Week 16 - Power Point (How to) - Authors@Google

Video Mini Lecture:

The Art of Power Point

Directive: Video related to power point exam and course text and lectures. Review this Google video to assist you in preparing your team presentation.

Reference Information:

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View Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ2vtQCESpk

W 14 Preview

Monday - Group Presentation, Mini Lecture and Drill = Holding a Meeting, Each team designs an agenda for Wednesday's group meeting. Team picks a secretary to record meeting agenda and Wednesday minutes.

View link for agenda format mini lecture and sample agenda formats:

The Organized Agenda: A Vital Tool for Efficient Meetings -
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/lcr/virtualtool.cfm

Wednesday - Meeting Drill with your Power Point Project team, Following agenda team designed Monday. Agenda and meeting notes are copied into a MS Word document and sent to instructor alorenzo@centralstate.edu. by Friday 12:00 noon on 11/20/09.

Wednesday 11/18/09

1. Take attendance
2. Assignment:
Student get into their Power Point Project teams
Teams refer to the 11/16/09 (Monday) agenda they designed for Wednesday's "Holding a Meeting" drill
Meeting is conducted - time begin and end recorded
Team refer to course blog examples of agenda and meeting documentation (posted 11/17/09 within their week 14 preview and required prep-class reading)
Team copies agenda and minute notes to be submitted to instructor at the end of class
Team prepares a typed MS Word document (agenda/minutes), emailing said document to alorenzo@centralstate.edu

NOTE: Team's are conducting a meeting and not working on their power point. Think of your meeting as a strategic planning process of evaluating and completing your work from beginning to end.

View Link (example meeting minutes):
http://www.condoandhoalaw.com/Documents/Sample%20Meeting%20Minutes.pdf


Friday - Online Classroom = Must complete two quizzes (journal entry), and develop MS Word resume and send to instructor's email ALorenzo@centralstate.edu by 12:00 noon - 11/20/09

Homework Activities:

1. Read topic related text modules
2. Submit posted quizzes
3. Develop Power Point project
a. Add each members online profiles to PP.b. Add each members resume to PP
c. Add an inspirational quote
d. Add slide about team dynamics (must be external or text reference)
e. Add reference slide
f. Add what recommendations instructor gave your team during team's presentation

W13 Preview

Monday - Group Presentations

Wednesday - Holiday

Friday - Group Presentations, Mini Lecture = Listening Skills, Small group exercise = Listening

Note: Refer to Power Point Presentation post that is being updated as project continues.

Individual Homework - Reading texts and turning in posted quizes.

W12 - Assingment Check-Off Listing (W's 9/10/11/12)

1. Online Profile Presentation (classroom)
2. Group Project - Two online personality quizzes (classroom)
3. Group Project - Homework assignment attached to Group Project quizzes
4. Module Quizzes - Self directed homework assignments - submit when completed. Journal entry

Week 12/13 Unit Seven - Module 26 & 27

Directive

• Answer these questions within your course journal.
• Identify the date you enter answers
• Label journal entry as: Quiz - Module 10
• Submit for review when complete
• Identify page number or outside resources of answer - but answer with your own words

Questions

1. What do you need to know about yourself to job hunt?

2. What do I need to know about companies that might hire me?

3. What do I do if I have a major weakness?

4. What is the hidden job market?

5. What is an informative interview and the benefits of conducting informative interviews?

6. What types of resumes are there? When do you use the various types?

7. How do you create a scannable resume?

8. How should you prepare an online resume?

9. How do you polish your prose?

10. What are the key words/terms of your industry to input into your resume (outside source required)?

Week 13 - Quiz, Module 12

Directive

• Answer these questions within your course journal.
• Identify the date you enter answers
• Label journal entry as: Quiz - Module 10
• Submit for review when complete
• Identify page number or external resource of answer - but answer with your own words

Questions

1. What is the best persuasive strategy?

2. What is a blogger? Provide an actual example (social networking site).

3. When is the best time to use a direct request pattern?

4. How do you organize a problem solving message?

5. When using the word "problem" for analysis of the problem - what are the letter's meaning?

Week 12 Quiz - Module 11

Directive

• Answer these questions within your course journal.
• Identify the date you enter answers
• Label journal entry as: Quiz - Module 11
• Submit for review when complete
• Identify page number or external source of answer - but answer with your own words
  
  

Questions

1. What are the most common kind of negative messages?

2. Identify various types of negative messages.

3. What is the best way to give bad news to customers and others outside of your organization (external stakeholders)?

4. What are the for steps to organizing a negative letter?

5. What are the four steps to giving bad news to superiors (internal stakeholders)?

6. What are the three steps to organizing a negative Memo to peers or subordinates? Provide an example.

Week 11 - Quiz - Module 10

Directive:

