This document discusses different mediums for communication like email, tweets, memos, letters, and reports. It explains that the medium should be chosen based on the situation and audience, as some situations dictate the medium. Email is fast but can be hard to format, tweets are immediate but casual, memos are for internal use but slower than email, letters are usually formal, and reports allow for fuller discussion. The document stresses that the medium and organization of a communication should depend on its purpose, strategy, and intended audience.

1. Finding the Medium and Organizing

2.  Many different types of mediums for
different communication forums
 Email
 Tweets
 Memo
 Letter
 Discussion outline
 Letter
 Reports (Barrett, 2012)

3.  Mediums must be chosen to fit the situation
 Some situations have already chosen the
medium for you
 If someone emails you, you will email back
 Instant messages are replied to by instant
message

4.  Email
 Fast
 creates a permanent trail
 formatting can make translation hard
 Easily distributed to multiple people (Barrett,
2012)

5.  Tweets
 Immediate
 Casual
 Easily shared
 Collaborative thinking
 Memo
 For internal use
 Slower than email
 Writer can control layout
 Permanent paper trail

6.  Letters
 Usually formal
 Stands out
 Reports
 Fuller discussion
 Formal
 Usually not entirely read (Barrett, 2012)

7.  Know your audience
 How formal is the situation
 How was the conversation or topic started

8.  Depends on purpose, strategy and intended
audience (Barrett, 2012)
 Open Powerfully
 Develop the discussion with reason
 Close gracefully

9. Barrett, D. J. (2011). Leadership communication
(3rd ed.). NewYork, NY: McGraw-Hill.