Writing Professional Letter and E-mail Assignment

It is important to have professional verbal and writing skills. In today’s world, we are communicating in a variety of formats.

You will be writing 2 separate papers for this assignment: A professional letter and an email. This assignment is worth 100 pts. 50 pts for the letter and 50 pts for the email. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The professional letter and email WILL NOT BE APA FORMAT. Font needs to be 12pts, Times New Roman, double spaced, and grammatically correct. No extra spacing (only for signature on professional letter). Type the letter as a professional letter, including addresses, date, and naming the individual/agency. 20 pts for each assignment will be focused on paper organization and correct grammar. The professional letter needs to be a minimum of 2 pages long. The email needs to be a minimum of 1 page and a max of 1.5 pages. You are to use at least 5 skills learned in this course to show your improvement in professional communication (empathy, assertiveness, directness, respect, clarifying, and being clear and concise).

 

For the professional letter, here are the directions:

Your client asks you to write a letter to the judge/courts about his attendance in therapy. He is mandated to attend mental health counseling. The client has asked you to write all “good” things about his therapy. You feel he is not engaged in therapy 100% of the time. A release of information has already been signed. Your client needs to this letter in order to show he is engaging in therapy and showing he is progressing or he could potentially end up incarcerated.

In writing the letter, you must: 1) target the most appropriate audience for your advocacy, 2) identify your position and communicate your concern as well as a proposed solution, 3) explain your interest and any relevant roles that make you knowledgeable
about the issue, 4) support your position and 5) write clearly with no grammatical or typographical errors.

For the email here are the directions:

You are part of a non-profit (make up one) and asking for additional funding (make up an amount and how you will use the funding). 1) provide greeting 2) target the appropriate audience, 2) identify the subject of the e-mail, 3) providing information on your non-profit agency 4) communicate all information relevant to the request, 5) raise one question relevant to the request 6) discuss the benefits of funding your agency’s request 7) write clearly with no grammatical or typographical errors. Make this email clear and concise that anyone reading it can understand.