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1 Chapter 6 The Process of Preparing Effective Business Messages

2 1 Identify your purpose 2 Analyze your audience 3 Choose your ideas 4 Collect data to support your ideas 5 Organize your message Five planning steps

3 1.Identify your purpose Reason: Informational Persuasive Negotiation Explanation Goodwill: All messages It is a rational purpose. Creating goodwill is especially important when communicating with foreign companies. The objective of your message is almost always twofold: The reason for the message itself and the creation of goodwill.

4 2.Analyze your audience Their Needs Their demographic factors, such as age, gender, education, income, class, marital Values, Interests, Attitudes, Beliefs Even culture Level (Hierarchy of organization) Size Their personality, past behavior It is easy for acquainted readers. Know the communication principles of the country. Be attentive even with titles, last and first name. Estimate your audiences probable reaction. Decide whether your readers or listeners are informed or uninformed on the subject. See your message from receiver's point of view

5 Examples Dear Mom and Dad, My visit with Andersons is going well. Yesterday, we visited the Football Hall of Fame. Today, we are going to an art museum. I think it will be wonderful for me to stay all summer! Let me know if it is ok. Send me money!Alice Johnson Dear John, The Hall of Fame as great as a lot thought. There are all kinds of displays, recordings, and videos. One play shows the old leather headgear. The players used to wear. We’d die if we had to wear those things. Ali Dear Grandfather, Ever since you told me about the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I have wanted to see it and today I have got my chance. I will tell you all about it when I get home. Ali

6 3.Choose your ideas Depends on the type of message and context Use the opportunity when available to deliver more information to your receiver. Message Solicited Underline main points, Jot your ideas in the margin. You can list each underlined item and number it in order it will be covered in your letter. Unsolicited Brainstorm, choose the best ideas If you are not writing in reply of a letter, then list all information to be included. X

7 Example If somebody has sent you a letter, in letter you are asked about the rates of food. If you limit your response to rates, you are missing a chance for your other services. You have to: Thank the reader. Mention the services the hotel provides Include information regarding the place where the hotel is located. Describe the facilities List the rates

8 4.Collect your data Specific facts, figures, quotations, statistics, other evidence Your company policies, procedures and product detail Check your office files Brain storm See books. Visit internet. Go to library. Sources of data Primary data: The new data Secondary data: The existing data Be sure to collect enough data to support your ideas ; check names, dates, addresses, and statistics for precision

9 5.Organize your message Usually before first draft Outline your message (mentally or on paper) Approach determined by different cultures: American and European (Direct) S. American, M. Eastern and Asian (Indirect) Find the main idea. Use supporting sentences Organizing your material before writing your first draft can prevent rambling and unclear messages

10 Organize Your Data (Topic Sentence)

11 Basic Organizational Plan Direct (Deductive Approach) Direct requests, good news Indirect (Inductive) Approach Persuasive requests, bad news For memos and letters, you can use:

12 Direct (deductive approach) When the audience is receptive to your message When you think your reader or listener will have a favorable or neutral reaction to your message Requests that require less persuasion Granting requests Announce favorable or neutral information Main Idea Explanation Courteous close with motivation to action Some cultural communication conventions may not fit into direct approach Request Main Idea/best news Explanation Positive, friendly close Good News

13 Indirect (inductive approach) When you expect resistance to your message When you think your readers or listeners might react negatively to your message Bad news Persuasive requests Buffer Explanation Decision (implied or expressed) Positive, friendly close Bad News Attention Interest Desire Action Persuasive Request

14 Beginnings and Endings Opening Paragraph “First impression is lasting” Closing Paragraph “We better remember what we read last.”

15 Opening Paragraph Determines to read, put aside or discard 1 Choose openings appropriate for message purpose and reader (Direct and indirect approach) 2 Make opening considerate, courteous, concise and clear 3 Check for completeness

16 Beginnings So that our CD funds, which have matured, can be transferred to your IRA account as you have requested, please return to us the following: Enclosed is a cash refund for the defectives wristwatch that you sent to us recently. Because of the large number of applications we received for our Executive Skills Program, we have had to turn away many persons. We obviously underestimated the interest in our current subject. A new program is already being planned, and we will send you information as soon as it’s available. Request Good news Bad news

17 Closing Paragraph Strong, clear, polite + reinforce the central purpose 1 Make action request clear and complete 2 End on a positive, courteous thought 3 Keep the last paragraph concise and correct

18 Example Negative: I am sorry we can’t be more encouraging at this time. Poor: Send us your check today Unclear: I look forward to hearing from you regarding this matter. Positive: We wish you success fin your search for a position. Good: To keep your credit in good standing, please send us your check for today Clear: So that we can make appropriate arrangements for your visit, please call me at ,ext.11,before Friday,November 16,anytime between 9 A.M and 5:00 P.M. Avoid: Thank you in advance for distributing these questionnaires to your employees. Say: I will appreciate your distributing these questionnaires to your employees

19 Composing the Message Drafting Revising Editing and Proofreading

20 Drafting your message You can build up your draft by expanding the points in your outline into paragraphs. Everyone prepare their first draft in different way. Linear style: Mental or written outline, moving from one point to another Circular Style: Putting your ideas down with a less fixed progression of points, data and organization. Your first draft is often the most difficult to write. The important thing is to get the most important information in your message on paper early. Get the most important information on paper early.

21 Revising your message Does your message accomplish its purpose? Have you chosen the most effective organizational plan? Are your points supported by adequate material? Is your language in line with 7 Cs? Have you used variety in sentence structure? Tolstoy revised War and Peace 5 times Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speeches often went to 18 drafts. Hemingway rewrote the last page of A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times. Revision means adding necessary and deleting unnecessary information, making sure your points are adequately supported, checking your organization approach, and reviewing your language in terms of the seven C’s.

22 Revision- facts Whenever I revise, I just make things worse. I do my best work without revising. That's a common misconception that sometimes arises from fear, sometimes from laziness. If you're still not convinced, re-read some of your old papers. How do they sound now? What would you revise if you had a chance?

23 Editing and proofreading your message Topic sentence Sound structure Grammar Spelling Punctuation Correct word Read aloud (Persons writing in second language) Editing and proofreading are important to ensure that your document has no mistakes in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or word choice.