Month: October 2017

I think the only way to effectively write a persuasive messages is that the writer shows personal emotions in their message, they also believe in and are knowledgeable about the topic. Without those persuasive messages seem like a scam towards myself. Money is a huge reason people use persuasion. They approach you with a bunch of persuasion that may or may not be true to make commission, more money or simply just more business. It is also very easy to tell when someone is sincere and all in what they are asking for and someone that is just trying to make another $. Society recognizes a business person as a persuasive person when they are really business men and women doing whatever it takes to receive funding, and a majority of the time they try to persuade the seller to do so.

PWC 10: Persuasive Message

October 29, 2017

 

Dear WCC students and community members,

 

Windward Community College is the first and only Veterinary Technology AS degree in Hawai’i and the Veterinary Assisting certificate which leads to jobs in the veterinary medicine field. For Windward CC to thrive, we need a healthy mix of public and private funding. It’s up to us, the extended UH community, as well as citizens and community leaders, to take responsibility for Windward Community College’s future.

Veterinary Technology is among the five fastest-growing career fields in the nation. ‘Vet Techs’ perform vital tasks from assisting with physical exams to surgical assistance, from performing dental cleanings to conducting diagnostic laboratory tests. Hawai‘i’s Veterinarians are seeking trained professionals to do the job, and Windward Community College is now providing the training. Vet Techs are desperately wanted at animal shelters, lab animal facilities, and private veterinary practices (there are over 80 veterinary clinics in Hawai‘i). The program has now extended to students at Maui College and will rotate on to Hawaii Community College next year, followed by Kauai Community College next.

The Vet Tech Program is in need of your support-Now.

Each student is facing over $10,000 for the two-year program:

• Student Tuition $6,336
• Books $1,700
• Laboratory Supplies $1,300
• Uniforms $200
• Fieldtrips $500
• Exam Fees $300

The Program itself also critically needs your support for:

• Portable Digital X-ray $50,000
• Portable digital Ultrasound (for clinic and farm use) $45,000
• X Ray Pet Positioner Set – Small (24″Lx10″Wx6″H) & Large (36″Lx14″Wx8″H) – $250.00
• Equine dental equipment -power equipment $6,500
• Veruca Freeze Cryosurgery $1,000
• Sergical suction $1,000
• Syringe pump $500

To support the sophisticated operations of the Vet Tech program and its students, funds are needed for scholarships and the equipment listed above. To encourage donor participation, limited- and permanent-naming opportunities are available. Would you like to name a cat condo, surgery room or exam table? We have naming and sponsoring opportunities ranging from $750 to $50,000.

To have a conversation about donating to the Vet Tech program, naming and sponsoring, helping to grow the Vet Tech Endowment, scholarships, or other questions you may have, please contact:

KC Collins, CFRE

Executive Director of Development Regional & Community Colleges

KC.Collins@uhfoundation.org or 808-956-3458

 

Mahalo, Windward Community College

 

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September 27, 2017

Quiz number four I got two questions wrong, number three and six.  

Number Three:

Which of the following is the most appropriate opening for an adjustment letter granting a claim? I chose the letter A and the correct answer was letter  D. The enclosed check for $78, which covers the cost of your dinner, demonstrates our desire to satisfy our customers and earn their confidence.

Number six:

Mike is sending an e-mail message about a change in procedure for submitting work hours. Which of the following represents the most direct opening? I chose the letter A. The correct answer was B. A new procedure for submitting work hours will go into effect on April 1. 

Tips on negative messages:

Business communicators most important goals in communicating negative news is Indirect strategy. 

The purpose of a buffer in indirect messages is to reduce shock and pain.

The components of effective negative messages are: Buffer, reasons, bad news and closing. 

Analyzing the components of effective negative messages contains: buffer, reasons, empathy and closing. 

When should you write a claim letter instead of venting your frustration by e-mail, is it when expecting the receiver to agree readily.

