Pennsylvania Food Bank Case Study
Assignment 1
1. Provide a general critique of this email.
This email is a very vague description of food collection drive for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank that the Penn National Insurance company is participating for. The good thing about this email is that the author has provided information about the previous year’s collection and the number of families that benefitted by this food bank.
2. What is the writer’s objective?
The objective of the writer of this email was to provide information about the food collection drive for Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The email provides facts about the amount of food that was collected in the preceding year and the target for this year.
3. Has the writer achieved her objective?
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Imagine that you received this email over the weekend, and did not see it until first thing Monday morning, in a crowded email inbox filled with dozens of emails. What key element is missing from this email that could result in recipients not bothering to open and read it?
The key element missing from this email is a precise subject line, the author of this email could have included a subject like “Food Collection Drive” or “Help your fellow community members”.
Assignment 2
1. Critique this email. Well written? Poorly written? Why?
This email is a very well written email, it clearly identifies the closing of the copy center and indirectly points out about the 23 employees working in the copy center losing their jobs.
2. Discuss the audience for this email. What types of things do they need to know? What might they be interested in? What might not interest them?
Every person in the company that uses the copy center for any documentation is an audience of this email. The type of things they would need to know is how transitioning from the copy center to the Philips Group would affect their work. They might be interested in details of how they would use the services provided by the Philips Group instead of the copy center.
3. What do you suppose is the writer’s
1. Provide a general critique of this email.
This email is a very vague description of food collection drive for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank that the Penn National Insurance company is participating for. The good thing about this email is that the author has provided information about the previous year’s collection and the number of families that benefitted by this food bank.
2. What is the writer’s objective?
The objective of the writer of this email was to provide information about the food collection drive for Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The email provides facts about the amount of food that was collected in the preceding year and the target for this year.
3. Has the writer achieved her objective?
The writer has …show more content…
Imagine that you received this email over the weekend, and did not see it until first thing Monday morning, in a crowded email inbox filled with dozens of emails. What key element is missing from this email that could result in recipients not bothering to open and read it?
The key element missing from this email is a precise subject line, the author of this email could have included a subject like “Food Collection Drive” or “Help your fellow community members”.
Assignment 2
1. Critique this email. Well written? Poorly written? Why?
This email is a very well written email, it clearly identifies the closing of the copy center and indirectly points out about the 23 employees working in the copy center losing their jobs.
2. Discuss the audience for this email. What types of things do they need to know? What might they be interested in? What might not interest them?
Every person in the company that uses the copy center for any documentation is an audience of this email. The type of things they would need to know is how transitioning from the copy center to the Philips Group would affect their work. They might be interested in details of how they would use the services provided by the Philips Group instead of the copy center.
3. What do you suppose is the writer’s