Welcome to the class blog of COM 315! This course adderssses the specific challenges involved in communicating complex, technical information to both lay and experienced audiences. Throughout the semester, we will be reading several journal articles relating to how presenters can communicate complex ideas in a clear and understanding way. Students are required to reflect on these articles in the blog, as well as apply the readings to real-world instances.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

ch 12

I like what the Author speaks about in her article. One main thing that i was looking at was her first suggested structure when dealing with myths. I like the facts that she speaks of giving evidence and reasoning. This will allow people to almost fall into the trap of believing what she will disprove. Basically, setting them up to break them down. Then with speaking of what is in question still regarding the myth, give some insight into what else might it apply too. Another subject i agree on in the article is that the myth jargon is the key to technical information. I will try to keep this in mind with our technical speaches. I will try to avoid using alot of terminology or ambiguous acronyms. That doesnt exactly mean making things simple, just knowing your audience and avoiding going over their heads and boring them with things they are unfamiliar with

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