Communicating Effectively to Diverse Audiences

Through this unit, I wish to improve some aspects of my writing such as tone, voice, and style. These issues have greatly impaired my ability to communicate appropriately in the past. First, the misrepresentation of tone and voice has resulted into misinterpretation of my communication in several instances. The relevance of tone and voice ensure that the recipients interpret the intended message well. Secondly, wrong styles in writing have impaired my ability to communicate to certain audiences that require specific formal styles. Lastly, wrong use of tone voice and style have led me to encounter a breakdown in communication. For such reasons, I wish to improve the three aspects of my writing.
In my community, there is a problem of waste management. I would like to write a proposal to the municipal about a proper waste management system and solid waste recycling system. The main challenge that I foresee in this writing is developing the appropriate tone and style for this type of writing.
For communication to be successful, it must be effective in availing the intended message of the communication to the audience. Several communication aspects make it either effective and ineffective at the same time. For this assignment, I will consider aspects of tone voice and style. These three aspects determine whether the communication is successful or not. The application of tone, style, and voice in communication largely depends on the context and setting of the communication as well as nature of the recipients (Delin, 2007). We will consider three case scenarios for this assignment.
The first case scenario is a casual conversation among friends walking on the streets. The content of this communication is a discussion on the need for sidewalks to ensure that children walk safely to school. The tone is more relaxed and does not pay special attention to strict formats, grammatical or communication rules while the voice is also not strict (Kopple, 2012). The tone of voice varies through the communication depending on the specific mood in the communication. In this type of communication, the conversation will not follow laid down channels but will flow naturally in either direction (Kopple, 2012). The style of this communication is largely informal and does not contain any documented evidence.
The second scenario involved an email to the boss proposing a new safety procedure. The tone of this email is the attitude that the writer of the email portrays about both the subject matter of the email as well as the recipient of the email. The tone used in the email should always be assertive. The writer should demonstrate that he is confident of the applicability and safety of the procedure that he is proposing. Moreover, it should contain a strong voice that identifies the gaps in the safety procedure, their impacts on the current operation and the effectiveness of the proposed procedure (Delin, 2007). With the nature of the interaction, the email should be formal and following the prescribed style.
The third scenario involves writing a persuasive academic paper about the community’s need for a free neuter program. The tone of this communication is mainly persuasive, and the author should carefully choose words that persuade the audience on why the community needs the said program. The voice should be firm, and the author must demonstrate confidence that the need highlighted truly exists in the community. Lastly, the style of this communication should be mainly formal (Kopple, 2012). As an academic writing style, it must be confined to the rules expected if the paper.


References
Delin, J. (2007). Brand Tone of Voice. Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2(1): 63-71
Kopple, W. J. (2012). Dynamic of Style in Written Forms of Communication. Written Communication, 19(2): 227-264.