M-Global Persuasive Memorandum Assignment 5%
Jeannie McDuff, Senior Accountant, wife of Cecil McDuff, and advisor to M-Global’s
Executive Accountant, Teddy Trotter, is the secondary decision maker when it comes to
balancing the Human Resource’s spending budget. Because M-Global has established such a
broad network of clients and investors, the company receives many perks that other business do
not. One example is: when it comes to hosting events that can accommodate large numbers of
people, M-Global rarely has to pay to have an event hosted at any place within its network,
provided ample notice is given for scheduling reservations.
Your assignment is to write a memo to Jeannie McDuff to convince her that the Springfield
Entertainment Hall is the best possible place to host an upcoming event that you have
scheduled for your department. Your event will host many of M-Global’s very important
national and foreign investors. Jeannie McDuff will have a problem with this because the
company does not normally have to pay out of pocket to use any event space, but you’ve waited
too long to make necessary reservations for a space that would accommodate 200 people. The
good news is that there is always the Yacht Club, an ideal space for accommodating 200 people.
The even better good news is the Yacht Club has an inside reputation for being an
embarrassment to the company, especially for Jeannie McDuff, who may or may not have
slammed too many scotch and waters and behaved a bit out of character at last year’s office
Christmas party that was held at the Yacht Club.
Teddy Trotter, who has an unethical reputation for being a serial workplace dater and a quid-
pro-quo kind of employee, will be the final decision maker after the spending is approved by
Jeannie. Teddy Trotter will also need to be made aware of the request you are sending to
Jeannie. This means he will also need to receive this Memo. It might be hard, however, to
convince Teddy to approve paying for any place other than the Yacht Club, since the Yacht club
provides an intimate atmosphere, can cozily accommodate 200 people, is ripe for scandal and,
more importantly, is free. Your persuasive memorandum will need to convince both Jeannie
McDuff and Teddy Trotter that the Springfield Entertainment Hall is the best place to host
your department’s upcoming event, so your content will need to appeal to both readers.
Tips: The event you chose to host for investors could be the event where your department
unveils the project that you’ve been working on since communication with Kerri Camp began.
You will want details about how the conference will unfold. This might include making use of
sectional titles within the body of your document that allow you to have areas that deal with cost,
accommodations, space, social areas, setting, food, entertainment, and/or etc.
Note: While a successful event should be a well-balanced combination of both, business
related activities should be priority, and entertainment related activities should be mentioned
but are of slightly lesser importance. Also keep in mind that your memorandum should convince
both Jeannie McDuff and Teddy Trotter that the Springfield Entertainment Hall is the better
venue for hosting your departmental event.
