ERIC Number: EJ1215363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jun
Pages: 27
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-2329-4922
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Selections from the ABC 2018 Annual Conference, Miami, Florida: Teaching Innovations Bright as the Tropical Sun
Whalen, D. Joel
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, v82 n2 p239-265 Jun 2019
This article offers readers 13 teaching innovations debuted at the 2018 Association for Business Communication's annual conference in Miami, Florida. The ideas include communication analysis, client assessment and reporting, and oral presentations--all designed to enhance students' communication skill building. Additional assignment support materials--instructions to students, stimulus materials, slides, grading rubrics, frequently asked questions, and sample student projects--are posted on the Association for Business Communication and DePaul University Center for Sales Leadership websites: https://www.businesscommunication.org/page/assignments and https://salesleadershipcenter.com/research/business-professional-communication-quarterly-my-favorite-assignment. The 13 teaching innovations include: (1) Find It, Frame It, Fix It: Diagnosing, Analyzing, and Solving (Communication) Problems in the Workplace (Sabrina K. Pasztor); (2) Writing for Global Audiences: Creating a Business Communication Guide (Leslie Seawright); (3) A Practical, In-Class Demonstration of Activity Theory (Adam Lloyd); (4) What We Have Learned From Our Parents about Communication in the Workplace (Xiaoli Li); (5) Business Goes Intercultural: Developing an Intercultural Marketing Campaign (Marie-Louise Brunner and Stefan Diemer); (6) Safety Inspection Reports: Document Design, Field Research, and Memo Writing (Emil B. Towner); (7) Virtual Communication Experience (Mary B. Zink); (8) Persuading Clients to Improve Their Websites: A Usability Project (Tara Moore); (9) Business Plans (Sara Doan); (10) Extra, Extra...Read All about It: Sustainability Communication in Action (Susan Hall Webb); (11) Twitter Talk: A Low-Stakes Public Speaking Activity (Andrew B. Quagliata); (12) "Stand Up and Deliver": Teaching Group Presentation Dynamics (Pamela Bourjaily); and (13) Call It a "Real" Oral Presentation (Yingqin Liu).
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Conferences (Gatherings), Business Communication, Teaching Methods, Experiential Learning, Classroom Techniques, Assignments, Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Communication Skills, Skill Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Collected Works - Serial; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida (Miami)
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