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Selections from the ABC 2016 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Bright as Stars in the Albuquerque Desert Sky: Classroom-Tested Business Communication Assignments
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Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
This article, the first of a two-part series, presents 13 teaching innovations debuted at the 2016 Association for Business Communication's annual conference. The second edition of "My Favorite Assignment" will be published in the fall 2017 "Business and Professional Communication Quarterly". Assignments include international…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Assignments, Instructional Innovation, Electronic Publishing
Selections from the ABC 2016 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Teaching Innovations Soaring Like a Flight of Balloons over Albuquerque
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Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
This article, the second of a two-part series, presents 12 assignments designed to help students increase their online communication skills, conduct professional conferences, use advanced presentation software, develop problem-solving and critical thinking, gain greater awareness of gender effects in communication, and perform community service.…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
Selections from the ABC 2015 Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington: Pitching Fish and Innovative Oral and Written Business Communication Assignments
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Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2016
This article, the first of a two-part series, presents teaching 10 innovations from the 2015 Association for Business Communication's 80th annual conference. The creative new assignments offered here include building listening skills by journaling, oral interpretation, positive message framing, storytelling, delivering bad news, persuasive…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Business Communication, Instructional Innovation, Assignments
Selections from the ABC 2017 Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland: Teaching with Yeats's Elegance and Wilde's Wit
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Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article, the second of a two-part series, features 13 "My Favorite Assignments" that were introduced at the Association for Business Communication's 82nd annual conference held in Dublin, Ireland, in 2017. The pedagogical innovations include assignments that teach students how to conduct primary research, present their findings,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Professional Associations, Business Communication, Foreign Countries
My Favorite Assignment: Selections from the ABC 2008 Annual Convention, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2009
At the 2008 Association for Business Communication (ABC) annual convention in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, many attendees stood at the back of a crowded room to hear over a dozen teachers describe "My Favorite Assignment." As is customary in these lively sessions, the chair, Dan Dieterich, orchestrated a fast, efficient presentation pace; each…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Assignments, Business Communication, Teaching Methods