Provide Effective Feedback
One of the important aspects of communication, one that is usually not given much importance is the ability to provide feedback. In a job that requires extensive networking, communication and sessions with clients and customers, the need for feedback is paramount. Your feedback could be asked for if you are a part of quality control or if you are required to review and write about new launches and products. Feedback becomes an important responsibility if you are a part of a material development team or working in a publishing house.
Feedback has to be objective and should be formulated after thorough examination. Make sure you have reviewed the product in question intensively before working on a feedback. Your feedback has to be goal oriented and you need to think about all the various ways to improve the product. Positive feedback is graciously accepted but when you are giving negative feedback, you need to ensure you have valid reasons and suggestions on what has gone wrong and how you think that could affect the quality and appeal of the product. For example, if you are objecting against controversial content in learning material or a book, you need to clearly state how the content in question can cause trouble and what you think should be done to alter it.
Make your feedback impersonal and always remember to cite sources if you have consulted any. Credible and esteemed sources can lend a lot of value to your feedback-both positive and negative.
Figuring The Nuances of Jobs
This post is a continuation of an earlier post in which i had mentioned that professional life requires you to be an altogether different creative writer by and large. I thought of sharing some of my experiences of writing in the professional sphere. I plan to put up several posts on general as well as specific requirements.
I always wrote long sentences while writing answers or essays for my courses and in examinations. I had to ditch this habit and concentrate on making my sentences short and crisp. Long sentences often tend to get confusing where you are required to put things across as clearly as possible. This applies to lengthy business proposals as well. Though it will unavoidably be lengthier than blog posts or web content, you need to keep your language simple, your sentences short and make every effort to give maximum information using less words. In other words, you will need to get straight to the point.
It is a good idea to include pictures or sketches while trying to write about a place or a product instead of trying to describe everything elaborately in writing. A picture, as it goes, is worth a thousand words.
Keeping your English correct and keeping an eye out for errors will help you in copy editing, proofreading etc. I will put up a separate post to discuss the nuances of editing for a publishing house or other concerns.
It is important that your writings have some visual appeal as well. Split your article into several short paragraphs. Using numbers or bullets to highlight points will make your article eye catching and your readers will be able to easily spot the important points.