Document Development Exposition: Workplace Correspondence

Explain in detail your document’s development from planning to finish, describing your
challenges, how you overcame them, and what you learned.

Planning
When creating my Workplace Correspondence assignment prep, I first decided on a company I
wanted to cater this to. With it being on wind energy, I decided to address it to The General Electric
Company (GE) due to them being the largest windmill manufacturer. I wanted it to be focused on
investing in wind energy, and the dangers of climate change. It was focused on officials and the CEO
of the company.

First Draft (for peer editing)

When creating my first draft, I first started by outlining the headings I needed. I included a summary,
two body paragraphs, a conclusion, and a recommendation. From there, I added a date, to and from,
subject, and distribution list at the top of the document. I wanted the two body paragraphs to be on
the topics of climate change. I titled the first one, “climate change is dangerous”, and the second,
“the solution to battle climate change”.

Second Draft (for your packet)

When creating my second draft, based on my peer’s comment, I added some color. I changed the
heading color from black to blue in efforts to differentiate and promote contrast. I later came to find
out from my revision notes that the headings should instead be in the black color, due to the memo
not being a stylized type of document.

Final Draft (for your portfolio)

When editing my final draft for my portfolio, I first started by removing the blue colored font back to
black. Next, I began to rearrange the headings, adding my recommendations before my conclusion. I
focused the document to be more internal based, adding a greeting to the team and referencing the
company in the paragraphs. I also added some of the recommendations into the body paragraphs, to
help it closely match better. When editing my email, I first started by adding a subject, to, and from. I
removed indents and switched to block style. I was told in the revision plan to make the email more
friendly focused, so I added a greeting in the beginning as a buffer, added a goodwill statement, and
added contact information at the end. Lastly, I was able to create a signature block to make the email
look more professional.