• Answer these questions within your course journal.
• Identify the date you enter answers
• Label journal entry as: Quiz - Module 10
• Submit for review when complete
• Identify page number of answer - but answer with your own words

Questions

1. When PROBLEM is used in Analysis of the Problem what does each letter stand for? Paraphrase meanings.

2. What is the best method of sending a thank you note in the business world. Why?

3. How do you organize information and positive messages?

4. When should I use reader benefits in informative and positive messages?

5. What is a web browser (use outside source)

6. What is "netiquette" and netiquette rules?

Week 11 - PowerPoint Drill - Classroom Activity & Homework Assignment

Directives:

Week 11 (Friday)

11:00 - 11:20 - Time
1. Pick teams - Four/Five members
2. Sit together
3. Take the Online Self-Discovery tests (links below)
4. Complete all the directions regarding test

11:20 - 11:45 - Time
1. One person in the group go to the PowerPoint prompt
2. Slide #1 - title: Team Dynamics - Individual Performance
3. Slide #2 - List team members
4. Slide #3 - Identify type of test taken
5. Slide #4 - Type all members names and outcome of their test score

Homework: Team Divides workload (Review text module that discusses PowerPoint presentations).

1. Research Terms: Team Dynamics, Introvert, Extrovert, Team Building (to be inserted into PowerPoint during W12).
2. Design graphics/fonts/style of the PowerPoint
3. Communication Methods: Explain the traits of an (a) extrovert (b) introvert, and what is the best way to 'deal' with each type in a team setting (to be inserted into the PowerPoint during W12).

NOTE: Email PowerPoint to each other and instructor (alorenzo@centralstate.edu). Save to external flash drive. There will be a total of two saves: W11/Friday & W12/Monday.

Tools: Internet, Course Journal, Flash Drive, Email, PowerPoint. Course Text

Online Self-Discovery Test

Directive A

1. Take the quiz: Are You An Extrovert or An Introvert?

2. Insert quiz results in course journal.

Click on link : http://blogthings.com/areyouanextrovertorintrovertquiz/

Directive B

1. Take the quiz: What career will suit your personality?
2. Insert the first few lines.
3. Print results


Click on link: http://quiz.ivillage.co.uk/uk_work/tests/career.htm

Week 12

Monday - Sit with your team and add information gathered from homework assignment.

Wednesday - Group Presentations

Friday - Group Presentations. Maintenance Day - Bring Project Profilo and add copies on Online Profile material, Bring current resume to be printed and added to your Project Profilo.

Week 13

MODIFIED FORMAT

Monday: Groups: "Rise" - Speak Up - Harmony

WEDNESDAY - BREAK

Friday - Groups - Extra Extroverts = The Approachable

NOTE: Groups should be able to show us individual notes.

Week 10 - Quiz Module 9, Unit Three

Directive:

1. Answer quiz questions in course journal
2. Submit for instructor review when quiz is completed
3. Pen must be used
4. Title of quiz must be used
5. Add the text page number or outside resource used to influence your answer(s).

Questions

1. How do you set up a letter? Diagram and narrative required
2. What courtesy titles should be used?
3. How should you set up memos? Diagram and narrative required
4. When do you send a letter? When do you send an memo?
5. What letter format do you prefer? Why
6. What are the differences between block format for letters and the formats for memos?

Week 10 - Online Profile Presentations & One-on-One meetings

Monday - Online Day/Study Labs

Wednesday: Online Profile Presentations
Students: Renalt Turner, Brady Smith, Trevor McGee
Students: Assigned by Instructor - Tamra Edwards, Brianna Robinson,Felicity E. Ellis,Gaberilla Ruffin, Arielle Betts, Janae Miller,Ralph Jordan
Friday: Online Profile Presentations
Students: Mario Riley, Samual Boahen, Toniejha Payne, James Booker, Aesha Dominquez, Giannic Hicks, Jerron Brandt, Lee Tab
Students: Assigned by Instructor - Victor Walker

NOTES:
Students who are have not signed up for presentations will be presenting on WEDNESDAY. Each presentation will be a maximum of five minutes.

Students have had three weeks to prepare and complete this task - this portion of the assignment is officially closed Week10.


One-on-One meetings: A number of students have signed up for one-on-one meetings with the instructor. The most available time remaining is Wednesday evening after 5:00pm.

Quiz - The instructor has decided that the remaining course content quizzes will be posted on line, allowing the students to reference course text book. These quizzes will be independently submitted by the students. All quizzes must be entered into the course journal.

Week 9 Preview

Monday - Holiday

Wednesday - Dean's Meeting (all students must attend). Lorenzo will be in attendance

Friday - Review of individual student's online profile project. Be ready to share with the class - using the main computer screen.


