My part of the presentation topic

Writing in a Business or Technical Setting



     I want to learn more of the business side of writing because I know that it will be a huge advantage to be well versed in how to write in a concise manor. I recently had an interview, and even though it was not for a business position, in order to get the interview I had to show that I could paraphrase a much longer peice of information into a short statement. Though I think that I do a good job at keeping my paper short and to the point, I want it to become second nature and habit to write in a business like manor. Employees do not have time to read long and detailed writings or memos and because of this the concept of abstract writing is something that is going to be very helpful in writing memos and other business type documents if I hope to run a business in an efficient way. Abstract writing is a form of writing used to fit a large amount of information into a limited amount of space. A technique that would greatly benefit a business.
     The side of business that most interests me is the side of sales and learning to communicate with customers properly would give me a big advantage. If a customer opens an email and sees that it is a page long, they will be much more apt to skim through and miss valuable material that will benefit them. How does one go about preventing this? In the same example, if a customer opens and email and sees that it is organized in bullet points or in a short paragraph they will be more willing to read the entire email and gain all the information they need. This can take a large amount of time on the part of the writer because he must know inside and out what he is trying to communicate and be able to break it down and write it in a way that highlights only the main points. An indirect benefit of learning to writing in a business setting or writing to customers would be that if I learn to write this way, it will spill over into how I communicate verbally with my costumers and employees and overall will have a very positive effect on my work environment.