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Direct linkSharma, Daneshwar – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2023
Digital communication and digital oratory have become an integral part of today's workplace. This research discusses an innovative assessment tool that uses digital oratory and digital video along with YouTube to create opportunities for the students to develop self-efficacy in digital oratory and public speaking. The measurement of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Public Speaking, Video Technology, Telecommunications
Andrew Cavanaugh; D. Joel Whalen – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2025
This article presents a curated collection of nine teaching innovations presented at the Association for Business Communication 89th conference in the "oil capital of the world," Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as online, in October 2024. Many of the MFA presenters demonstrated how AI can be used, integrated, and analyzed in business…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Instructional Innovation, Business Communication, Assignments
Sharma, Daneshwar – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2023
Students process information in two modes: cognitive and experiential. Case studies and stories are generally used as tools for experiential information processing. This article uses memes as an instructional tool to deliver information for experiential information processing in a public speaking course. The effectiveness of memes as an…
Descriptors: Humor, Visual Aids, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Processes
Cardon, Peter; Okoro, Ephraim A.; Priest, Raigan; Patton, Greg – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2023
Communication apprehension can lead to professional challenges for individuals, teams, and organizations. This is the first study of communication apprehension that involved a randomized national survey of working adults in the United States and captured broad representation in terms of age, gender, race/ethnicity, managerial status, and other…
Descriptors: Adults, Employees, Communication (Thought Transfer), Anxiety
Nelson Lamar Reinsch Jr.; Jeanine Warisse Turner – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024
We gathered data from business practitioners to learn how they describe successful online business presentations. We found that many--but not all--successful examples were described in terms of classical rhetorical concepts (e.g., source credibility and content). We also found that about 20% of the examples were described as successful because of…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Computer Mediated Communication, Speech Communication, Virtual Classrooms
Nelson Lamar Reinsch Jr. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024
Communication instructors have long insisted on the importance of audience adaptation. But they have said less about (a) the dimensions along which adaptation might proceed or (b) how a student might learn the art of adapting. In this article, I contribute toward addressing these two deficiencies. I suggest a dimension for adaptation - the value…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Teaching Methods, Assignments, Audience Awareness
Whalen, D. Joel; Drehmer, Charles – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2023
This article presents a curated collection of 10 teaching innovations debued at the Association for Business Communication's 87th annual meeting held in Tampa, Florida, USA, and online October 2022. This "My Favorite Assignment" 27th edition introduces readers to classroom-ready ideas to help students gain personal and professional…
Descriptors: Assignments, Instructional Innovation, Business Administration Education, Anxiety
Baker, Matthew J.; Baker, William H. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2023
Previous studies compare quantitative feedback ratings of student peers and instructors, but new presentation-feedback technologies enable qualitative-feedback comparison. This study extends previous research by comparing qualitative feedback and business professionals' feedback. Compared to the professionals, the instructors provided similar…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Feedback (Response), Comparative Analysis, Peer Evaluation
Marcel, Mary – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
Alumni are an underutilized resource for input on the oral presentation skills employees need at work and what should be taught in oral-presentation-focused business communication courses. Yet they are in a unique position to assess the utility of what they learned and recommend coursework changes. In survey responses, 1,610 business alumni who…
Descriptors: Alumni, Public Speaking, Employees, Business Communication
Whalen, D. Joel – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2020
Readers can explore 13 teaching innovations presented at the 2019 Association for Business Communication annual international conference in Detroit, Michigan. These assignments are designed to add fuel to oral and written persuasion, including the practical use of rhetorical tools. Ideas to advance learners' professional development are presented.…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Assignments, Teaching Methods, Business Communication
Whalen, D. Joel – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article, the first of a two-part series, offers readers 13 teaching innovations debuted at the 2017 Association for Business Communication's annual conference in Dublin, Ireland. Assignment topics presented here include communication strategy and message-packaging skills, deep communication insights, and career and personal development.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Professional Associations, Business Communication
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