Homework

1. Continue reading the chapters assigned (refer to class notes in journal)
2. Quiz - Instructor will post two quizzes within week 9 for you to enter into your journal. Each quiz will be worth 50 points. Students can submit these exams for review anytime within week 9 &10. Quiz material will be derived directly from text. Hint: know your main headings and side-bar information.
3. Continue developing your online employment profile. Come to Friday's meeting with questions if you are blocked. This weekend one of my collaborative partners recommend we visit; job.com website. Let me know if this helps. We can review the site in class.

Week 8 - Online Profile Project

Directive:

This is the second part of a three part series of developing communication skills for the industry you are seeking employment in.

1. First part - Career Search - completed
2. From your first part of this project, student goes back and performs an online research from the expert in the field they presented, and revisit their online profile. Students view the terminology as it relates to your current skill level and future job search.
3. You start drafting the content of your online profile in your journal. Think business bio.
4. You build a blog, video, website that can be activated online.

Note: This is the second week that students have been engaging in this process. This has been designated as a homework assignment with in class assistance. In class assistance does not imply that the instructor is responsible for your projects success.

Week 7 - Students were given one period to perform search and find proffesionals in their field to mirror.
During week 8 one class period will be designated as a lauching day for your online profile.(10/9/09 Friday).
During weeks 9 & 10 all projects will be completed and shown in class.

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The following online sites as examples of the content required for your online profile project.

Sample Web site page:

http://www.mcaronline.com/default.asp?id=151

Hospitality (student's content must be longer than this example)
http://www.raheservices.com/about.html


Tourism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson


Management:
http://www.darrenmonroe.com/wordpress/?page_id=2

Safety:
http://www.statepatrol.ohio.gov/ColonelBio.stm

Week 7: In class quiz... Unit Two -Modules 6/7/8

Week 7
10/2/09
Friday

In Class Quiz

Directive:
1. Open your course journal and write the 'housekeeping' directives from the power point.
2. Review the 10 plus 1 questions.
3. In your journal write the answers (do not write the questions).
4. Bring journal to instructor for her check-off.

1. Definition of You-Attitude: You-Attitude is ....................
2. Five Ways to Create You-Attitude............
3. Definitions of Impersonal Construction: Impersonal construction........ Passive verbs..........
4. 10 negative words to avoid when writing in business are ..............................
5. Five Ways to Create Positive Emphasis...................
6. Definition of Hidden Negative....................
7. Definition of Reader Benefit is..............
8. Criteria for Reader Benefits are..........
9. Psychological Description is..........
10. Extrinsic and Intrinsic Rewards are?

BONUS 1-10 possible points

Describe Maslow's hierarchy of needs (narrative and graphic).

Week 7 - Preview

Monday - Review of Chapters

Wednesday - Review of Exams, Chapters, Online Profile Blog

Friday - Mini Lecture/Group Activity

Note: Students are to bring their Career Project folder with them during the next three weeks.

W6 - Lorenzo will be holding class Friday

Students,

Thank you for following the blog and keeping informed. I will be instructing the Business Communication course Friday 9/25/09.

Please read your journal notes from Wednesday to secure you are ready for class discussion. Also bring your journals - we may be doing a self evaluation on them (I know - to much fun - right?!).

The best to you,

Ms. Lorenzo

W6 - Review of Project and Next Step

Student Self Evaluation - Career Project

Purpose of individual exercise:

1. Relates to chapter 5 of the first section of text
2. Student recognizes the lack of depth of academic rigor given to project
3. Professor interprets that the grade received was based on a curve. And that the first introductory 5 weeks is over, and in the next 5 weeks students will now be graded on standards of performance.
4. Students review if they understand how to attach/measure an assignment.
5. Student/Faculty move forward with understanding of what is expected.

Notes:

• It is assumed that students who did not meet the assignment deadline will bring their work to class (as indicated earlier).
• Standard documentation practices must be adhered to; double space, headings, stapling
• Within the three week assignment period, only two students requested assistance.
• Category from syllabus - Assignments: Homework and Assignments 200 total possible points - This assignment is worth 75 points.
• Those that did not meet deadline will not have earned any points for this area of the continue course project whick builds to developing a resume and sumbiting it online.

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In your journal ( Day 15 - 9/23/09) Review and grade the returned project packet by:

1. Putting a yes or no beside each line item in the directive indicating if said item is in the packet. Identify where in the packet it is.
2. Identify how many hours you put into this project. Please do not count library hours is you did not use it as a resource. Think - did I follow the directive - did I put the required time and effort into this academic project?

