplace. It is important to have been taught these skills as I now know that there are many changes that need to be made to my future business plan and even in my current work day. I can use the skills that I was
• Be concise and clear • Writing should be purposeful – to convey information and solve problems • Writing should be economical – clear and concise ideas • Writing should be audience oriented – looking at a situation from the audience’s perspective • Prewriting – analyze audience, anticipate how the audience will react, adapt message and tone to audience • Drafting – researching, organizing, and drafting the message • Revising – editing, proofreading, and evaluating if message accomplishes your purpose • Think of primary and secondary audiences – who the message is being sent to and who might see the message in addition to primary audience • Choose appropriate channel based on audience and type of message • Focus on the audience’s benefits
Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins created this book to help people communicate more clearly to teenagers. The first section was composed of the reasons behind improving communication and why it is important to communicate clearly to teenagers. Ultimately this section was “how to think about effective messages.” Then they went into section two which they explained their method for preparing a message; “S.T.I.C.K.” “S” stood for “Study,” they explained that preparing a message started with studying God’s word first. The next letter, “T,” stood for “Think,” in this chapter, Doug and Duffy explained the importance of thinking about a message throughout a week. After “T” was “I,” which stood for “Illustrate,” in this section they emphasized the importance of being creative to keep students hooked. The “C” stood for construct, so they explained once someone has
Being a perpetually anxious person, I tend to be particular in my daily life. I need to clean my room and make my bed before I leave. I must sleep at 9:00pm every night. I have to wake up at 6:00am every morning. I need to do a certain thing at a specific time, or it throws me off. Writing allows me to be messy. It allows me to vomit words and struggle to write a coherent sentence before finally, my thoughts are realized onto the paper. My process is wonderfully disorganized. It is starting to write, eventually erasing everything I've written, starting all over again, realizing that I was straying from my point, and retyping it a second time. My process is becoming frustrated at the pretentious introduction. It's wanting to smash my computer
One of the fears that I have about the process of writing is the inability to write clear and concise sentences that the reader can understand. Sentence clarity frightens me as I have what I want to say in my head, however, it does not always come out perfectly when I put the thought into writing. When transferring my thoughts into writing I typically form run on sentences and mix my words together. This is where my fear of clarity becomes an issue. When writing clearly, I often assume that my reader understands or has a prior knowledge on my topic. Typically, this leads me to form incomplete sentences or the leaving out of an essential piece of information that gives the sentence its meaning. Along with the fear of the inability to write
Xcom285 has taught me many valuable assets that I can use in my future, but I believe that the most valuable thing that I have learned is that communications is not just talking. Communications is about listening and writing as well. It is important in business communications to understand that to effectively communicate one need’s to tune into everything that is going on around him or her. This means that he or she needs to understand the audience, the purpose of, and the most effective way to deliver or receive the message. When discussing resources businesses use to effectively communicate, I learned other methods of
One of the most important parts about writing is the process behind it. An essay should consist of an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Even though essays seems very mind boggling, it is actually an easy process if following the correct writing steps. It can be even easier if the writer enjoys the topic of the essay. There are certain steps a writer must take to keep a reader interested while showing enthusiasm for them wanting to learn more. These steps follow a set of guidelines including planning, free writing, revising and editing.
Understanding the writing assignment before I start can be difficult, on the other hand, as I write, I find myself understanding and changing what I have written. At times, my paper becomes unorganized and this is frustrating for me and I will labor to reorganize my assignment. Organizing my papers using the writing process from The College Writer will be a fruitful discipline to practice during this writing course.
The writing process consists of prewriting, rough draft, color coding, clocking sheet, and the final paper. Writing down anything that comes to mind when thinking of the topic, and formulating it into a paper that makes sense is prewriting and the rough draft, which is the first part of the process. Since it is just the rough draft it does not have to be perfect. Color coding is when printing out the rough draft happens and highlighting every other sentence and other things based on the rules for that paper. Making corrections to other people's papers is what the clocking sheet is. The clocking sheet and color coding has helped me identify the errors in my papers. I still have troubles with some concepts of writing, like sentence structure and comma usage.
The contents of this portfolio show the transitions in the revision process as I demonstrate growth. There are four papers I wrote this semester, the original and the revised one that I improved according to the instruction and feedback I received over the course of the semester. From unit one to unit four, there is a significant improve in my writing. With the feedback of each paper, I realized which areas I needed to improve and do better on the next paper. The help from writing lab also made me a better writer, but there still much more I need to improve because I am not a strong writer like my fellow classmates. The portfolio also contains artifacts that I perceive as exemplifying my development as a writer. These are my revision memos of the four papers I wrote and revised, plus a selection from my essay that I believe exemplifies my development as a writer. The last part of the portfolio is the Hupomnemata, which contains my in class writing assignments throughout this semester.
Writing is a different process for each writer who strives to put thoughts into words. In most beginning college English courses, budding writers are taught how to write by following a series of stages. There is a diversity among readers which presents a different viewpoint about a piece of work. This leads to a variety of different works because each written piece, whatever it may be, can be interpreted to mean whatever a reader wants it to mean. However, in order to present your views to other readers you must first learn the fundamentals of the writing process and how to incorporate it into a well-written essay. This takes time and much practice since the writing process is a very important method and unique process for each individual. The following paragraphs discuss this process and how to utilize it in order to synthesize thoughts and words into a concise and intelligent essay.
During the course of this semester; the variety of writing styles and essays assigned to me in my communication skills class encouraged the development of my writing skills, as well as provided me with more self-assurance in my abilities. My writing, research, and presentation abilities enhanced through practice, determination, and the understanding I gained during this course. With every single writing assignment, I learned new innovative approaches and skills, which enhanced my abilities to improve my thoughts logically, enabling me to write more clearly, and to organize my papers more effectively. At the beginning of this semester; despite the fact that I already knew the terminology MAP: message, audience, purpose; I never really
I possess high level skills in both written and verbal communications as evidenced by my tertiary studies and professional involvement in, inter alia, the development of course and program submissions, student communications, policies and procedures, web content, staff training, compiling reports and user documentation, and quality assurance. I adopt a style appropriate for the target audience and the medium of communication. Examples from my current role include: