{"id":9133,"date":"2024-01-22T15:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T15:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-3-discussion-audience-types-who-do-you-communicate-with-at-work-11-unread-reply-11-reply\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T15:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T15:07:36","slug":"week-3-discussion-audience-types-who-do-you-communicate-with-at-work-11-unread-reply-11-reply","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/week-3-discussion-audience-types-who-do-you-communicate-with-at-work-11-unread-reply-11-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3: Discussion &#8211; Audience Types: Who do You Communicate with at Work? 11 unread reply.11 reply."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">This week\u2019s reading identified four main types of audiences that technical writers often need to address:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"11\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Experts<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"11\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Technicians<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"11\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Executives<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"11\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Nonspecialists<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">For this discussion, review the characteristics of each audience type. Next, let\u2019s examine these audience-types in the context of a professional healthcare environment.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"15\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">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.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"15\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Which of these audience types do you think is easiest to communicate with as a nurse? Why?<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"15\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Which audience type seems most difficult to communicate with? Why?<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"15\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Finally, share one tip or strategy for effective communication with one of these audience-types.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding: 2px 10px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-bind=\"message\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Finding and understanding your audience is an important part of the writing process. We are going to be discussing that this week. This is a skill you will use throughout the rest of your career. Pay close attention this week. Think about it, if you are talking with a patient\u2019s family you would talk differently than if you are talking with a doctor or other nurses. This process is analyzing your audience. It\u2019s something you will need to learn to do quickly on the job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In writing this knowing your audience helps to engage them in what you are writing about. It also helps you narrow your topic so that you are only writing what your audience will understand and relate with. This is the middle of this Venn diagram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">With all of this in mind, how do you find this middle ground? How do you know what to write and write what people want to read?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px; font-size: 0.75rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-bind=\"notification\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-event=\"addReply\"><i style=\"line-height: 1; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s reading identified four main types of audiences that technical writers often need to address:&nbsp; Experts&nbsp; Technicians&nbsp; Executives&nbsp; Nonspecialists&nbsp; For this discussion, review the characteristics of each audience type. Next, let\u2019s examine these audience-types in the context of a professional healthcare environment.&nbsp;&nbsp; Who are the experts, technicians, executives, and Non specialists that nurses most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[14],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=9133"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=9133"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=9133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}