Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Final Academicwritingpaper
Final Academicwritingpaper
Final Academicwritingpaper
You may not think that going to a late-night smoky nightclub, bearing witness to
your favorite rock-n-roll bands, and drowning yourself in mediocre beer is all a product
of a well-crafted email, but you would be wrong. Dead wrong. The details of your
evening and that memorable experience all began with a piece of writing. An email,
flyer, or Facebook post is a piece of writing that someone needed to take the utmost
care to be intelligible, thorough, and relatable to get their message across. Without a
writer who is scrutinizing over the details or planning their document for their audience
the context of the document may confuse the reader. That writer who is crafting those
emails, flyers, and Facebook posts to that high degree of professionalism, and who is
responsible for that epic scene previously described is: Jeff Theimer, President of New
Noise Santa Barbara.
I came into contact with Theimer in 2010 by working for and along-side him at
New Noise Santa Barbara for almost 3 years. In that time, I began to understand more
of what it took to become a rad promoter. I was exposed to the multitude of fresh skills
needed to successfully undertake putting on large events like his New Noise Music
Festival and Conference, and by being one of his right-hand people I accumulated a lot
of knowledge all at once. Upon leaving New Noise, I thought that I had a pretty good
handle on how I could run my own events. It wasnt until the opportunity to write this
paper arose I never considered where and how Theimer began to achieve all those
impressive events, to my discovery it was his writing.
Direction is how Theimer establishes purpose and the reason behind his
artifacts. Theimer is very deliberate on how and why he structures an artifact. In his
proposal to Freedom Hill a music philanthropy out of Detroit - Theimer is explains the
reason behind his proposal and what will be covered in the artifact when he says, This
memo is intended to provide a brief summary of possible donation and collaboration
structures we believe can create a vibrant and sustainable music community in Detroit
(Notes For Notes - Freedom Hill 2014). These words are in the first few sentences of
the document and Theimer does an bad-ass job of cutting to the chase and setting the
stage for everything that is going to be discussed in the artifact. This decision to
interpretation of his intended audience. Theimer gets to the point and doesnt waist his
readers time. In our discussion Theimer admits, To be an effective writer is to be less
wordy and to be more precise, (Interview Question 1). What Theimer is referring to is
how being deliberate is affective to the reader. If you embellish or ramble on in your
grand idea you loose traction with the reader and the purpose of the artifact is lost.
Often it may take the writer to repeat his stated direction/purpose in their artifact
if the topic is complex or needs expanded upon. For example: Theimer initially explains
in a sponsorship proposal, New Noise Music Foundation invites you to become a
sponsor of our 2nd annual Santa Barbara Skate Park Youth Music Series (Sonos
Sponsor Skate Park Music Series p. 1). This offer may seem self explanatory, but
because the artifact has to cover multiple aspects around the purpose of contacting
Sonos Inc., so he follows up with, We believe the Santa Barbara Skate Park Music
Series is an unparalleled opportunity for Sonos to participate and support youth music
Skate Park Youth Music Series pg. 2). Theimer knows that every section of an artifact
should be contributing something to the overall purpose and each section should be
intentionally relating to each other. If the purpose of the artifact is apparent and the
structure of the artifact is supplementary to its point, the audience will connect to the
purpose of the artifact and the argument will be more successfully delivered. Theimer
lets the recipient of the artifacts know why he has sent them the document and then - in
the last example - reiterates and checks for understanding of the artifacts purpose by
including the professional opinion of New Noise to why they are asking Sonos Inc. to
participate.
writing isnt professional. For instance as it is with satire or parody pieces of writing as
long as it is with in the context of who the audience is, the writer should construct their
artifact to them. Theimer has to address many different audiences for different artifacts
so what ever he is writing he must prepare to address that audience how he believes
they want to be talked to. Every piece of writing artifact complies toward a genre and its
conventions.
Attached to the back of this paper are the copies of the mentioned artifacts. Theimer
(Donation Letter - Oreana Winery 2014) is also formatted in a professional manner with
New Noise business information, staff, contact info, and their business/tax id. These
subtle adornments to the document are essential to delivering clear and appropriate
communication when working among professionals. The Thank you letter is a formal
document that should demonstrate customary formatting, formal language, and above
all the conventions of a thank you letter them being: mentions of gratitude, humility,
attentiveness to sensitive material, formal greetings and farewells and necessary
information for the correspondent to have all their needs met post script.
On a more informal note, a professional can and will take certain liberties if they
deem the audience receptive to their jargon or lackadaisical style. In Theimers artifact,
Notes for Notes Week Of Advance, he delivers very specific details about a benefit
concert itinerary while setting a relaxed and friendly mood. Theimer (Notes for Notes
Week Of Advance 2014) All times subject to change. Rock & Roll Time.... Theimer in
all his experience knows his audience and that using a little humor to coast an artifact
can make everyone a little less stressed and keeps the audience interested. Every
decision in an artifacts direction, the writers citations or credibility, and reaching our
intended audience needs to be played based on the professional communication skills
of the writer. Context is king and it helps the writer choose the appropriate language to
effectively deliver their credibility and purpose in their artifact.