You are part of a committee that is organizing an academic conference. You have invited a keynote
Question:
You are part of a committee that is organizing an academic conference. You have invited a keynote speaker to headline the event, making arrangements over the telephone to pick them up from the airport on the first morning of the conference. However, when you arrive at the airport, you discover that the keynote speaker is not there. Due to a misunderstanding, the keynote speaker has booked their flight for the wrong date and will arrive on the second day of the conference, rather than the first day. This is a problem because the speaker was scheduled to be on a panel on the first day of the conference, and you have arranged for hotel accommodations and dinner reservations for the first day of the conference that you will now have to cancel.
QUESTIONS:
A.
Imagine that, instead of inviting the keynote speaker over the phone, you will compose an email to them, asking them to participate in the conference. Please write this email (200-250 words) and answer the following questions.
B. i. Explain the general and specific purpose of your writing. (Refer to "Purpose")
ii. Analyze the target audience of this email. What is important to them? What do they already know about this subject, and what new information will you need to introduce? Please respond in at least 3 complete sentences.
iii. Explain how you will utilize specific "controls" to connect with your reader and make your information understandable. (See "Adapting Messages"). Please respond in at least 3 complete sentences.