For this assignment you’re going to write a step-by-step procedure memo to someone that you’re either training at work, let’s say, or explaining to your manager or friend or an
For this assignment you’re going to write a step-by-step procedure memo to someone that you’re either training at work, let’s say, or explaining to your manager or friend or an acquaintance, or even teaching a group of people such as a class, perhaps. Select a task that you know how to do very well, either at work, or in your personal life such as in sports, cooking, craft making, etc., something that you’re very knowledgeable about, and are really good at doing—best to keep it related to work or hobby. Write a brief, three-paragraph, one-page memo to this person/group. Below is an example only of the headers: TO: Joe Schmidt FROM: Mary Mendez DATE: April 30, 2020 SUBJECT: How to Manage the Front Desk As explained in previous class meetings about the Subject line: Introduce your message briefly, USING ONE TO THREE SENTENCES ONLY, and introduce the list. (See Grading Criteria for reference.) : When doing the above, make sure that you don’t have a verb or a preposition before the colon to introduce the list. For example: Here is a list of things: (When starting a list, the word before a colon: should not be a verb or a preposition; best if it’s a noun—such as things, or the following, etc.) This paragraph should have a list that is either bulleted or numbered for each of the procedures/steps. ; do fewer if possible. If you must have more than eight steps for your process; then combine two or three steps to form one step, with proper punctuation. Write a polite ending to your message with either a forward looking statement or a courteous offer to the reader to contact you if there are any questions. Write ONE TO TWO SENTENCES only. If you worked in retail clothing, retail banking or a restaurant business, write about one important job duty you have/had that required step-by-step actions to complete it. If you never had a paying job before, think of any volunteering you did, or internship, or community work, etc. Imagine that you’ve been asked to train someone to do this activity. How would you train this person in writing through a formal memo? To double space: click the Return key twice and start typing. = (four or more errors = -5) = #
