Final Course Reflection- Jose Rodriguez
- 1. Final Course Reflection By: Jose Rodriguez
- 2. What I Learned: • I learned that when it comes to finding, analyzing and documenting information that you want to asks make sure your sources are reliable. • For surveys you want good balance and usually open ended questions. • The U.S. Census is usually your best source for statistics about the United States and it’s people.
- 3. What I Learned: • I learned that short reports are best used when you need some thing done by someone. • Justification reports and problem solving reports both need to be eased towards the reader. • Avoiding the word “you” and showing the benefits the reader would receive are important towards yielding best results.
- 4. What I Learned: • I learned that whether you’re designing documents, slides or screens you ALWAYS want to be clear and concise. • Being user friendly is always the most important factor when it comes to catering to your audience. • Being clustered with pictures, animations and sounds will more times than not ruin the users experience.
- 5. What I Learned: • I learned that persuasive messages are much like reports, yet they ultimately require more information that yields to the reader in order to convince them towards a recommended action. • You want to always include financial benefits if you want the best results. • Finding a common ground is a must in order to convince your reader.
- 6. What I Learned: • I learned that proposals and progress reports usually cover sales information, analytical evidence of annual revenue, and recommendations. • You must always specify all the technical questions in order to get the problem solved. • AVOID HOT BUTTONS. They more times than not end up with bad results.
- 7. How I Learned It: • The combination of Analysis Assignments 3 & 4 both helped me grasp these concepts. • Analysis Assignment 3 helped me realize how a bad webpage can completely destroy the image of your company is it’s not user friendly. • Analysis Assignment 4 helped show me that you always have to think twice before you write something. You will never win over an audience if you offend them.
- 8. Why It Matters: • Learning about this was important because it helps you know the ideal options towards reaching specific audiences. • Whether you want something from the reader or want to provide the reader with something, you always have to cater to them. • If you don’t derive your information from reliable sources, you will in turn be considered unreliable.
- 9. My Goals: • I want to take what I’ve learned and use this new found knowledge towards chasing a career. • I now know that if I want to appeal towards an employer that I need to always show them the benefits that THEY receive from hiring me. • I want to always keep everything I’ve learned in mind and ensure that I always write for the people and offer the the best unbiased, most reliable means of that.