The document discusses various communication and planning methods including mind maps, mood boards, style sheets, layout plans, independent brainstorming, informal pitches, formal proposals, initial reactions, and sketches. For each method, the document provides 3 sentences summarizing the strengths, weaknesses, and the author's opinion on whether they liked using the method.

1. Communication Methods
Planning
Kyran durkin

2. Codes
Number Name Brief Description
1 Compliance To go with something
2 Recognition of
marketing
communications
To measure the level of your business products or
service in the market place
3 Misleading Adverts Something that makes you think its something it
isn’t
4 Harm and Offence To hurt someone mentally and physically
5 Children Something that is open to new ideas
6 Privacy Something you want to your self
13 Food, food
supplements
and associated
health or nutritional
claims
Something someone needs to keep them healthy

4. Mind Map
Coke advert
Type of
coke
Full fat coke
Coke zero
Diet coke
setting
beach
House party
streets
Who is the person
going to be with
family
Friends
Animals
dog cat
lion
Glass
bottle
can
Plastic
bottle
Family
friends
Young
friends

5. Mind map
• The strengths of using this method is that you
can get every last bit of information out of
your ideas see how you could do your work
better
• The weaknesses are It doesn’t include a photo
of the ideas, so it doesn’t give you an idea of
what it will look like
• I enjoyed using this method as it has given me
a new way to produce work

6. Mind Map
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

7. Mood Board

8. Mood board
• Strengths of using a mood board is that it give
you a vision in your head of what it would look
like from the photos
• The weaknesses are that it is very vague and
doesn’t go into much detail
• I enjoy using it as it shows an idea of what It
could look like

9. Mood Board
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

10. Style Sheet
Happiness
Joy
Fizz
POP
sunshine
Never drink alone again

11. Style sheet
• The strengths of using this method are that it
give different ways to present your writing
which is what will be remembered by the
reader
• The weaknesses of using this method are it
doesn’t help with what your going to write it
only helps with the font
• I did enjoy using this method because it
provided me with a catchy font with a slogan

12. Style Sheet
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

13. Layout Plan
Never drink alone again

14. Layout plan
• Strengths of using this method are that it gives
you an insight to what your work will look like
• The weaknesses of using this method is that it
doesn’t give any ideas on how to improve it in
any way
• I enjoyed using this method because it gave
me a sight of what my work would look like

15. Layout Plan
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

17. Independent Brainstorm
Strengths of using this method are that you can
get all of your ideas out on to one page
The weaknesses of using this method are that
you will not get as much information than if you
work in a group
I would enjoy using this method as my ideas
would not clash with others

18. Independent Brainstorm
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

19. Informal Pitch
You can show off your ideas in the way you want
to potential investors
It is time consuming so if done it should be done
to an important business or big investor
I would like this method because it means I
could show off my idea the way I want without
telling them anything bad

20. Informal Pitch
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

21. Formal Proposal
The strengths of using this method are that it
allows others to put there input into it
The weaknesses are that its more likely not to
work as it isn’t a strong demand its only a
proposal so it could be heavily commented on
I would not use this method as it is to open to
criticism

22. Formal Proposal
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

24. Initial Reaction
• The strengths are that It gives you a chance to
change the things that are not good about
your work
• The weaknesses are that you may be changing
something way to early and haven’t given it a
chance
• I didn’t like using this method as I like to go
through with my work

25. Initial Reaction
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

26. Sketches

27. Sketches
• The strengths are that It gives you a chance for
you to put all your ideas on to one page and
see which one you like the most
• The weakness is that you don’t get to see your
other ideas fully developed as it is only a
sketch
• I liked using this method as it gave me a lot of
options

28. Sketches
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?

29. Formal Proposal
The strengths of using this method are that it allows
others to comment on your work to maybe improve
it for the better
The weaknesses are that its more likely to get a lot
of suggestions for change as you are asking for
someone's input and they might think differently
I would not use this method as it would make it not
entirely my own work

30. Formal Proposal
• Strengths of using this method
• Weaknesses of using this method
• Did you like using this method? Why?