Assignment: 10 Cs for Writing Effectively

Review the email to Bobby Johnson under the heading: "Choosing a Channel" in your textbook.

Write a three to four page paper that answers the following:

Identify the communication problems with the email.

Using the 10 Cs for Writing Effectively, rewrite the email.

Include: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure.

Identify which Cs you used where and how that changed the email in terms of the effectiveness.

Identify the strategies used for composing a more effective message.

The format of the paper is to be as follows:

Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format in a Microsoft Word document.

Use headers for each of the subjects being covered, followed by your response.

In addition to the three to four pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor's name, the course title, and the date.

Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills.

Thoroughly identified the communication problems.

Thoroughly rewrote the email including: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure.

Thoroughly identified which Cs were used where, and how that changed the email in terms of effectiveness.

Satisfactorily identified the strategies used for composing a more effective message.