Today we will be talking about an important component of modern business communication, the memo. Over the course of class today, we will discuss a few different topics pertaining to memos, including how to write an effective memo and the characteristics of a successful memo and differentiating between the different types of memos.
We will begin by discussing the basic components of a general memo. The following two worksheets will help us in this task. The first worksheet contains the questions you should answer and the second contains many examples of different types of memos.
After the warm-up activity, we will talk about the characteristics of a good memo. This will be a two-part task. First, you'll be ask to answer some short-answer questions about said characteristics. Then, you will read two memos, decide which one is better and then give three reasons why. Below you will find a copy of the activity (for future use). The second document contains the rules on how to write each part of your memo! Be sure to check it out!
Finally, every memo is written for a specific purpose and for a specific audience. Based on these two factors, certain components of the general can (and should) be altered. The three categories of memos that we will be talking about in this class are: informative/good news, negative/bad news and persuasive. You will find information about these three types of memos in your books in chapters 3, 4 and 5. Below you will find a copy of the worksheet that we will be using in class.
Homework:
-Set up your Dropbox accounts and share a folder with me (this should be done already)-Buy the book and read from pages 36-56
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