where is plain english

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where is plain english ?
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Baileys course.

• Follows commonsense rules
• Is easy to read
• Has impact
• Attracts the reader in the first place

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likes to travel with Style

• Common words
• Contractions
• Pronouns
• Active voice
• Proper tone

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and readability.
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Passive 42.1 Ease 12.0 Grade Level
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Has Visual Style

• AGENDA
• WOODSTOCK BUSINESS CONFERENCE
• New York City
• Pfizer Building
• 235 East 42nd Street
• 11th floor
• October 21, 1999
• 745 am to 915 am
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•       Welcome and pre-meeting business Nolan's
  letter
•       Self-introductions
•       Goals of the meeting Woodstock Business
  Conference - Mission Statement
•       Opening Prayer
•       Scripture Reading First Letter of Paul
  to the Corinthians 13 1-13
•       Quiet reflection on Scripture (5 minutes),
  followed by sharing of insights
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• TOPIC World View of "Horizon" and the Role it
  Plays in Business Decisions
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• Understanding that we are limited in what we can
  know and what we care about at any particular
  time. That limit is our worldview or "horizon."

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Has a big idea!
Has a BIG IDEA!
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Dispels the myths

• Ending with a preposition
• Beginning with And or But
• Splitting Infinitives to always be or always
  to be
• Grammar, grammar and more
• Simple
• Parallel structure
• Agreement
• Commas and more dots and dashes

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Can we write and speak in the same voice?
yes
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Start with the Audience

• Meet Audience Needs
• Research, Profile Sense
• Prewrite, Plan Draft
• Outline, Storyboard Rehearse
• Adjust for the Environment
• Formality, Tone, Size

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Prewrite, Plan Draft

• Brainstorm
• Get clarity of purpose
• Think Reader/ Listener
• AIM
• Audience
• Intent
• Message

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Use the Templates

• Fill in the blanks
• Look for a logical pattern
• Tell the story
• Build in transitions
• Open and Close with a bang

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Lets try it!

• Who are we?
• Org. Comm. Class Spring 2002
• How many?
• 25
• Gender?
• 6 Female
• 19 Male

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Audience data

• 3 Freshman
• 15 Sophomores
• 4 Juniors
• 2 Seniors
• 1 Transfer

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Majoring in.

• 9 Finance related
• 3 International Bus.
• 1 Actuarial Science
• 1 Marketing/IB
• 1 Accounting
• 1 Economics
• 9 Undecided

Accounting
Marketing
Finance
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With career goals

• 3 law
• 1
• 1 own business
• 1 Actuary
• 1 be happy at my job
• 18 undecided

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And speaking.

• 13 students speak languages other than English
• 5 Chinese (Mandarin Cantonese)
• 3 Spanish
• 1 German, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Japanese,
  Korean, Latin, Russian and Tamil

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Technologically savvy.

• 12 comfortable
• 6 can talk a good game
• 6 learning
• 1 no answer
• Word 4.0
• Excel 3.1
• PowerPoint 2.3

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Feeling confident. About speaking in public
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And less confidentabout business writing
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With a lot on your mind

• Job
• Money
• School grades
• Sex, romance
• Socializing w/friends
• Other

• Order of Concern
• 5 Money (7)
• 4 Sex, Romance (9)
• 3 Socializing (10)
• 2 Job (18)
• 1 School (23)

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Putting it into practice
yea....let's go to the video tape
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Assignment 1 Prepare for Wednesday, January 30th

• Should have read Bailey, 1, 3, 11
• Email and examples
• Think of a short memorized piece for presentation
• Prepare a short narration for the class .hint
  think audience
• Pick a place to observe

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Finale

• Write 3 impromptu questions you would like your
  peers to answer
• Be creative
• Think interests of the audience
• Sports, Current Events, Politics, History,
  Fashion, Movies, Science, Technology, Books,
  Theatre, TV, Finance, Art, .keep
  thinking..
• .abstract.

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Bonus Site Great Speechescheck it out
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