foremost. There will be many lives that will be affected when addressing the families of the victims. Who will tell the family, how, making sure the tone of voice is proper and who must be present. Second, the other employees not involved in the collapse must be addressed. How will it be addressed to the employees, what must be told to them, what must be kept confidential and how to move forward. This also holds true for the media of any sort. Knowing each of the audiences is critical to deliver
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communication during the Chilean copper mine accident in South America, knowing your audience proves to be even more significant when a company has to deal with the outcome resulting from a disaster. Understanding that families and workers need to me told in different manners is a key. The company had to send sympathetic messages to the families, had to inform them about the efforts was made to save their loved ones. On August 5, 2010, a small copper mine in northern Chile collapsed trapping
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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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Grasping the Audience Attention Emmanuel Dike BCOM/275 August 28, 2013 Michael, Caserta Grasping the Audience Attention Communication styles differ and the delivery method plays a significant role in its reception. Phonemes, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics are used in communicating, and vary from culture, generation, social class, and gender. It is imperative that each message/tone is appropriately assigned to the correct audience to avoid confusion, conflict, or chaos. This particular
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Megan Crawford BCOM/275 Week 4, Individual Assignment Chilean Mine Disaster On August 5, 2010, MINERA San Esteban Primera reported a mine structure collapse at a small gold and copper mine in northern Chile. The collapse left 33 workers trapped 2,300 feet underground. Directly following the collapse, rescuers began taking action. They first drilled holes in attempt to find the location of the miners trapped, however it was not confirmed whether or not the miners would still be alive after enduring
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be dire consequences for that company and anybody affiliated with the company. On August 5, 2010, a copper mine shaft in northern Chile collapsed leaving 33 miners trapped in the San Jose mine. The miners were trapped 1017 feet below the ground. The company’s reaction and response to the situation would influence the world’s view on the company. At the point of the mineshaft collapse, it became extremely important for the company’s representatives to communicate effectively with the press
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” Kevin Ivery BCOM275 September 30, 2013 University of Phoenix “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” Technology played an important role in the communication of the 33 miners that were trapped for 69 days underground. All types of communication were used from live minute to minute news coverage to the world tweeting about the collapse on twitter
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the family or the company that it effects. It may be difficult to explain everything because when you do have to explain these things you will not have all the answers. When reading “Miners Trapped At Giant Freeport Mine in Papua” and “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine” it was rather difficult for me to think of how I would personally address the family or the company about these situations. First off I think that I would speak with the families individually because I understand
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Chilean Miners Chilean Miners Workers who were trapped after Chilean coppers mine collapses on August 5, 2010. In this paper I will be speaking about how we should speak to those effected, how we need to be considerate how we speak to them. Watch the tone that is used and the words that are said. What can be the potential needs of the families of the miners when receiving a message about the incident? As well as the potential needs of the company’s employees when receiving a message about
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Knowing Your Audience On August 5th 2010 the owner, Minera San Esteban of Chilean copper mine located in San Jose and as said by local news to produce around 1,200 tons of copper per year, was under investigation because of a collapse that occurred in which 33 miners were trapped around 300 meters below the surface. They were underground for 17 days total, four of those days they were without food, water or oxygen. At that time it wasn’t known if the miners were alive or not. During the rescue
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