Monday, October 5, 2015

Week #5 - Communications - Laura Bowen

Week #5 - Communication - Laura Bowen

  After looking through the Communication module, I found the section on effective business websites very useful.  Even though I couldn’t get the technology part of it to work, I thought the resources were very helpful. It was much easier to go to  Wordpress.com and work from there instead of following the tutorial on HP.  I think this would be a excellent class activity - having students set up a web-site for a fictitious business.
      In my FSSE class we have an assignment about email etiquette so I really appreciated the section on business emails.   I know that I  assume everyone should know how to write a professional email. But,  I’m sure that my fellow bootcampers and instructors are well aware this is not the case for many students.  I am continually surprised by emails I receive from students.  So, for young entrepreneurs, I think this section would be an essential lesson in professionalism!  
 The section on target audience was weak.  It discussed how to build a survey to determine your target audience but it didn’t elaborate on what to do with the information once you got it or the best ways to reach your audience.  I might be expecting too much from these tutorials, but it seems like they would give you some resources so you could continue with your goal to reach your target audience?  

4 comments:

  1. I agree with the lack of information on the tutorials. But then again I don't think that faculty are the target audience.

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  2. The target audience is novice business people. I think it would be even more important to given them access to tutorials---especially in view of the very basic questions they asked their family and friends in the "story."

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  3. Even thought the Target Audience was weak in this session, it reminds us that we must know our audience and present on their level. As a teachers, we sometimes feel that the students should rise to our level of understanding of a topic. In reality, the best teachers can morph their knowledge and skills to a level of understanding that can be absorbed. Communication has a sender, a receiver, and constant feedback to evaluate if the message was clearly understood. Andy

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  4. You gave me a great idea about business emails. You are correct in saying that everyone assumes students know how to send appropriate emails. I am very surprised by some of the language and grammer errors I get in emails sent from them. This would be a very helpful lesson to incorporate in my class next semester. Thank you for the idea!

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