Author: eng209wanda

For a TEAM to be successful, there are goals to be met. The following are necessary for a group of students to become a TEAM. First, there must be TRUST. Everyone needs to COMMIT equally to the project, bring their strengths and be available for meetings.  There needs to be a facilitator who will organize a game plan, a manager to keep everyone on time and task(s) and oversee the project to completion. All team members must follow through with their part to the end. I intend to do all that is listed because I am a real TEAM player.

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#3 is my favorite number, this was Recall Practice #3 and this was the third attempt to get a Practice Recall right and not have to blog. So, what went wrong? I’m blogging again on how I messed up on two questions to make up my score.

Question 1 Which of the following is the most appropriate closing for an e-mail message or memo?

My choice was C or D as they were identical answers-Thank you in advance for answering my questions. Now that I reviewed the choices, answer A is the logical response. Please submit your report by August 1 so that information can be presented at the seminar on the fifteenth.

Question 2 Samantha must use e-mail frequently to communicate with others in her new job. What is the best advice to give her.

I chose B.  Use general tags such as Hi or important as the subject line to catch the reader’s attention. Answer A. Consider composing important messages offline is the correct answer but it seemed to me only partially applicable.

Despite reading the chapter, doing some of the exercises and reviewing for the recall, I again proved my point that I am not a confident test taker.

Dear Brittany and John,

Subject: Vanilla Soy Latte Order

We sincerely apologize for the oversight in fulfilling your order of a vanilla soy latte. As requested, your Starbucks account #00001234 has been credited in the amount of $5.87.

We appreciate your loyal patronage to Starbucks and strive for excellent customer service. Upon your next visit, please feel free to order a grande drink of your choice at no charge.

Sincerely,

Starbucks

Corey, Shelia, and Wanda

I’m here again blogging to make up for that perfect score. Luckily I reviewed Chapters 3 and 4 last night or I might be blogging till next week. I recall seeing somewhere in Laulima that there would be a Recall Practice 2 today although the ENG 209 calendar did not list it. Sure enough, there was a Recall Practice and I missed a question again. To make matters worse, it was the topic that I submitted for our group on “front loading”, but, it was not my question. In defense of my answer, I chose D. None of the above because after reading the question I understood that part of the question would also apply to Profiling the audience. This frontloading technique works best with audiences who are likely to be receptive to or at least not likely to disagree with what you have to say.  (See: pg.62) (or who are unlikely to view what you say as bad news) refers to Indirect Strategy (See pg.63). In my mind this is only half true as it makes no mention of getting to the main idea quickly thereby saving reader’s time, learning the purpose upfront and preventing frustration from excessive verbiage. Its still a win-win for me as I fulfilled the weekly blog requirement, made-up the recall grade plus defended my answer. I rest my case!

Our group ( Chad, Spencer and myself) was originally going to research topic #5 Pell Grant for our next assignment on college financing. But then, I thought about changing to research the GI Bill instead as it wasn’t on the list, I really didn’t know much about it and I knew that Chad was a recipient. Spencer seemed okay with our new topic and immediately started his research. I’m glad our group switched because I learned something new that many people are aware of and have utilized benefits from,; but don’t know of the improvements that were made for our servicemen and women and especially for our veterans. How appropriate that we researched this bill today on 9/11/17.

Since there were no specific topics assigned for blogs this week, I decided to comment on Chapter 4. I really appreciate what was covered in the reading  because this is my kind of writing. In English 100 word count mattered and now in English 209 Business Communication Writing Intensive its about getting your message across in positive, simple, and concise sentences. Profiling your audience helps you to taylor your writing to keep their attention and peek their interest. As business emails replace the inter-office memos, content and brevity become assets.