A presentation on different mediums of communication

1. Finding the Medium and Organizing

2.  Many different types of mediums for
different communication forums
 Email
 Tweets
 Memo
 Letter
 Discussion outline
 Letter
 Reports (Barrett, 2012)

3.  Mediums must be chosen to fit the situation
 Some situations have already chosen the
medium for you
 If someone emails you, you will email back
 Instant messages are replied to by instant
message

4.  Email
 Fast
 creates a permanent trail
 formatting can make translation hard
 Easily distributed to multiple people (Barrett,
2012)

5.  Tweets
 Immediate
 Casual
 Easily shared
 Collaborative thinking
 Memo
 For internal use
 Slower than email
 Writer can control layout
 Permanent paper trail

6.  Letters
 Usually formal
 Stands out
 Reports
 Fuller discussion
 Formal
 Usually not entirely read (Barrett, 2012)

7.  Know your audience
 How formal is the situation
 How was the conversation or topic started

8.  Depends on purpose, strategy and intended
audience (Barrett, 2012)
 Open Powerfully
 Develop the discussion with reason
 Close gracefully

9. Barrett, D. J. (2011). Leadership communication
(3rd ed.). NewYork, NY: McGraw-Hill.