Memos Bowker, COMM 390. Purpose of a Memo  For distributing information quickly to an internal audience  Informal, routine or brief reports  Sometimes.

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Memos Bowker, COMM 390

Purpose of a Memo  For distributing information quickly to an internal audience  Informal, routine or brief reports  Sometimes to register a formal opinion, especially if it is backed up with evidence or runs counter to prevailing opinion or policy Read text pages

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Content  Can vary, it might be to :  Provide an incident update or the results of a report, meeting or action  Inform of software changes or other factual information  Propose a new, or change to an existing, policy or procedure  Register a formal opinion

Guidelines  Be as brief as possible  Be very direct and use clear language  You don’t want any misunderstandings  Use bullet points and white space to make it easy to read  If you want people to do something, identify a clear and specific call to action  Be courteous and somewhat formal

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