Monday, April 26, 2010
EdwardM. Capturing Your Audience ( Designing Visuals)
One of the best ways to capture an audience is to incorporate visuals into your material. A Visual is a pictorial representation used to convey meaning and information to an audience. When designing a visual there are a couple things you need to think of. What kind? what should it look like? Where should it be placed?
when deciding what kind of visual to put into your material you should first think of what it is you are trying to get across to your audience. If it is very numerical and math related, charts, graphs, and tables work very well. If it is something technical, screenshots are better for the sitiueation.
Figuring out what the visual should look like is a fairly simple process. The main thing you need to do is be crative with it. If it is directed towards children, add color and fun designs. If its for the professional workplace make it catchy, fun, yet appropriate.
The last thing you will need to decide when designing visuals is where to place the visual. Sometimes it is beter to make it the very first thing your audience will see. Other times you want it to be the last. Now your ready to go out and design your own visuals.
Dobrin,Sidney.Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century.New York:Pearson,2006.Print.
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I have been lucky enough to have many media releases written about me, which has helped me learn something about them. The first thing that I know is that you should have a good headline. It should be short, and to the point. Also I have learned that you should begin the release with information about what or who you are writing about. This is what I have been able to pick up while reading different media releases. There is a correct outline that should be followed when writing a media release. I have already mentioned the first two steps. The third step would be to communicate with the 5 Ws and the H. The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. After you have identified the Ws and H, you need to provide supporting information to tie everything together. After you have completed the headline and body of the media release, the last step would be to add contact information at the end of your news.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
AndresN: Writing Informal Reports
When you are writing an informal report, you should always start with addressing the report in the top left corner. You have to include whom the report is to, who it is from, the date, and the subject. A report should have an introduction, discussion sections, and a conclusion. In the introduction should include the what, when, why, where, and how in order to have an appropriate introduction. The discussion sections is where you would explain all the parts of the report. In this section you may include bullet points, tables, graphs, or any other visual representation. You have to make sure that you explain with detail the visuals in your report. The conclusion should reiterate the issues mentioned in the previous paragraphs. Also remind the reader about any action that is needed. After the conclusion, you should include your contact information. This is everything that is needed to write an informal report.
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