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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Paper Knowing Your Audience Can you imagine how a group of miners came to rescue after spending 69 days underground with limited food, oxygen, and having very minimal light? Me either, but thirty three Chileans were trapped in a mine underneath the Chilean desert that collapsed before they were schedule to get their lunch break, and survived this tragedy. This tragic event occurred on August 05, 2012 at Copiapo, Chile. The miners went through starvation, having to tolerate the high temperatures
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Chilean Coal Miners Troy J. Tassin BCO/M 275 April 11, 2013 JOHN K. TROUT III Chilean Coal Miners Today there has been a terrible accident in one of its copper mines of San Jose, Chile, there has been a cave in. There said to be 33 miners trapped 2,050 feet below ground. Officials of rescue party were notified immediately and have started drilling holes to insure the miners would have fresh air, food and water. There was a new communication system put in place and that all the miners were
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Research on the Chilean Mine Collapse of 2010 This paper researches four news articles that reported on the Chilean mine collapse that occurred on 5 August, 2010. The focus will be on the communications of the collapse regarding audience. The paper will discuss the potential needs of the families of the miners in receiving a message about this incident and the potential needs of the company’s employees when receiving a message about this incident. Finally the question “What actions must you take
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Resource: “Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” article found in the Electronic Reserve Readings. Research additional articles and information about the Chilean mine collapse. There was much press coverage of this disaster. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper using this (the assigned article) and other articles as a resource. Because communications must be designed with the audience in mind, answer the following questions: • What are some considerations to
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Knowing Your Audience: Chilean Copper Mine Annmarie Ocampo BCOM 275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking Professor: Nat Apihunpunyakij May 29, 2013 Communication is designed to relay messages, thoughts, ideas, and information to a targeted audience. The relation or involvement of that audience will determine the appropriate channel of communication as well as what the communication will entail. However, during a crisis, the underlying thread of communication is that an unexpected event
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Chilean Mine Collapse Some of the things that need to be considered when addressing an audience with different members of society included would be to know your audience but if that is impossible in the time you need to make an appearance make sure you don’t use any swear words and keep your speech and language clear and low and speak in confidant manner. The next thing would be make sure you are polite and be persuasive and don’t try to manipulate any of the facts for you or the company that
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On a fall morning, 33 miners left for work, kissing their loved ones good-bye, not thinking that would be the last time they would see them for over two months. That afternoon the earth gave way crumbling on top of the miners, destroying any ventilation they depended on, not to see any signs of hope for anyone until 17 days later when a drill hit an opening allowing the rescuers to tie notes advising they were all fine. A plan immediately went into effect to rescue the miners. Given the situation
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Trapped Inside the Chilean Mine Collapse! Allen, Tanya BCOM/275 6 March 2012 Professor Polokoff In this paper will be discussed the Chilean Mine Collapse. “On August 5, 2010, a small copper operation in northern Chile owned by Minera San Esteban Primera, suffered a cave-in, leaving about 30 workers trapped underground” (Weik). The workers have been trapped for weeks prior to anyone discovering that everyone was alive and needed assistance. The workers are trapped at a depth of around 300 meters
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which trapped 33 workers for two months (Weik 2010). The workers were trapped 2300 feet underground (Wikipedia, 2014). The owners of the company had to make sure the public received the correct information. They were not only dealing with the people of Chile but people from all around the world. Their first priority was talking with the family of trapped victims; second was the employee of the company; third the media; fourth what channel of communication will be used to notify families and employees
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