Imagine that you have been asked to deliver a podcast to a community that has recently been in the news due to a rise in hate crimes. Write your assignment as if it were a transcript of your podcast. Address the following in your podcast transcript. · Explain what determines whether or not a crime is categorized as a hate crime. · Explain how social media can fuel hate crime within a community. · Describe two strategies for bringing cultural awareness into the community in effort to reduce hate crime. Your assignment must be at least three pages in length. If outside sources are used, please adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary. 5-1g. Writing Interoffice Memos In addition to e-mail, you should be familiar with another workplace document type, the . Although e-mail has largely replaced memos, you may still be called on to use the memo format in specific instances. Memos are necessary for important internal messages that a. are too long for e-mail, b. require a permanent record, c. demand formality, or d. inform employees who may not have work e-mail. Within organizations, memos deliver changes in procedures, official instructions, and reports. The memo format is particularly necessary for complex, lengthy internal messages. Prepared as memos, long messages are then delivered as attachments to e-mail cover messages. Memos allow for attractive formatting and printing. They seem to function better as permanent records than e-mail messages because the latter may be difficult to locate and may contain a trail of confusing replies. E-mails also may change the origination date whenever the file is accessed, thus making it impossible to know the original date of the message. When preparing e-mail attachments, be sure that they carry sufficient identifying information. Because the attachment may become separated from the cover e-mail message, it must be fully identified. Preparing the e-mail attachment as a memo provides a handy format that identifies the date, sender, receiver, and subject. Book Title: eTextbook: Essentials of Business Communication 5-1. Writing Digital Age E-Mail Messages and Memos 5-1g. Writing Interof�ice Memos interoffice memorandum Comparing Memos and E-Mails Memos have much in common with e-mails. Both usually carry nonsensitive information that may be organized directly with the main idea first. Both have guide words calling for a subject line, a dateline, and the identification of the sender and receiver. To enhance readability, both should be organized with headings, bulleted lists, and enumerated items whenever possible. Similarities E-mails and memos both generally close with a. action information, dates, or deadlines; b. a summary of the message; or c. a closing thought. An effective memo or e-mail closing might be Please submit your written report to me by June 15 so that we can review your data bef ...

1. Imagine that you have been asked to deliver a podcast to a
community that has recently been in the news due to a rise in
hate crimes. Write your assignment as if it were a transcript of
your podcast. Address the following in your podcast transcript.
· Explain what determines whether or not a crime is categorized
as a hate crime.
· Explain how social media can fuel hate crime within a
community.
· Describe two strategies for bringing cultural awareness into
the community in effort to reduce hate crime.
Your assignment must be at least three pages in length. If
outside sources are used, please adhere to APA Style when
creating citations and references for this assignment. APA
formatting, however, is not necessary.
5-1g. Writing Interoffice Memos
In addition to e-mail, you should be familiar with another
workplace document type, the
. Although e-mail has largely replaced memos, you may still be
called on
to use the memo format in specific instances. Memos are
necessary for important internal
messages that
a. are too long for e-mail,
b. require a permanent record,

2. c. demand formality, or
d. inform employees who may not have work e-mail.
Within organizations, memos deliver changes in procedures,
official instructions, and reports.
The memo format is particularly necessary for complex, lengthy
internal messages. Prepared as
memos, long messages are then delivered as attachments to e-
mail cover messages. Memos
allow for attractive formatting and printing. They seem to
function better as permanent records than
e-mail messages because the latter may be difficult to locate
and may contain a trail of confusing
replies. E-mails also may change the origination date whenever
the file is accessed, thus making it
impossible to know the original date of the message.
When preparing e-mail attachments, be sure that they carry
sufficient identifying information.
Because the attachment may become separated from the cover e-
mail message, it must be fully
identified. Preparing the e-mail attachment as a memo provides
a handy format that identifies the
date, sender, receiver, and subject.

3. Book Title: eTextbook: Essentials of Business Communication
5-1. Writing Digital Age E-Mail Messages and Memos
5-1g. Writing Interof�ice Memos
interoffice memorandum
Comparing Memos and E-Mails
Memos have much in common with e-mails. Both usually carry
nonsensitive information that may
be organized directly with the main idea first. Both have guide
words calling for a subject line, a
dateline, and the identification of the sender and receiver. To
enhance readability, both should be
organized with headings, bulleted lists, and enumerated items
whenever possible.
Similarities
E-mails and memos both generally close with
a. action information, dates, or deadlines;
b. a summary of the message; or
c. a closing thought.
An effective memo or e-mail closing might be Please submit
your written report to me by June 15
so that we can review your data before our July planning

4. session. In more detailed messages, a
summary of main points may be an appropriate closing. If no
action request is made and a closing
summary is unnecessary, you might end with a simple
concluding thought (I’m glad to answer your
questions or This sounds like a useful project).
Differences
You need not close messages to coworkers with goodwill
statements such as those found in letters
to customers or clients. However, some closing thought is often
necessary to avoid sounding
abrupt. Closings can show gratitude or encourage feedback with
remarks such as I sincerely
appreciate your help or What are your ideas on this proposal?
Other closings look forward to
what’s next, such as How would you like to proceed? Avoid
closing with overused expressions
such as Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.
This ending sounds mechanical and
insincere.
In Figure 5.3, notice how memos are formatted and how they
can be created to improve readability
with lists, tables, and white space.

5. Figure 5.3.
Formatting an Interoffice Memo
BUS 152 – WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 – 11th Edition
Draft a memo to your boss about a workplace-related change
that you believe is long overdue.
Support your position with details, well-reasoned arguments,
and evidence justifying the proposed change.
Please format the memo using the guidelines set forth in the
Guffey text (11th edition), Chapter 5, pp. 119-120, and p. 121,
and follow the suggestions for writing a memo set forth in that
chapter.
As you draft this memo, and in an effort to help you organize
your thoughts and effectively present your ideas, it is strongly
recommended that you prepare and/or make use of the following
materials: (1) notes of the points that you intend to include in
the memo; (2) a structured and detailed outline of the memo that
you intend to draft (see Chapter 3, page 66); (3) a first draft of
the memo (see Chapter 3, page 67-75); and, ultimately, (4) a
final version of the memo that would actually be turned in to
your boss, after it has been carefully revised, edited, proofread,
and spellchecked (see Chapter 4). NOTE THAT THE ONLY
DOCUMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN TO THE
PROFESSOR IS THE FINAL VERSION OF THE MEMO.
The assignment is worth a maximum of 100 points. In addition,

6. the final version of the memo should be single-spaced, in 12-
point type, and no longer than one page in length.
The project will be evaluated based on content, use of specific
details and examples, adherence to the directions given for the
assignment, clarity, conciseness, organization,
grammar/punctuation, spelling and proofreading. The
assignment is due to the professor by submitting to Canvas or
by e-mail ([email protected]), as an attachment, no later than
the due date listed in Canvas. Assignments turned in after that
date will not be accepted.
Best of luck on this assignment!
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