Team outline excersise
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: (McLean Scott, (2018). Exploring Interpersonal Communication (2nd ed.) Boston, MA: Flatworld) Chapter 8, 11
Lesson
Instructions
This week, you will have an opportunity to work in a team and to put into practice many of the communication strategies about which we are learning. Your instructor has already assigned you to a group of team members. You need to solve a communication business problem outline together by the end of the week. Remember, what makes a group a team is a shared common goal, and this team will be no exception. In this case, your shared goal is to create and deliver an A+ solution to a communication business outline.
The following is a list of ideas that were brainstormed in a meeting with your company employees. The company needs to include all these ideas in an all-company presentation, but the list is very disorganized right now. What would be the best way to sort these ideas into some sequence of main points with sub points?
Hints
There are 3 main points, and the rest are sub points.
There is no introduction or conclusion.
Discuss
Use your Group Home Page to converse.
With your assigned team, unscramble the following statements to create a logical outline for an upcoming business presentation. Use standard outline format as described in your textbook.
Ensure that the language is used correctly.
Speaker credibility influences how listeners feel about the speaker.
Character is the quality of being honest, trustworthy, and showing goodwill.
Deliver the speech with confidence.
Credibility is an extremely important factor in determining speaker effectiveness.
Connect the audience to the topic.
Practice your delivery.
Verbally cite personal subject knowledge.
Present error-free written materials.
Credibility has three primary characteristics: the three Cs.
Ensure that typographical errors are eliminated.
Charisma is the quality of being assertive, confident, and enthusiastic.
Speaker credibility influences the listener’s ability to learn or to believe.
Demonstrate expertise.
Verbally cite expert sources.
Connect yourself to the topic.
Plan your delivery.
Ensure that facts are correct.
Competence is the quality of being an expert and being intelligent.
Connect with the audience on a personal level.
Establish common ground.
Credibility is established in four ways.
All team members must collaborate and submit the same version of the outline.
As part of your individual submission, reflect on the group process. Was there miscommunication? Were there any listening barriers? How did the group handle it?
Writing Requirements (APA format)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page (add group members names who worked on the project)
References to be used:
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Sharma, R. (Producer). (2010). Mindful leadership: Communication skills [Video file]. Futuremedia. Retrieved from Academic Video Online: Premium database.
TrainingABC (Producer). (2006). Leadership through communication [Video file]. Retrieved from Academic Video Online: Premium database.
Video Age Productions (Producer). (2014). The communication cycle at work [Video file]. Retrieved from Academic Video Online: Premium database.
