Negative News Message, Declining an Invitation

Description

Imagine that a coworker of yours, Chris, who you like but are not particularly close to, invites you to attend his or her wedding.  You’re not too sure you really want to attend the wedding; but lucky for you, you already have made plans on the date the wedding takes place.  Therefore, you can decline the invitation without lying.  You value your working relationship and your casual friendship with Chris, so you really want to avoid hurting Chris’ feelings when you have to turn down the invitation. Having taken Dr. E’s class on communication, you have the skills to create a bad news message you will deliver to Chris about missing the wedding.  This means you will create a message that contains a buffer, shows empathy, gives some minor details regarding your preexisting obligation (details), the main bad news message (the decline of the invitation), and a silver lining (also known as a redirect or counter offer). 1. Your task is to write no more than a 1-page letter to Chris as noted above.  Be sure to watch your grammar, create logical paragraphs, proofread your work, and employ the INDUCTIVE/indirect message format as we’ve covered.  You should only need a few paragraphs, with a couple of sentences per paragraph to complete your message.