This week’s reading identified four main types of audiences that technical writers often need to address:
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- Experts
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- Technicians
- Executives
- Nonspecialists
For
this discussion, review the characteristics of each audience type.
Next, let’s examine these audience-types in the context of a
professional healthcare environment.
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- Who
are the experts, technicians, executives, and Non specialists that
nurses most frequently communicate with? Come up with 1-2 examples for
each type of audience.
- Who
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- Which of these audience types do you think is easiest to communicate with as a nurse? Why?
- Which audience type seems most difficult to communicate with? Why?
- Finally, share one tip or strategy for effective communication with one of these audience-types.