Team Project: Team-Led Class and Team Self-Analysis (PDF) The class sessions designated "Team-led classes" on the calendar will focus on communication topics chosen by teams of students and will be organized by members of the teams. Early in the term, the class will divide up into teams. Each team will be responsible for a 75-minute segment of a class. Every team will choose a topic, distribute readings (if appropriate), and plan classroom activities. Such activities could include role plays, discussion, presentations, cases, or outside visitors (if feasible). Some of the topics teams might choose include business-media relations, negotiation and conflict resolution, electronic communication, corporate crisis communication, intercultural communication, and gender issues in communication. After its class session, each team will submit a two to three page analysis of the team's process and its product (the class itself).
Individual Project: Presentation and Executive Summary (PDF)
The individual project for the course culminates in a long (15-20 minute) presentation and an accompanying one-page executive summary. Students may choose their topics in conjunction with a project for another class, the 50K contest, a job-related task, or thesis. If possible, it should be a project involving an external organization so that the real audience will be non-academic. Whether or not the project has a true external audience, however, the presenter will assume a "real-world" audience for both the presentation and the document. The oral presentation and written document should serve a real need for your assumed audience.
Schedule for Team and Individual Projects
| 1 | Introduction to the Course, and to Interactive Communication | | | 2 | Communication Styles
Interpersonal Attitude Survey | | | 3 | Discuss Individual and Team Projects
Discuss and Practice 5-min Persuasive Presentation with Q & A | | | 4 | Persuasive Presentations with Q & A | | | 5 | Persuasive Presentations with Q & A (cont.) | | | 6 | Handling Hostility | | | 7 | Running Meetings | Prepare an Agenda for a Meeting about your Team Project (PDF) | | 8 | Presentations to Hostile Audience | Turn in Tentative Topic for the Individual Project | | 9 | Presentations to Hostile Audience (cont.) | | | 10 | Group Decision Making | | | 11 | Group Decision Making and Active Listening | | | 12 | Intercultural Communication | | | 13 | Intercultural Communication (cont.) | | | 14 | Team-led Class | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team
Note: Last Day to Change Individual Project Topic | | 15 | Team-led Class (cont.) | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team | | 16 | Team-led Class (cont.) | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team
Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 14 Team Only) | | 17 | Team-led Class (cont.) | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team
Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 15 Team Only) | | (Holiday) | Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 16 Team Only) | | 18 | Team-led Class (cont.) | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team
Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 17 Team Only) | | 19 | Team-led Class (cont.) | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team | | 20 | Team-led Class (cont.) | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team
Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 18 Team Only) | | 21 | Team-led Class (cont.) | Help Organize Class as agreed by your Team
Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 19 Team only) | | 22 | Working with the Media | Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 20 Team Only) | | 23 | Final Individual Presentations | | | 24 | Final Individual Presentations (cont.) | Turn in Team Analysis (Lec 21 Team Only)
Turn in Executive Summary of Individual Project | | 25 | Class Wrap-up | Turn in Executive Summary of Individual Project |
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