Instructional Topic Memo

After you've read the online instructions on the instructional memo, looked over the text's advice on instructions, and decided on a topic, write the instructor a brief memo that explains what you or your group intends to do. 

Tell the instructor you're writing to get his permission to go ahead with your topic for the instructional memo and then

• describe the organization in which the memo would be sent: remember that memos are internal communications. The instructor likely will know nothing about the organization the memo is written within, so just fill him in a little. If you are writing about an organization you used to belong to, tell him that.
  
  
• describe the procedure(s) you want to assemble instructions for.  Occasionally you may combine instructions for different but related procedures if one procedure isn't complex enough.  New employees of a business, for example, could be given instructions on both opening and closing procedures. If you aren’t sure how much your memo will cover, then tell the instructor what content you are considering for the memo.
  
  
• describe the audience for whom the instructions are written.
  
  
• explain why the procedure is important for the audience to learn.
  
  
• explain how/why you're qualified to write these instructions and describe the position from which you’ll send the memo (you may role play in this position if you’d like).