ERIC Number: EJ1074784
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Sep
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-2329-4922
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Selections from the ABC 2014 Annual Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A Well-Stitched Banner of Favorite Assignments: Leadership and Other-Focused Communication and Projects
Whalen, D. Joel
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, v78 n3 p355-377 Sep 2015
This article, the second of a two-part series, features 11 teaching innovations presented at the 2014 Association for Business Communication annual conference. These 11 assignments included leadership and other-focused communication--detecting communication style, adaptive communication, personality type, delivering feedback, problem solving, and critical thinking--and projects--analytic reports, presentation, slide deck creation, visual tools, ethics, team communication, field observation and reporting, rhetoric, persuasion, advertising messages strategies, delivering bad news, reporting financial data, and cross-cultural and international communication. Additional teaching materials--including instructions to students, stimulus materials, slides, grading rubrics, frequently asked questions, and sample student projects--are posted on the Association for Business Communication website http://businesscommunication.org/assignments. [The teaching innovations presented in this document were contributed by: Charles Drehmer, Deborah Britt Roebuck, Susan Cody, James Benjamin Boisvert-Storey, Geoffrey A. Cross, Jacquelyn A. Lowman, Melinda Phillabaum, Susanna Shelton Clason, Kathleen A. Corrales, Cherie S. Twyman, and Anita Pandey.]
Descriptors: Business Communication, Annual Reports, Conferences (Gatherings), Instructional Innovation, Assignments, Experiential Learning, Instructional Leadership, Interpersonal Communication, Individual Characteristics, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Audience Participation, Competition, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Ethics, Visual Perception, Problem Solving, Field Studies, Naturalistic Observation, Rhetoric, Delivery Systems, Cooperative Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials), Educational Technology, Learning Activities, Instructional Development, College Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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