What I learned??!!

A lot actually! Hello again and here we are at week 11! We are almost done with this semester and finals are a little over a month away. When I started this class back in August I thought oh here we go another communications class and the farther it got into the semester the more I began to realize how critical and valuable this class actually is.  In this class I learned everything from proper tone of communication, social media networking, writing and organizing business messages and how to properly apply it in real life. That is just the few things I can take away from this class.  I also learned the different ways to interact, being able to relate to others and as well as understanding other people's point of view. I remember talking about these specific points back in the beginning of the semester that I do have trouble being able to relate to other people however now I can say that has somewhat improved. I think in the future what I learned  I can apply to interviews and in the workplace. In my opinion so far everything we covered in this class has been useful, I haven't come across anything that I would just disregard. Overall I think this turned out to be an interesting and useful online class and I learned more than I expected to. Since we have a little over a month left in the semester I look forward to seeing what else we are going to cover. The semester is almost done so lets make the best of it! Cheers

Alissa Kartavtseva Week 11

7.4 Assignment

I have the privilege of being on vacation this week, from work, not school, and with that comes the opportunity to spread my culinary wings again. With that said, I'd like to note I nearly cut the end of my finger off this week, yes, I'm being a little dramatic, but none the less typing is difficult.

I'm not certain why I was surprised to find out that a business communication course would include social media assignments, because I'm well aware that this is most likely the cheapest and quickest way to address the masses. I post daily on Facebook, so I was well aware of how to utilize the assets Facebook gives to the user. On the contrary, I have never even logged into Twitter prior to this week. First, some of the posts on Twitter are difficult to understand. It seems that the people tweeting tag others a lot, this makes the tagging and hash-tagging become almost overwhelming. Its almost like reading code!

In my position with the state, we are required to communicate formally through email. This is mainly because email is one of the quickest secure options for notifying personnel. What I find noteworthy, is that there is a significant difference in the style of writing that is required depending upon the medium. If you are blogging, its almost like you are writing to a specific person, while emailing you must consider that you are writing to a lot of people who will be reading at the same time. Although, blogging and emailing both quickly adept the reader, they are significantly different in tone.

I think the most valuable lesson I've learned in these lessons is that you mustn't choose your medium lightly, because the tone and choice of that medium are very important in grabbing the readers attention.

Derrick C (week 7.4)

7.4 Assignment

Here we go again! Alright so in the past weeks we have been covering Completing Business Messages and Messages for Electronic Media. Regarding the topic of Completing Business Messages, I have learned that its very important to revise and proofread everything. It also important to pay attention to the type of language and tone that is used. I also learned that writing is constant revision needed in order to improve readability. As well as taking length and clarity into consideration, because if the message is to long or short the needed feedback isn't going to be received. Clarity in the writing process is very important because its important to be able to get your message across the way you intend. Thanks to the internet there are tons of ways to communicate electronic messages such as email, text messaging, social networks and etc. My opinion has somewhat changed about social media. From my personal experience I always only used email, Facebook and text messaging  I never used twitter or payed attention to it because I thought it was completely useless. I am still not a big fan of twitter but I can see the benefits that it can bring. I also never tried blogging before this class, I am still getting used to it but I like the overall idea of it. I think that with blogging it gives more room to express your opinions and there is no limit on how many words you post as opposed to twitter. I think with twitter in particular you're limited but its still a very useful tool. I read both of the articles on how a Philadelphia company uses twitter to drive business and the article in Time Magazine how twitter and Facebook are a faster way to reach customer service as opposed to regular email. In this new day and age I can't image surviving without social networks because communicating via email and phone seems so last century. I think its sensational the power that social media holds with the ability to reach and influence so many people, that its scary. So if you agree or disagree respond below!
Alissa Kartavtseva Week 7.4