Learning Objective 3: Discuss Information-Gathering Options For Simple Messages, and Identify Three Attributes of Quality Information
Learning Objective 3: Discuss Information-Gathering Options For Simple Messages, and Identify Three Attributes of Quality Information
Learning Objective 3: Discuss Information-Gathering Options For Simple Messages, and Identify Three Attributes of Quality Information
For simple messages, you may already have all the information at hand, but for more
complex messages, you may need to do considerable research and analysis before
you’re ready to begin writing.
For many messages, you can informally gather the information you need by
If an assignment or objective is so vague that you have no idea how to get started in
determining what the audience needs to know, try these discovery techniques:
One good test is the journalistic approach (answering who, what, when, where, why,
and how).
Be sure your information is ethical (as honest and complete as you can make it).