This week’s lesson discusses the writing process, overcoming communication barriers, organization, and strategies for both positive/routine and negative messages. At the end of this week, your first writing assignment is due, a positive/routine message. This discussion will work through the planning step of the writing process to prepare that positive/routine message.
First, review the instructions for the Week 4 writing assignment, including the provided rubric.
Then, before Thursday midnight, answer the following questions concerning the Week 4 positive/routine message assignment:
What are THREE things you know about the audience that will impact how you write this message OR what you will include in your AI prompt to write this message? Consider the following:
What do they know about the topic?
What are their feelings about the topic or the company/author?
What in the message will benefit the audience?
What do they need to know?
What do they want to know?
What questions will they have?
What should they believe, feel, or do after reading the message?
What are TWO strategies (the “you” approach, positive emphasis, one of the Six Cs of Communication, or one type of message formatting, such as bolding, italicizing, etc.) that you will use in the message? Include a sentence or paragraph from your planned message to demonstrate the two strategies!
What is ONE AI prompt you might use to generate the memo for the Week 4 writing assignment? If you actually use the prompt, include the resulting AI-generated memo AND a paragraph explaining the pros/cons of the AI-generated memo. How could the resulting memo be improved? How could the input prompt be improved to create a better memo output? How might you improve the resulting AI-generated message to include more of the “you” approach and better use of the Six Cs?
