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Unit 2 was an important growth stage of my technical wriitng skills. This unit challenged students to start developing researching skills which was a critical task for future assignments.\u00a0 Our first research assignment was composing tips for best practices when using LinkedIn, the final research lesson in this unit was building a proposal for a formal report.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn is Worth the Hype!<\/b><\/p>\n
The excessive use of social media streams has repelled me from having an active profile on any of the various platforms. Assignment 2:2 highly affected my opinion in the opposite direction; after researching various forms of LinkedIn practices, I am motivated to revisit my profile and commit to using this platform as a means of making important connections.\u00a0 There is vast information regarding how to use LinkedIn to your advantage throughout the internet, each article is logical and inspiring. I am excited to complete a professional networking page and explore the opportunities in marketing myself with industry peers.<\/p>\n
The writing assignment in itself taught me how to avoid using imperative verbs when writing tips or suggestions to a peer in order to improve the tone on a more positive level.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn Best Practices<\/a><\/p>\n Building an Idea for a Formal Report<\/b><\/p>\n The most difficult component was brainstorming an idea that relates to my academic and employment worlds, as well as a concept that can incorporate the several requirements for the final draft.\u00a0 Once I committed to the idea of reducing the environmental footprint at the Real Estate office, the subsequent assignments were straightforward and exciting.<\/p>\n Formal Research Proposal<\/i><\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t sure what I was working with until I compiled the proposal.\u00a0 The abstract of my research evolved as I read through new information on the topic I was dissecting.\u00a0 This assignment allowed me to work with an idea that was later shaped into a concept for a formal research report.<\/p>\n Formal Research Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n Formal Research Outline & Progress Update Memo<\/i><\/p>\n This section felt like the most useful.<\/p>\n Report Outline<\/a><\/p>\n Progress Report<\/a><\/p>\n Continuing to Develop Review Skills<\/b><\/p>\n My experience with reading Helene\u2019s proposal is similar to the peer review in unit 1, where a higher level of reading analysis is needed to offer useful suggestions.\u00a0 That said, I found the outline to be more difficult to review, as the topic and research processes are both new to me.\u00a0 I felt my recommendations were limited.<\/span><\/p>\n Reviewing Helene Tran’s Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n Helene Tran\u2019s peer review of my work helped me realize my sentence structures need improvement. I need to focus on using articles and prepositions correctly.\u00a0 Secondly, as I find this formal report writing process to be intimidating, it was comforting to read a peer\u2019s positive view on my topic and proposal.<\/p>\n\n