• Library - estimated time 2 hours = 2 visits
• Data Collection - minimum 2 hours per week = three week assignment
• Drafts of narrative, career goals, time line, six key terms
• Draft of 4 minute presentation (power point)
• Final copy of documents - proofreading, editing, term usage, content design
• Final organization of data and narrative of findings
• Final print of PowerPoint and practicing of verbal presentation
• Presentation to the class

Actual Assignment Directive

Directive
1. Read this post in its entirety.
2. Put activity log in your calendar – Design a project time line (as displayed in class - refer to Day 5 notes).
3. Begin a folder for your findings – data will be used for other course assignments (note - your first week is data collection - but it is recommended that you take notes of your findings along the way).
4. Final Project A: Prepare a brief outline of your data findings
5. Final Project B: Prepare a narrative of your findings and career goal statement***To be placed within areas A&B of project: Collect six current key terms of your industry and job description*** Material will be provided within MS Word document
6. Final Project C: 4 minute verbal presentation of findings (will occur within two class periods)*** Students will provide (classroom) verbal reports throughout the three week project*** Power Points advised (one slide) - no music or special features unless your industry traditionally relates to employee base in visual form of communication method.

Required Activity

1. Classroom Assignment Introduction –
Day 4 – Monday 8/24/09 – Search Salary.com2.
Written Assignment Directive posted on line –
Day 5 Wednesday – 8/26/093. Library Research/Online Classroom posting –
Day 6 Friday 8/28/094.

HOMEWORK – Weekend between second and third course week.
5. Review – small group of findings to date –
Day 7 Monday 8/31/096. Library Research/Online Classroom posting –
Day 9 – Friday 9/04/097. Assignment Due date – Week Four, Day 10 Wednesday 9/09/09

W6 - Preview

Monday: Blog Mini Lecture and Video, Review of chapters 5 & 6.

Wednesday: Discussion topics from chapters 5&6. Exam review and project review.

Friday: Small Group activity related to chapters 5&6 and/or Career Project Research Dive.

Check In Topics

Online Requests
View CSUCBI blog and become a fan.
View my Twitter - see if you have missed any tweets.
Please be patient as I work out the glitch in posting comments on course blog.

Course Journal Directive (repeat)
Inside cover - put your full name and all course online information.
Put day and date at the top of every entry.
Write course lecture under the 'housekeeping' area.
Write in pen.
Write neatly.
Only course topic in Journal.
Put homework notes and group activity notes in journal.

Class Behavior
First let me say I'm very happy with our behaviour and relationship.
Do not visit other sites when Professor is directing the course.
Do not come in after 11:05 - you will not be allowed to enter.
Do bring documented support when asking for an excused absence.
Do participate in group activities.
READ - READ - READ your chapters.

Week Six; Intrapersonal Communication - Mini Lecture and Video

Intrapersonal Communication

Directive 1: View Video
(Video) http://bit.ly/4tE9kk

*Video source:http://www.darrenmonroe.com/wordpress/?p=3675

Note: Video and Lecture relate to chapter 6 in the first section of the text.

Directive 2: Read Mini Lecture

Intrapersonal communication is the act of having an internal dialogue with yourself; or in other words, self-talk! Some examples of this include: "Asking yourself what you want for dinner tonight"; or "Asking yourself if you should have or shouldn't have done something?"

Sometimes, you may even talk out loud to yourself! I'm sure you've found yourself asking a question in your head and then habitually answering the question out loud, as if someone else was standing right there. Go ahead and admit it.. you're not crazy by any means!
You are constantly having a conversation with yourself whether you're aware of it or not.
However, if you're not aware of how you're communicating with yourself, chances are, the conversation is negative, critical, and just plain ugly!

However, you have complete control over how your going to communicate to yourself; yet, the irony of this is, it often feels like someone else has control over your self-talk.

It's easy to believe that you cannot stop the negative words and thoughts. However, if you want to understand why you're feeling bad, open your eyes to the negative conversation you're having with yourself and you'll find the answer you are looking for!

Change your thoughts, change your words, and change the conversation you're having with yourself. Don't allow yourself to be downgraded, criticized, and judged by you. If you are doing this to yourself, imagine how you're allowing others to treat you.

"Compliments? What Me? I wouldn't dare allow such a thing. I don't want to look like someone who is conceded." There is nothing wrong with complimenting yourself, talking kindly to yourself, ignoring the negative thoughts, and humbly appreciating your uniqueness. There is nothing conceited about that at all; as a matter of fact, it's very inspiring!

Don't put it off any longer. Start ignoring your negative intrapersonal communication skills and begin focusing on your positive self-talk. So go ahead and talk to yourself, answer yourself, and definitely talk out loud, but whatever you do, avoid all negative self-talk as much as possible

Source: http://www.relationship-with-self.com/intrapersonalcommunication.html

W5 Preview

Monday - Journal/Blog/Twitter review

Wednesday- Exam

Friday - Exam

Notice:

1. Career project packets will be returned week 6
2. First five week grading to system will occur this weekend.
3. Students who missed the Career Packet deadline will be given directives in week 6 as to how/when to turn in packet.
4. Journals will be reviewed during Weds/Friday of this week.