Context
CAMPP
What is Content, Message, Audience and Purpose?
The individuals we are communicating with
What is Audience?
The first step taken in crafting a message
What is finding the purpose?
What is the most common type of medium used in the workplace?
4 steps taken to communicate effectively
What is:
1) Determine the Message's Purpose
2) Analyze your Audience
3) Craft your message
4)Choose your medium/product
Background knowledge, experience, training
What are characteristics to consider when analyzing your audience?
In the workplace, you "write to create change" (Tebeaux & Dragga, 2014).
What is the purpose for writing in the workplace?
Letter, report, and proposal
What is (usually) the most formal media?
Steps in the communication process
What is
1) Production
2) Circulation
3) Use
4) Reproduction
Be aware of different formats indicating time and date, humor, and figurative language like "hit a home run."
What is factors to consider when our audience is from a different culture?
The reason for crafting a message.
Purpose
What is the most (usually) informal?
Context of Production overlapping as much as possible with audience's Context of Use
What is our goal as "communicators"?
Use headings and section introductions to help your audiences understand the message content and know what to focus on and what to avoid.
Official but less formal and clearly shows who sent it, when, and to whom
What is a memo?
Focus on the majority of the audience and meet their needs. You can also add supplemental information in appendices at the end of the report.
What do you do if you audience has wide variability?
Can require significant time for preparation and production
What is a report?