EN2150 - Week 2 - Assignment

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Week 2 - Assignment

Audience-Centered Professional Message

Assignment

Your portfolio: Interpersonal Communication Portfolio

Demonstrate that the same workplace information can be shaped responsibly for different readers and purposes.

Your task

Prepare a message about a delayed referral or service update for both a supervisor and the affected client.

What to submit

  • A supervisor-facing email or brief memo of 250-350 words
  • A client-facing message of 150-220 words
  • A 1-page audience-and-channel rationale
  • A revision note identifying three changes made for audience, purpose, or tone

How to complete it

  1. Define each audience's decision, concern, knowledge level, and likely constraint.
  2. Choose the channel and purpose-first structure for each message.
  3. Draft the two messages with consistent verified facts and different reader-centered choices.
  4. Revise headings, tone, accessibility, and call to action; annotate the revisions.

Check your work

  • Each message makes its purpose and next action easy to find.
  • Facts remain consistent while organization and tone fit the audience.
  • The channel choice is justified using urgency, sensitivity, complexity, and record needs.
  • The revision note names specific choices and their intended effect.

How your work will be reviewed

Audience-Centered Professional Message review criteria
DimensionEvidence of readiness
Audience and purposeRationale identifies distinct reader needs and communication purposes.
Message designBoth messages use clear organization, appropriate detail, tone, and action.
Channel judgmentChannel choices are explained using the situation's constraints.
RevisionChanges are concrete, purposeful, and connected to reader response.

Using AI

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