This week has been exciting for me at work because it is the first time I have been assigned shorter works and works that are collaborative and non-article. I revised my version of the promotional letter to the National League of Cities on Wednesday and submitted it to Sandra Fallon. The changes I made were not drastic, but made a significant change. The attention-getting fact was moved to the second paragraph in the somewhat short letter, and the thank you was moved to the first line of the letter. This created a better flow, and maintained a clear purpose/objective for the reader to identify while reading it. I added an incentive for the reader to take advantage of the information my letter was offering- to not only visit our new website but to use the free downloadable sources found on it- to increase the chances that my letter will promote our web traffic. The incentive was that I mentioned several other state affiliates that have used, and profited from, our website. I think that knowing others have benefitted from our services that the National League of Cities will be more inclined to do the same.
The other project of the week is a collaborative effort to edit/review all of the materials that are going into our Spring/Summer 2010 issue of On Tap. There will be about 7 different articles in this season's issue, and all are compiled before me to read over for review. This same task is being undertaken by 4 others- editors, writers, supervisors- a group effort to create the best possible work. This is fun for me, and challenging also. Some articles are specifically intended for experts in areas, such as equations for water system staff members. The material goes beyond my knowledge of what would be incorrect, but luckily trained professionals have already perfected those aspects of the article. Mostly I catch grammatical, format, or spelling errors, which is going well.
On another note, my internship is going very well. My time here is running out, and I will be very sad to leave the National Environmental Services Center staff who have been very kind and helpful to me. Also interesting is that the janitor recently provided me with my own trash can, I wonder if people notice I throw things out often...?
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Your first paragraph here in the blog post provides a nice detailed description of your revisions as well as your reasons for each one. You'll want to provide a similar type of description and analysis in your the reflective components of your portfolio. Also incorporate specific quotes/passages from the texts, too, as you put together those reflective components. That type of set-up will help readers move easily between the reflective components and your documents.
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