Communication and re-writing a letter

10 C’s for Writing Effectively:

Review the email to Bobby Johnson (see below under “letter to edit”): Write a three (3) page paper that answers the following:

• Identify the communication problems with the email.
• Using the 10 C’s for Writing Effectively, rewrite the email.
  Include: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure.
• Identify which C’s 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 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.

10 C’s of effective communication: http://publicspeaking.co.ke/blog/category/articles/the-10-cs-of-effective-communication

Letter to edit:

TO: Bobby Johnson

SUBJECT: Retirement Party

Hello, everyone. As you know, Joe Banyon is retiring next month. I’ve been asked by some of his friends to arrange a little farewell party in his honor.The date is Friday, 6 p.m. at City Café, and we hope you can make it.We would like to give him a gift certificate. We are asking everyone to contribute. Let me know ASAP.

See you there.

Bobby