Week 2, Day 6

Written on 23.6.09 by Six

Day 6 tasks:
Writing Concisely
Memo Workshop

1. Writing Concisely: Spend a few minutes on your own reviewing this handout on writing concisely. Check your understanding by revising the following sentences for conciseness:

1. This disclosure has the capacity of providing important information to creditors and investors.
2. I would like to call your attention to the fact that we have a staff meeting which is scheduled for next Wednesday.
3. An increase in an employee’s rate of pay will not become effective prior to the date on which the employee has completed a minimum of 13 weeks’ actual work at his regular occupational classification.

2. Memo workshop: First open your memo. Spend 5 minutes or so looking over the original diagnostic and comparing it to your new draft. What did you do differently?

• Analysis: In groups we'll be shuffling computers. This will give you an opportunity to see some other approaches. OPEN the sample memos handout from Day 5. Use questions 4,5,6,7, 8, 10 and 12 to guide your discussion.
  
• Return to your computer and then SWITCH with a partner. Together decide if you established common ground.
  
• Check also for you orientation (make sure you don't use "accusing you").
  
• Finally, spend some time alone, applying the ideas you got today to your memo.

HOMEWORK: FINISH IT! You need to email your memo to me by 8am on Monday (be sure to use my sfaivre@illinois.edu address). Please attach it in a Microsoft Word file. The filename should include your FULL name and the word "memo".

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