1. COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVE WRITING

2. Plan Prepare Perform Present

3. PLAN Determine Purpose –Persuade –Inform –Impress –Solve a problem Know the Audience Assess the Situation Get Organized

4. PREPARE Conduct Research Construct Outline Concentrate Research

5. PERFORM Establish First Draft Support Your Ideas Use Active Language (Write like you speak) Revise Edit Seek Review Be simple. Be concise. Be clear. Tell them what they need to know, what it means and why it matters.

6. OUTLINE INDRODUCTION –State issue BODY –Give impact –Make recommendation –Prove point CONCLUSION/SUMMARY –Restate recommendation –Ask for action

7. PRESENT Final Content Check –Organized (Introduction, Body, and Conclusion with headings) –Written to audience –Brief and too the point –Spelling and grammar Format –Style –Packaged Professionally YOU EXPRESS VS IMPRESS

8. Checklist Are ideas organized? Are related information organized into paragraphs? Do paragraphs open with main point(s)? Did you stick with only what the audience needs? Did you speak on paper? Did you avoid wordiness? Did you write actively?

9. Was the objective of the communication achieved?

10. Tips Organize your ideas Make the bottom line the top line Write for the reader (WII-FM) Use a defined process Speak on paper Be brief and focus on the point