You have recently been hired to work in your current field of study. Your new manager has informed you that the organization values innovation and asks that new employees write a white paper

405.1.4 : Foundations of Technical Communication

The graduate integrates basic elements of professional discourse, including audience analysis, the writing process, correct grammar, and appropriate design elements, into technical communication artifacts. 

405.1.5 : Communication Style

The graduate makes strategic and appropriate communication decisions based on the audience.

405.1.6 : Applications of Technical Writing

The graduate creates various technically written artifacts using appropriate technical communication concepts.

You have recently been hired to work in your current field of study. Your new manager has informed you that the organization values innovation and asks that new employees write a white paper on an emerging technology, practice, or process in the field they studied in college. Once your manager reviews and approves the white paper, you will be asked to create several additional communications for different audiences: an executive summary for senior leadership, a press release and an FAQ that will both be distributed company-wide, and a multimedia presentation that you will deliver to colleagues in your department who share your level of technical expertise. You will also need to write an email inviting your colleagues to your multimedia presentation.

Task 1 has been successfully completed.

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

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A.  Write an executive summary that covers all the main arguments in your white paper. The executive summary should comply with the requirements listed in the learning resource for executive summaries and should be about one page long.

1.  Explain how the audience for your executive summary affects the document’s tone and diction.

2.  Explain how the audience for your executive summary affects your use of industry jargon and technical information.

3.  Explain how concerns about message timing, message sensitivity, and message classification may affect your message audience and document distribution plan.

B.  Write a press release based on your white paper. The press release should be about one page long and comply with the requirements listed in the learning resource for press releases.

1.  Explain how the audience for your press release affects the document’s tone and diction.

2.  Explain how the audience for your press release affects your use of industry jargon and technical information.

3.  Explain how concerns about message timing, message sensitivity, and message classification may affect your message audience and document distribution plan.

C.  Write a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document based on your white paper. The FAQ should comply with the requirements listed in the learning resource for FAQs and should cover 3–5 likely questions.

1.  Explain how the audience for your FAQ affects the document’s tone and diction.

2.  Explain how the audience for your FAQ affects your use of industry jargon and technical information.

3.  Explain how concerns about message timing, message sensitivity, and message classification may affect your message audience and document distribution plan.

D.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references or in-line attribution, for content that is copied, quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

E.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.