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)
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