It’s amazing to see how speedy and accessible electronic messaging has become! Communicating to multiple audiences from all corners of the world would have been unimaginable as recent as 20 years ago! Our newly developed cell phones are no longer just for making phone calls, but they have become power houses of instant text messaging, status updating, picture taking, gossip talking, planning updating, media sharing devices that are capable of fitting in the palm of our hand!
So you wake up early in the morning and the first thing you do is place your computer on your lap. You look through all your emails and you seem to have a new message in your inbox from your boss reminding you to send all the paperwork for the 10 o’clock meeting with the director of sells. You forward your files to the boss directly and you send a copy to your cell phone, just in case. Instantaneously, he sends you a text of gratitude commemorating you on a job well done. You’re on the way to work and traffic is unbearable so, you activate your phones GPS system that automatically reroutes you to work with the speediest route possible. On your way there you receive a call from one of your colleges asking you to forward him the documents of last week’s agenda and you do so via phone. As you’re walking in for your meeting you make it just in time to answer and activate the “live feed” video message with the director of sells who happens to be located in his office 3,000 miles away!
The hypothetical situation above is occurring in businesses all over the world. Smart phones such as the Blackberry® by RIM, the iPhone by Apple Inc., and the Palm Pre by Palm Inc. are becoming major tools in newly adapting business world. Synchronous communication, communicating with the sender and the receiver transmitting and receiving at the same time, has become a standardized way of communicating between business partners to increase productivity. Aside from email messaging, communicating via text message is becoming a more effective method to relate information between multiple audiences at once.
Don’t be surprised when knowing how to handle a smart phone becomes a standardized requirement at the workplace!
Sources:
· Dorbin, Sidney I., Christopher J. Keller and Christian R. Weisser. Technical Communication: In the Twenty-First Century. Upper Sadle, NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.
Really good writen post with interesting points! Definitely keeps reader attention!
ReplyDeleteI would just suggest making sure it fills out the requirement of the maximum number of words...I had to cut some from my post to fit into the 200 words that the teacher suggested!
Besides that, good job!
I loved how you opened it up. It was well written making it read as a story that I can envision in my head. I feel the extra words was necessary to get your point across.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Reading this really shows me that you are a great writer and very good with your words. I didn't get bored reading it and that really shows me that you had some good information and it was interesting. I look forward to seeing your next post.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this was well written and very informative. Good picture as well! This is so true about new forms of communication.
ReplyDeleteWell done! This was written very well, and the picture grabbed my attention which caused me to read it in the first place. Great job!
ReplyDeleteVery well written, I wouldnt be suprised to see smart phones being used in many offices soon
ReplyDeleteDon't forget a catchy title, Dan!! Nice job with the voice in this post.
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