Memo 2

OABC Memo Report Template TO: Recipient’s Name FROM: You DATE: Month day, year SUBJECT: Provide Concise and Informative Subject Line In your opening paragraph introduce your topic. Provide background information as needed. Include an attention getter that makes your reader want to continue reading. Introduce your agenda items in the last sentence of this paragraph by referring to your topic, e.g., I will discuss what I did during the rotation and two take-aways: (1) first agenda item, (2) second agenda item and (3) third agenda item. First Agenda Item Heading Here Discuss your first topic (as identified in your agenda item). Be direct. Begin with a topic sentence that states your agenda item. Keep paragraphs relatively short in length, e.g. no longer than eight lines is a good rule of thumb for paragraph length. Better to use multiple shorter paragraphs than one long paragraph. Xxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx xx x x xxxxxxx x x .

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Second Agenda Item Heading Here Discuss your second topic (as identified in your agenda item). Be direct. Begin with a topic sentence that states your agenda item. Keep paragraphs relatively short in length, e.g. no longer than eight lines. Better to use multiple shorter paragraphs than one long paragraph. Xxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xxx

Begin each paragraph with a concise topic sentence using direct phrasing. Xxxxxx xxx xxxxxx x x xxxxxx x. Third Agenda Item Heading Here Discuss your third topic (as identified in your agenda item). Be direct. Begin with a topic sentence that states your agenda item. Keep paragraphs relatively short in length, e.g. no longer than eight lines. Better to use multiple shorter paragraphs than one long paragraph. Xxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xxx x xxxxx xxx xxxxxx x x xxxxxx. x xxxxxx x x xxxxxxx x xxxx xx xxxxxx x xxxxxxxx xx x x x.

Begin each paragraph with a concise topic sentence using direct phrasing. Xxxxxx xxx xxxxxx x x xxxxxx x. Informative Heading for Closing Paragraph Here Provide a closing paragraph that accomplishes your goal for this memo. Begin with a topic sentence that reflects the heading you created for this paragraph. You can provide a brief summary of your content, a recommendation, and/or discuss additional work to be done, etc. Xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx. This is not part of a business memo but it is a requirement for this class. You must include and complete the following information. It should be located at the very bottom of the memo.

Total # Words (350-400) Number of Sentences Avg. # Words/Sentence Number of Commas

388 33 11.7 10

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Heading = bold, left-aligned, Title Case

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Use 1” margins all around Use 11 pt. font

Align the heading information as shown here

Utilize bulleted or numbered lists to improve information access and make key information stand out

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