The HR department sends out a memo to all department heads in the company detailing the new volunteerism program the company is seeking to implement. The department heads the discuss the new initiative with the supervisors who report to them at their monthly meeting. The department heads are the primary audience of the message; the supervisors are not part of the secondary audience because they did not receive a physical copy of the memo.

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The secondary audience is anyone who may receive a copy of the message or hear about it, either from you or from the primary audience. Since the supervisors heard about the volunteerism initiative that was the subject of the memo, they are indeed part of the secondary audience.

The HR Department Sends Out a Memo to All Department