Mission Statement Checklist
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Mission Statement Checklist
Checklist to be used to guide the process of creating a new Mission Statement for your organization or evaluating the appropriateness of an existing Mission Statement.
- Customers?
- Products or Services?
- Markets and Location?
- Technology?
- Concern for survival?
- Values of organization?
- Self-Concept (SWOT)?
- Concern for Public Image?
- Concern for Employees?
- Use of first-person point of view?
- Character?
- Goodwill?
Email Etiquette Checklist
Email Etiquette Checklist
Checklist to be used as a reminder of the small details that make your emails effective and professional commuinicatio.
Writing Elements of Style Checklist
Writing Elements of Style Checklist
Checklist to be used to write with style and structure.
William Strunk, Jr. "The Elements of Style (Revised)". The Elements of Style Press (2011).
See also Document Editing Checklist
Writing An Executive Summary Checklist
Writing An Executive Summary Checklist
Checklist to be used to write an effective Executive Summary for a project or other business document.
- Mark all that apply.
- Does your Executive Summary need to bring together several business documents? For example on a project, your Business Case and Project Brief?
- What is the goal of writing this Executive Summary? Is it simply to summarize work activity that has taken place for your specific audience? Or is there a strategic goal with the act of summarizing, such as influencing an executive decision or course of action?
- Is the audience internal to your company, external (e.g. clients, shareholders), or both?
- Is the content appropriate for your target audience?
- Is the style of writing appropriate for your target audience (e.g. word choice, tone)?
- Does the Executive Summary begin with a description of a business problem from your business document?
- Does the Executive Summary include analysis from your business document?
- Does the Executive Summary include the conclusion(s) or outcomes from your business document?
- Does the flow of content of the Executive Summary mirror that of your business document?
- Have you included a high impact visual or chart that supports the main argument of your business document?
- Is your Executive Summary short enough that it can be read quickly and result in a solid understanding of your business document? Suggested length for an Executive Summary is one to three pages or five percent the length of the business document you are summarizing.
- Should your Executive Summary be included in the front of your business document or should it stand alone?
7 "C"s of Communication Checklist
Topics: Communication | Checklist
7 "C"s of Communication Checklist
Checklist to be used as a general guideline when communicating a (formal) message in any medium (written, spoken, or otherwise...)