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Poetry Recitation for Business Students
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Hoger, Beth – Business Communication Quarterly, 2012
Poetry recitation removes the distractions of creating and organizing original material so that business students can focus on presentation skills of delivery, confidence, and memory. Delivery includes articulation, emphasis, nonverbals, and presence. Confidence and memory development are complementary. Confidence comes from trusting the memory…
Descriptors: Memory, Poetry, Business Communication, Business Administration Education
Selections from the ABC 2011 Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada
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Whalen, D. Joel; Andersen, Ken; Campbell, Gloria; Crenshaw, Cheri; Cross, Geoffrey A.; Grinols, Anne Bradstreet; Hildebrand, John; Newman, Amy; Ortiz, Lorelei A.; Paulson, Edward; Phillabaum, Melinda; Powell, Elizabeth A.; Sloan, Ryan – Business Communication Quarterly, 2012
The 12 Favorite Assignments featured in this article were presented at the 2011 Annual Convention of the Association for Business Communication (ABC), Montreal, Canada. A variety of learning objectives are featured: delivering bad news, handling difficult people, persuasion, reporting financial analysis, electronic media, face-to-face…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Assignments, Student Projects, Business Communication
Selections from the ABC 2012 Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Whalen, D. Joel – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
The 13 Favorite Assignments featured here were presented at the 2012 Association for Business Communication (ABC) Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii. A variety of learning objectives are featured, including the following: enhancing resume's visual impact, interpersonal skills, social media, team building, web design, community service projects,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Resumes (Personal)
Literacy and Informational Interviews
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Decarie, Christina – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
Informational interviews are valuable tools for improving writing, editing, and interviewing skills, and they are also extremely valuable in improving the soft skills that are valued by employers, such as confidence, adaptability, the ability to set and keep deadlines, the ability to manage risk, and so on. These soft skills, this article argues,…
Descriptors: Occupational Information, Role Models, Business Communication, Job Search Methods
Developing Student Communication Skills while Assisting Nonprofit Organizations
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Addams, H. Lon; Woodbury, Denise; Allred, Tony; Addams, Joel – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
Business writing instructors work diligently at raising the level of student writing performance in business communication classes. Some students, however, need additional motivation to apply writing concepts and perform to their highest level. Typically, business students are confronted with hypothetical writing situations, such as claim letters,…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Business Communication, Nonprofit Organizations, Communication Skills
Increasing Awareness of Emotional Intelligence in a Business Curriculum
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Myers, Laura L.; Tucker, Mary L. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2005
Emotional intelligence (EI) is a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one's thinking and actions. EI theory provides another venue for business communication faculty in presenting the importance of how students can…
Descriptors: Assignments, Emotional Intelligence, Business Communication, Interpersonal Communication