Monday, March 1, 2010
Shots Fired
Today was a really good day at work. I arrived on time of course and immediately got to work on the pool water safety article, which still has no title. Before I finished the last paragraph though, one of my supervisors told me about a meeting about violence in the work place. The presentation was for the entire NRCCE building, many faces I had never before seen were present. Jokes were already being made about the topic, but there were some serious warning in the video and from the campus police officer who spoke. Hilarious was when the officer told the audience he had an explosive canine, as in a k-9 police dog who could smell dynamite, not one that explodes ha. The video just wanted employees of offices to be aware that that kind of thing occurs, although as often and lightning striking a person, but does occur, and to be calm, get away, or take out the attacker. Pretty serious stuff. So after that I finally completed the pool article! It needs to revisions I am sure, and I am waiting to hear if it needs to be shorter, or longer. Already I have begun looking at the most recent assignment I received Friday from Sandra, letters I need to write and format to interested businesses about what we do at the NESC. Also, we are requesting feedback on the materials we give them to use. Going in again in Wed and will be more descriptive about that assignment. Then there is also the kids article about water I need to pick back up on. They keep me busy over there!
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Your discussion of participating in the office violence meeting seems brings to mind Sherry Southard's "office protocol" article that we read earlier this semester; it's good that you go to participate in this type of event; the meeting experience serves as "common ground" that all members of the organization share and can refer back to when relevant, whether that be for important or more "shooting the breeze" kinds of situations.
ReplyDeleteThe concerns that you need to consider when with these letters that you're writing to local businesses seems to be similar to the concerns you need to consider when writing the documents you discussed in your previous post. Think about that concept of "kairos" and strategies you can use to help readers understand why now is the time to pay attention to a particular issue; one such strategy could creating vivid images that help the audience to visualize how the situation manifests itself in their organization's professional life.