Real-Life Communication
Michel De Jocas is a facilities planner for schools. He gets most of his business through good communication.
Schools and other institutions contact him when they want space in their buildings redesigned. He goes to the school and looks at the space, all the while working out a plan that he hopes will satisfy his clients.
He says that schools always seem to want something more than they can afford. But he tries to give them the best thing he can for the money.
The reports he writes are usually between 20 and 300 pages long, depending on the project. Sometimes there are graphics, he says. Sometimes the report is more of a narrative. The key is determining the best approach for the project and then maintaining a high quality throughout the report.
Not having good writing skills can have dire consequences for a businessperson.
"Your client doesn't know what you're talking about, and your project is at jeopardy," he says. "Your report may be read by an entire institution."
Take these preliminary notes and fashion them into a 100-word introductory paragraph that will begin your proposition. It is important to be creative and to try to tell a story.
- The name of the company you work for is Agron Facilities Planning.
- The building is over 110 years old.
- It is a declared heritage site.
- The building comes from a school of architecture of which there are only four examples in the city.
- The school is asking for renovations that cost more than they have put in their budget.