       

September 25, 2017 

Today in class we talked about the Five Ss. 

1. Be selfless= Discuss the receiver, not the sender.
2. Be specific= Instead of generic statements (You did a good job), include special details (Your idea to target key customers was important to the success of our project).
3.  Be sincere= Show your honest feelings with conversational, unpretentious language (Congratulations on your award! Everybody knows how hard you’ve been working.).
4.  Be spontaneous= Strive to make the message natural, fresh, and direct. Avoid canned phrases (If I may be of service, please do not hesitate…).
5. Keep the message short= Remember that, although they may be as long as needed, most goodwill messages are fairly short.

 

September 26, 2017

In quiz number three I got two questions wrong. I got number one and number two wrong this time. 

Number one was: Which of the following is the most appropriate closing for an e-mail message or memo? I put letter C. The correct answer was letter A. Please submit your report by August 1 so that the information can be presented at the seminar on the fifteenth.

Number two was: Samantha must use e-mail frequently to communicate with others in her new job. What is the best advice to give her? I put letter B. The correct answer was letter A. Consider composing important messages offline. 

Got wrong answers because I forgot to read!

Jalen Foster, Alyha Kline, Robi Lono and Carson Murakami. 

September 18, 2017

Exercise 1:

On October 7th we will have our Windward Ho’olaulea and the proceeds of which will be given to the student endowment fund.

Exercise 2:

Our YMCA of Honolulu will be collecting school and sports supplies on September 15th through the 17th in support of the 1000’s of kids affected by the hurricane in Houston.

Exercise 3:

We will be spaying and neutering cats and dogs free of charge, must be WCC faculty or staff.  

 

Todays activity in class we needed to sing up for LinkedIn and Yelp. For LinkedIn we needed to set up our work profile which I think it was a very interesting activity. In LikedIn we get to make work connections with other people in a professional way. We get to see what other people are specialize on their  works areas. 

For Yelp we singed in we made our profile and then for homework we needed to write about a restaurant that we liked and talk about the environment, gave feed back about the food, and say if it was a family environment or not. 

September 13, 2017

Evaluation of search strings:

Our group evaluated the following search strings by examining their results.

1.TRIO program (Alyha)

Google search:

https://windward.hawaii.edu/trio/

TRiO is a federal program designed to help, support, and motivate students that come from different backgrounds. TRiO includes different supporting programs that were made to assist low-income, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities. TRiO doesn’t only help college students, they start helping middle schoolers to motivate them to go into college and once you are in college they will keep supporting you through your journey.

TRiO has different programs at Windward Community College, they are:

• Student Support Services
  • Visit the Student Support Services blogspot.
• Educational Talent Search
• Upward Bound

2.TRIO Educational Talent Search (Alyha)

Google search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Trio+educational+talent+search&oq=Trio+educational+talent+search&gs_l=psy-ab.3…66061.96794.0.97210.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0….0…1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.WedsIJobvcA

When I googled Trio Educational Talent Search I hoped to see a lot of information that had to do specifically with the educational talent program such as information about the help that they provide to the middle schoolers. They assist with SAT, ACT, FAFSA and also motivate them to attend college. When I googled none of this information came up. The only information that came up was about financial awards, department of education, and pictures about the TRiO logo. There was no information in detail about the ETS (Educational Talent Search) program.

Windward page:

https://windward.hawaii.edu/ETS/  

When reading the title  ETS (Educational Talent Search) on the windward website it was misleading to me because when you read it without knowing any information about it, it sounds as if they are searching for talented students in the arts, music, and dance. Then you realize that the goal of this program is to increase the number of youth enrolled in middle school from grades six to twelve who are planning on attending college.  

Some of their services and activities are:

-Assistance to SAT, ACT, and FAFSA.

-Assistance in enrolling in college.

-Mentoring opportunities.

-College campus field trips.

Some of the eligibility requirements:  

-Grades 6-12

-Low income

-U.S citizens or eligible non-citizen