Reflection
- 1. Technical Business Writing Reflection Technical Business Writing has taught me several things, it’s a very efficient way of communicating professionally. As a Multimedia designer it will be important to know business writing when dealing with clients, as well as keeping an online portfolio to expand my opportunities. I also learned that keeping social networks can help me further my professional career. As a Multimedia designer it is necessary to establish a professional relationship with your client through any means possible, including e-mail . It is also needed to write contracts with clients to avoid misunderstandings and prevent work theft. Technical Business writing comes in handy when doing these things. I will use all of the things I learned in my Technical Business Writing course to apply myself as a professional, I will send Letters to my clients electronically utilizing all the tools and skills I learned and I will succeed as a multimedia designer thanks to this. I found that keeping a digital portfolio online expands your horizons, you don’t need to deliver a physical portfolio to agencies seeking to hire people, you can just send them the link to your online portfolio. As a Multimedia Designer having a digital portfolio is almost a necessity, since being a freelance designer is also an option; people will now be able to contact me from all over the world for freelance jobs once I adapt my graphic design portfolio to my online portfolio. A Digital portfolio doesn’t necessarily need to be in blog form, keeping that in mind I will utilize what I learned in this Technical Business Writing course about portfolios and apply it on my own webpage utilizing my web design
- 2. skills. Social Networking sites are known to be time consuming and online centers of distraction, (as explained in my Business Writing Recommendation Report) but you can also benefit from them, career-wise. In Business Writing we were required to have at least two Social Network Technology accounts, one in Wordpress.com, and one in Twitter.com. These Social Networking Websites have helped me professionally, I’ve discovered the world of blogging and all it’s benefits. Keeping a Blog can keep you connected with other professionals in your field of study, one can learn from others and keep himself informed with important news in the professional world. The stronger presence you have online, the more well known you will be worldwide. As a Designer this is important, especially for freelancers who highly depend on their image and popularity to ensure recognition by potential clients. Twitter.com is a short straight-to- the-point microblogger you can access virtually anywhere with an internet connection nowadays. Twitter is accessible through your phone to keep yourself updated on what other’s post. And this can be especially useful if you “follow” experts in your field. In the end, what I learned from Technical Business Writing were various very important tools that will help me succeed in the near future as a Digital Multimedia Designer. I’m aiming to build my own website portfolio including a video demo reel that includes all my major works as a designer. Thanks to Technical Business Writing I can write efficient client contracts and letters to apply for a job. These tools mentioned above will help me and many other students that take what they learned in this course, and apply it
- 3. professionally in their field of study.