Knowing your Audience: Close your eyes Doug McGill BCOM/275 August 19, 2012 Eric Graves Close your eyes imagine that you are trapped in complete darkness with little to no room surrounded by 32 other men, the fear of no escape from a room smaller than the size of an average classroom, and you are half a mile underground with no way out. Unless, someone experienced this nightmare firsthand this would be difficult for anyone to imagine. This was the terrifying and exhausting reality for 33 Chilean
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Mine Collapse Rhonda Jenkins BCOM/275 09/03/2012 Charles Cattermole Chilean Copper Mine Collapse The news of a devastating accident is not easy to prepare or communicate to anyone involved. Being the bearer of bad news is never easy. The way in which the news is delivered, and what must be done before and after the news is relayed is also important. The needs of the employees are different than the needs of the family members of those men who were trapped in the mine. It is vital to make
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Knowing Your Audience Jennifer Bankston BCOM/275 April 15, 2013 Jamey Pippert If you are a company who deals with dangerous work on a daily basis, you need to know who you are dealing with at all times. It is important to know what kind of audience your workers families would be and what kind of audience your actual employees are. When disaster strikes in a company, there are many measures that need to be taken. When the Chilean copper mine collapse occurred, there was a lot to take into
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Chilean Mine Collapse Student Name BCOM/275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking Date Instructor Name Abstract August 5, 2010, a mine, near the Copiapó, Chile experienced a caved in, 33 miners more the 2000 became trapped with little to no hope of escape. Many gave up hope and feared there were no survivors, after 17 days a small bore hole made its way to the Miners location. As, the world watched with growing concern, and anticipation the miners sent word they were, alive (New York
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The Chilean Miners Varonika Allen BCOM/275 September 26, 2011 Dr. James Miller The Chilean Miners endured a major hardship while they were trapped in the mine for four months. In spite of becoming famous after surviving the mine collapse, life hasn’t been easy for the miners. Several are still unemployed. Others are surviving by selling fruits and vegetables on the streets of Copiapo, driving taxis or doing odd jobs. The most successful ones have gotten into public speaking, but money and
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Armentha Handy BCOM/275 Business Communications and Critical Thinking January 2, 2014 Professor Joseph Scott A little Coppermine that's situated in Chile, experienced a cave in that caused a total of thirty-three miners to be trapped underground August 5, 2010. The miners were trapped without sufficient oxygen, water, or food; no one knew for sure if the miners would stay alive. These miners were stuck underground for
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Knowing Your Audience Paper BCOM 275 Jackie Crawford April 21st 2014 No one could have guessed that a small town in northern Chili would have become such a hot topic in the news in August 2010. After a cave-in occurred in the San Jose mine, the story went national and everyone was reading about the tragedy across the globe. Thirty three people had been trapped underground and a fairy tale happy ending did not seem probable. Rescue workers started drilling holes in the area to reach the
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release BCOM/275 Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Knowing your audience is a very important aspect any time a company communicates information to a group or organization. Knowing the audience is even more important when a company has to deal with the fallout following a disaster. The disaster of the Chilean copper mine in South American is one example of where knowing your audience was a very important factor. In a Chilean
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release BCOM/275 Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Knowing your audience is a very important aspect any time a company communicates information to a group or organization. Knowing the audience is even more important when a company has to deal with the fallout following a disaster. The disaster of the Chilean copper mine in South American is one example of where knowing your audience was a very important factor. In a Chilean
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Maas BCOM/275 January 30, 2013 Toya Belgin Chilean Copper Mine Collapse: news release to family 2 We come before you today humbled by tragedy, as we reluctantly must inform you that our San Jose mine has collapsed trapping your loved ones inside. It happened on August 5, 2011 around 3 o’clock. At this time it is unsure of what actually caused the mine collapse, we do not know the physical condition of those trapped inside
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