Definitions
This term is short for "memorandum" and involves conveying information, requests, or announcements in a clear, professional, and concise manner.
What is a memo?
For a memo, the beginning structure follows as: Header, To, From, ______, and Subject.
What is date?
This class activity, using paper and tape, demonstrated the challenges of producing technical communication.
What is "How to Create a Paper Box"?
This section of ethics concerns basic needs and welfare.
What are rights?
These are the four basic communication modes.
Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
A person whose job is to produce documents such as manuals, reports, and websites.
What is a technical communicator?
A resume typically begins with the writer's name and __________________ and a statement about the kind of position they are looking for, followed by specific academic and employment information relevant to the particular job they're seeking.
What is contact information?
We saw this Simpsons character apply for and interview for a job.
Who is Marge Simpson?
This is the principle of fairness, moral rightness, and equity in the treatment of individuals and the distribution of benefits and burdens within a society.
What is justice?
Before class begins, I play music. One of these was a Taylor Swift song. This song is featured on the Lover album. It is the last song on the album, and is about a type of light.
What is "Daylight"?
This is frequently communicated through documents such as proposals, emails, reports, podcasts, instructions, blogs, and wikis.
What is technical communication?
When setting your team's agenda, what should you first define?
What is the team's task?
Who is Gaston?
This standard concerns the positive and negative effects that an action or a policy has, will have, or might have on others.
What is utility?
This Office character shares a name with a Sesame Street character.
_____ writing is any kind of writing or composing you do in a business or professional writing.
What is workplace writing?
A status report is usually organized according to _____; by its nature, this type of report covers a specific time period.
What is task?
This office character had three different resumes and applied to this retail store after temporarily leaving Dunder Mifflin.
Who is Dwight? & What is Staples?
This concerns the relationships we have with others.
What is care?
We watched a clip from "Megamind". This comedian voices Megamind.
Who is Will Ferrell?
You write ________ letter to acquire information.
What is inquiry?
In the ________ ________, clearly explain why you are writing the memo and highlight the key message or action required.
What is the opening paragraph?
This Seinfeld character interviewed for a job with the Yankees. (We watched this clip when we covered interviews)
Who is George Costanza?
What is "Conflict Resolution"?
During class, we listen to music sometimes. This Taylor Swift song was a vault track from the Speak Now album. It is an adjective and begins with the letter T
What is "Timeless"?