Monday, April 26, 2010




We want you to learn how to write professionally in your work environment, or learn how to approach new businesses just follow this next tips:

Always use a professional format, to write your letters or memos.
Be sure to have some honey in the first line.
Go to the point, be clear, concise.
Always check your grammar
Use a honey statement at the end of your letter.

I hope this tips will help you in the work environment.

Good Luck

Sean Horan: Communication in a World of Professional Writing

Kelly S. "Pre-writing, Writing, and now Re-writing, Oh My!"



To rewrite a document, one must first write the document. When writing a document, it is the writer’s job to have a purpose for the writing. Where there’s a purpose, there will be an audience; the audience includes all of the people who will be reading your document. Once the document is written, it is ready for revision and considered for rewriting.
Rewriting a document entails a great alteration to the writing; it can be a change in purpose, or a complete change in audience (Dorbrin, Keller, Weisser, 2008). Rewriting for a different purpose or audience may change the voice, the length, and the whole format of the document. Rewriting a document can also include writing different documents to fit into a whole project; such as writing a chapter in a book before writing the summary of the chapter. The writer takes important points from the chapter to create a smaller version that concludes those main points.
Some guidelines for rewriting a document includes working from a larger document to a smaller one, such as writing the more complex document first, then taking main points to write a shorter, simpler version for another audience or purpose. As Dorbrin et al., (2008) state in chapter 10, writing for a new audience will usually change the purpose of the document, thus the writer will need to re-examine the organization and format of the writing to be sure that it fits the language for the audience (288). When reformatting the document, be sure not to exclude any valuable information that is crucial to all professional documents.

References:
Dorbrin, S. I., Keller, C. J., & Weisser, C. R. 2008. Technical Communication: In the Twenty-First Century. Upper Sadle, NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall.

Justin L: Being Personal Is a Must!!

Brett T: A Business Letter

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Xabrina O. - Effective Presentation or Bust.

In order to make your presentation effective, you need to know your audience. It won't be fair to either the presenter or the audience if both are not on the same page. As a presenter, you cannot waste any opportunity or your audience will be lost. You rather have the audience be engaged than sleeping. This means that as a presenter, you want to get the best goal from the audience. After you are prepared for the audience you’ll be speaking to, here are some other helpful tips in order to further your engagement with your audience:

• Be sure to know an interactive approach for a maximum impact.
• Be positive when it comes to reframing.
• Always be energetic when delivering a presentation.
• Find the specific needs of the audience instead of having “filler” information.
• Even though you want to be energetic, remember to stay relaxed as well.
• Natural humor is good to use, but don’t overdo it.
• Try to use personal examples in order for the audience to be able to relate.

With all of that said, I hope everyone now knows how to have effective presentations. I know that these tips are useful considering that I tend to get nervous during presentations. The big important tips from me are to be relaxed and positive.

1. “Effective Presentation Skills” http://www.sequenceweb.co.uk/page/effectivepresentation
2. “Six Elements of an Effective Presentation” http://www.ljlseminars.com/elements.htm
3. Nick Bland @ http://www.panicfreepublicspeaking.com.au/images/home_cartoon.jpg