Selections From the ABC 2014 Annual Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Well-Stitched Banner of Favorite Assignments: Leadership and Other-Focused Communication and Projects. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Whalen, D. Joel
• Is Part Of: Business and professional communication quarterly. Volume 78:Number 3(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 355
• Page End: 377
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: My Favorite Assignment -- pedagogy -- innovation -- experiential learning; Business education -- United States -- Periodicals; Communication in management -- United States -- Periodicals; English language -- Business English -- Periodicals; 658.450715
• DOI: 10.1177/2329490615578261
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2329-4906

Abstract

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 websitehttp://businesscommunication.org/assignments .