class notes (week 1)
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• eunice
• sonika
• matthias
• brandon
• yusheng
** Read the readings that she uploads personally
Class Participation: give feedback on people // professionalism – eort,respectable standard, you taking onership of the learning //
!ssignments " things to note:
• #or $riting Portfolio, % practice pieces are done in class and they are
graded &$eek ' " (), given hr'+mins to do this piece in teams of +, -+.each-
• $eek 0irtual 1eam 2eeting
• 3levator Pitch &might have a teak in terms of audience and style etc-)
3verything can be planned: e should plan communication 45 but have to makeit natural
6on7t shift the blame // did not care about the customers elfare // passiveaggressive // highlighted many other issues that are not related to the problem //making the customer feel bad // eective plans in the future to ensure customerloyalty
Consider the needs of the other party // !void e8clamation marks
$riting Plan
- 9ur business relationship 45 e8press disappointment%- 6escribe problem- ;rgency'- Re<uest investigation // possible recti=cation " solution, appreciate it if
you ould> // hat is your e8pectation of the supplier+- Conditional threat: if ? do not receive a replacement, ? ould be forced to
take legal action@- ?nclude an attachment of the damaged goods
Ausiness $riting
• Bno your audience and be able to match that need
• Conversational and uid style
** !lays anticipate a dierent anticipation 45 be detailed enough " balance it
3ective Communicators
• Clear " concise
• Check for understanding
• 3ncourage <uestions " clarify
• 1ell you the purpose " obDectives
• Bno their audience : correct tone, ho to deliver and the right things
inside, sensitivity to the needs of the people listening or receiving
• Bno the setting
• Ee<uence information : there7s a o
• !areness of intercultural communications
Fanguage ;se
• 3mphasiGe the positive
• !void camouaged verbs &coordination vs- coordination)
• Choose familiar ords
• Etreamlining