Experiment 3
For my third experiment I wanted to do a ‘How to’ guide of how to write a workplace email. I was interested in doing this because I became increasingly frustrated with how discombobulated the emails sent from the company that I work for were during the pandemic. T pointed out that with my Why I Write and my Article of Origin, that email etiquette had been a somewhat significant part of my life. In those essays I talk about how my dad told me how to write and format an email and what could be put in one in elementary school when I got my first email account. Throughout middle and high school, he preached a bullet-point email style that helped with efficiency at work. When I started complaining about emails from work this winter break, he brought up how in a more formal hospital setting there is a whole system/outline called SBAR that makes sure the correct information is conveyed. This ensures that all of the points are covered within the email or discussion, so nothing is missed. This obviously wasn’t being followed in these work emails and things were disorganized and confusing. This third experiment will be a “how to” guide that will help workers know what needs to be included in the email to keep it concise but also cover everything that is necessary. This guide will be in the form of an infographic, there will also be an example email that shows what part of the email goes where, and a sample bad email and how I would correct it.