In “Writing Identities” we are again reminded to be aware of
who our audience is. Along with being
aware of our audience, we must choose the correct identity in which to best
meet their needs. Our identity needs to be suited to our audience. This was a
great reminder to me as I must take on the identity of an event committee
chair, a board member, or a leader dealing with youth. Each role I have has a
different identity that I have to take on in order to successfully reach my
audience. The reading shows how strongly your identity is connected to your
Ethos.
“Crafting Messages for Electronic Media” seemed geared a
little more toward the corporate world. I did find a lot to be helpful, considering I’m
not that comfortable communicating through emails. Creating effective subject
line was very important to me. The overall section on emails will help me
become more effective with the emailing communications that are required of me.
Other than the blog we do for this class, I don’t do any blogging and I don’t take
part in any podcast, so those sections didn’t mean too much to me at this
point. The instant messaging that I take part in is very informal, I was unaware
that it was done in business at a professional level.
“Crafting Electronic Messages” seemed to be another look at
knowing your audience and purpose for your message. It touched on Ethos and establishing
your credibility. I found the strategy for requests very helpful, and plan to
review and use them with my requests for future fundraising event, board agenda
items, and sponsorships.
Over all, these three readings will be a huge help for the
upcoming assignment.
Ron,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on many levels. I enjoyed your analysis on “Writing Identities”. I often will loose my aim when writing lengthy pieces on who I am writing for. I think that when you apply what we learned in that text to our “electronic messaging” reading you see how the many different types of people these different mediums are addressing and how they each should be labored over to tailor it to get the write message across.
Further more, I would like to acknowledge that it’s cool that you don’t use text messaging as a form of professional discourse. I think that there is a hierarchy when it comes to text messaging and emailing. There is a level of formality and length that is applied when considering whether or not to send a text or an email. Text messages are too arduous to envelope the necessary details of an initial interaction between professionals. However, I think that text messages are a task-master’s best friend. When you have a team underneath you and you have a lot of decisions that have to be delegated among your team – maybe some of them far away – you have to fire off directions and be a point of contact for questions. Some of the questions and directions can also be referenced back upon – like a list for example – so that simple information can be delivered and have a recorded moment for clarity and precision.
Thoughts?