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?