August 5th,2010.One is by a form of meeting in front of all the Chilean families, the other is a message to all the employees including internal posting. Speaking by the spokesman and watching by the world’s press, the company and Chile government is going to take measures to rescue as more miners as possible. In the other hand, it is also a big warning to the company and employees that we have to take more cautions of working inside the mine. Under the pressure of families and worried employees, they
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THE CHILEAN COPPER MINE COLLAPSE The people in the audience and the key considerations The main people in the audience are the miners’ families and their co-workers. It is important to consider the right tone and wording to use when communicating the information (Tennyson & Ray, 2005). The family members are very close to the miners and they will tend to be emotional. The employees will also be shaken because if it were under different circumstances it could have been them trapped in the mine
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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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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 sent
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message the same for both. Considerations to what type of audience and their roles must be taken in advance to ensure your message has the right tone and content for the directed audience. The topic of this assignment is the 2010 Chilean Copper Mine Collapse. When constructing any type of communication to the families of the miners, you would want to take into consideration the needs of the families. They are looking for answers, hope, and help from you as a company. In the communication
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Knowing Your Audience BCOM/275 September 22, 2014 Knowing Your Audience Knowing Your Audience On August 5, 2010, the main entrance into the San José Mine, near Copiapó, Chile, collapsed trapping 33 miners approximately 2,300 feet underground for more than two months Weik, J. (2010). The miners’ family members, and by extension, the world, grew increasingly concerned about the well-being of the thirty three men as there was no way of determining the
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release Business Communication & Critical Thinking: BCOM/275 Introduction This paper will review the Chilean Copper Mine Collapse where thirty three miners were entrapped in the mine. I will expound on the multiple facets relative to the audience in terms of their specific needs required for both the miner’s families and the company’s employees. We will take a two prong approach to try to understand this complicated disaster which occurred in
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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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strikes, normally the common good in mankind comes to the aide of those who need help the most. Support from charity groups, the Red Cross or donations, all the way to something as simple as saying a prayer for those people before dinner. When the Chilean mine incident happened it was a national news story. It touched people and it helped people to realize how life could possibly slip by us in an instant. It is incredible that they were able to survive, let alone for more than 2 months. How did they
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Name Course Tutor Date Ancient Greek Heroes vs. Modern Heroes Introduction The word hero brings to mind different things to different people, since people tend to have different concepts of heroism. This is particularly the case with regard to the concept of heroes in ancient and modern societies. As times have changed, the definition of heroes has also changed, in keeping with the changes in the modern society. However, ancient and modern heroes do share some similarities, which act as the
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