Instructions:
You are responsible for planning a mandatory professional development day for your co-workers. You need to write an informative memo (p.137) to your co-workers to provide all the information they will need to act on your message. Be sure to use the proper pattern on page 135 of your textbook (main point, details, negative, reader benefits, goodwill ending).
- Include the following details:
- guest speaker/activities
- schedule for the day
- date
- time
- place
- food arrangements
- cost
- any other items that are of interest to your particular group
- Using block style, write a one-page memo to your co-workers describing your plans. Be sure to:
- make it easy for your co-workers to read and respond to your memo.
- include at least one reader benefit.
- initial the memo.
TO ASSIT YOU WITH THE MEMO
Planning Guide for Positive and Informative Messages
This guide is provided to assist you in planning the memo. Type your information into the responses boxes below. Print the page for your reference. Do not send this information to your course facilitator.
- What are the purposes of the message?
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- Who is the audience? How will the reader react to the message? Should the message be organized directly or indirectly?
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- What information must the message include?
- What must be included in the opening?
- What must the body of the message include?
- What graphic highlighting techniques will improve readability?
- What should be included in the closing?
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- What reader benefits can I identify? What’s in it for them?
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- What objections will the reader have?
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- How will the context (your relationship with the reader, the economy, time of year etc.) affect the reader’s response?
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- Use the following chart to manage your time effectively, so that you work through the steps in the writing process.
| Stage of writing process | Time allotted (minutes) | Strategies to use |
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INTR 202 Coursework: Module 4
This document acts as instructions for your required work for each Module of our course. Instructions, lectures, and discussion topics will be posted on the first day of each Module.
Module one requirements
1) Read all documents included in this Module’s upload, including the course introduction, syllabus, and writing guide.
2) Complete this week’s reading assignment: Read the chapter about Italian and Spanish Baroque design in the textbook A History of Interior Design.
3) View and listen to the PowerPoint presentation for this week. Be sure to take careful notes on slides in lecture wherein the text appears in RED.
4) Read this Module’s Study Guide, utilizing the Study Guide PowerPoint for this Module.
5) Complete and submit your Module four essay. (Deadline: 3/15/2021, 11:59PM)
Minimum length: 500 words.
Essay prompt: This essay prompt asks students to consider New St. Peter’s Basilica, The Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, and the Italian Baroque Cabinet as emblems of Italian Baroque design. Describe at least four visual elements among these three works of art that, in your view, meet with the dominant visual themes of the Italian Baroque period. Students are permitted to use any combination of elements from these three works of art in their analysis.
Point value: 7.5 points
Be sure to refer to the guidelines for written assignments included in this week’s upload.
Submit essays in Microsoft Word format to san.solu@raritanval.edu
6) Complete the quiz for Module four. The quiz will be posted on Canvas by Friday morning on 3/12/2021 and must be completed by11:59PM on Monday, 3/15/2021. To complete the quiz on time, it must be started by no later than 11PM on 3/15.
The quiz will be based entirely on information found in the audio clip on slides wherein the text appears in RED and information found in this Module’s study guide and its adjoining Study Guide PowerPoint.
Point value: 5 points
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