Announcement March 17, 2014 As a spokesperson for the company, I would like to provide the family member of the trapped Chilean miners with and update. The San Jose gold and copper mine where 33 miners were working has collapse. It took 17 days, but we finally made contact with the miners and were able to lower the probe into the mine and make contact with the miners. After the contact was made we are attempting to send a narrow plastic tube down the narrow borehole to provide the miners with food
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sick-leave pay for prolonged post-traumatic stress; a handful of others say they are seeing private therapists. Background On Aug. 5, 2010, a gold and copper mine near the northern city of Copiapó, Chile caved in, trapping 33 miners in a chamber about 2,300 feet below the surface. For 17 days, there was no word on their fate. As the days passed, Chileans grew increasingly skeptical that any of the miners had survived — let alone all of them. But when a small bore hole reached the miners’ refuge, they
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Knowing Your Audience The sender must be aware of their audience while communicating and they intend to say in the message. The collapse in 2010 of a Chilean copper mine is an example of this requirement. “San José, a small copper operation in northern Chile owned by Minera San Esteban Primera, suffered a cave-in on August 5, leaving 33 workers trapped underground” (Weik, 2010). With this paper I intend to list possible pitfalls the company should evaluate before delivering a message to the
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Chile copper mine as an example, and would have to communicate the message to the families as well as the company’s employees, different priorities go into each message. Victims Family Needs The first thing to bear in mind with this tragedy is that as a spokesperson for the company responsible for the collapse, probably will be viewed with skepticism. The person also might lack credibility when portraying his message. The person taking responsibility at the moment of the mining collapse, Chile’s
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Knowing Your Audience Nicole Mills BCOM/275 2/27/2012 Mark Trollinger Knowing Your Audience Understanding the needs of your audience is always important, but even more vital when dealing with disasters such as the Chilean copper mine collapse in 2010. In a scenario as dire as this, a company must address the families, friends, co-workers of the miners, and the community. Public relations officers must remain composed, polite, empathetic, and optimistic when providing information
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information should be shared. You would not want to share information that has not been confirmed. The families of the miners will need reassurance. They need a caring individual as well as someone who is determined to help those who are stuck in the mine. The miners’ families are going to need reassurance that everything thing will work out but they also need reliable information. Many will end up relying on news stations for information if they are not kept in contact with someone at the scene, this
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Owned and operated by Minera San Esteban, a portion of San Jose mine collapsed trapping 33 workers underground and their conditions are unknown. Rescue efforts are being coordinated with the office of the Minister of Mining and we should cooperate with their efforts as directed by management. The company has every confidence in the miner’s training, ventilation systems and the collaborative rescue efforts. The cause of the collapse will be determined after the rescue of each trapped miner. In light
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working in a medium-sized copper and gold mine beneath the moonlike wilderness of the Atacama Desert near the city of Copiapó, Republic of Chile (Chile), some 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of the country’s capital, Santiago. Chilean Mining Minister Laurence Golborne had arrived in Quito, Ecuador, at 9 p.m. that same day with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on a state visit. At 11 p.m., Golborne’s smart phone came to life with a message whose brevity spoke urgency: “Mine cave-in, Copiapó; 33 victims
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Demonstrative Communication Brian Poole BCOM/275 03/17/2014 Demonstrative Communication The following paper has been designed to effectively explain the pros and cons of effective Demonstrative Communication. According to Answers.com (2014) the definition of Demonstrative Communication is “nonverbal and unwritten communication and involves such things as facial expressions, tone of voice, body language.” “Research estimates that
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When informing an audience of news of any sort it is extremely important to make sure to please the audiences and inform the audience of the details that are available. In the article “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” the writer, Juan Weik, is straight to the point giving some details to the matter at hand. Weik doesn’t go to far in depth in his details just stating facts on what is happening. Weik is writing this to inform everyone of the incident including fellow workers
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