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QuestionPart I: Communication
Competence Analysis
Review the Communication Competence summary on pages 22–23. Complete the checklist and write a response in three parts that addresses the following using clear headings:
Review the Communication Competence summary on pages 22–23. Complete the checklist and write a response in three parts that addresses the following using clear headings:
1. Pick two to three
competencies from the listing for which you feel you are currently strong, and
describe why you feel that way.
2. Pick two to three
competencies from the listing for which you feel you currently need
improvement,and describe why you feel that way.
Each
section should be written with at least three paragraphs (with a minimum of
three to four sentences each) of commentary, which is in addition to any
quoting from the listing you may choose to do. It may be helpful to explain
your thought process and provide examples to give explanation to your
descriptions of why you feel that way. This is not a formal paper, but
college-level spelling, grammar, and syntax are expected.
Part II: General Improvement Strategy
Using one of the competencies you felt needed improvement in Part I, develop an improvement strategy that follows the Communication Improvement Strategy Table in the weekly lecture. You may choose to format this into a table or write it in paragraph form. With whichever option, you should include your work in the same Word file (.docx) as Part I and have clear labels for the four main areas: problem, goal, plan, and test of measurability.
Using one of the competencies you felt needed improvement in Part I, develop an improvement strategy that follows the Communication Improvement Strategy Table in the weekly lecture. You may choose to format this into a table or write it in paragraph form. With whichever option, you should include your work in the same Word file (.docx) as Part I and have clear labels for the four main areas: problem, goal, plan, and test of measurability.
Use
this information to begin the Communication Change Challenge (CCC) Course
Project below.
Submit
your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this
page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read thesestep-by-step
instructions or
watch this Tutorial Dropbox Tutorial.
See
the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due date
information.
week
2
HOMEWORK
Part I: Listening Analysis
Begin by reading the Week 2 Lecture on listening, and complete the Listening Exercise to evaluate your listening skills. Write a summary of your results, your experience, and your conclusions about this.Next, respond to the following prompts. As you compose your responses, you should make connections to the ideas contained in the listening chapter assigned for the week.
Begin by reading the Week 2 Lecture on listening, and complete the Listening Exercise to evaluate your listening skills. Write a summary of your results, your experience, and your conclusions about this.Next, respond to the following prompts. As you compose your responses, you should make connections to the ideas contained in the listening chapter assigned for the week.
·
Where
in the stages of listening did you experience breakdown?
·
What
was the reason you failed to listen effectively?
·
What
could you have done differently to improve your listening?
This
part of the assignment should be written with at least four paragraphs (with a
minimum of three to four sentences each) of commentary, which is in addition to
any quoting from the exercise itself you may choose to do. It may be helpful to
explain your thought process and provide examples to give explanation to your
descriptions of why you feel that way. This is not a formal paper, but
college-level spelling, grammar, and syntax are expected.
Part II: Small Group and Public Speaking Strategies
Later in this course, you will read chapters that address skills in both small group communication and public speaking. This assignment is intended to get you thinking about those skills before that information is covered in class, so know that you are not expected to have fully researched responses for this part of the Week 2 assignment.
Later in this course, you will read chapters that address skills in both small group communication and public speaking. This assignment is intended to get you thinking about those skills before that information is covered in class, so know that you are not expected to have fully researched responses for this part of the Week 2 assignment.
Using
the Communication Improvement Strategy Table from the Week 1 Lecture, develop
an improvement strategy that follows it according to the following assessments:
·
the
checklist describing the skills covering small-group communication in Chapter 9
on page 189; and
·
the
Test Yourself inventory on public-speaking apprehension in Chapter 11 on page
209 OR the checklist describing the steps in preparing a speech on
page 234.
You
may choose to format these into tables or write them in paragraph form. With
whichever option, you should have clear labels for the four main areas:
problem, goal, plan, and test of measurability.
Part III: Presentation Topics and Research Ideas
Based on the improvement strategies and work on the CCC that you have completed up to this point, put together a numbered list of at least six presentation topics you might have an interest in researching and developing for the Week 6 assignment. Rank the topics with your strongest choice at the top of the list and the others in descending order.
Based on the improvement strategies and work on the CCC that you have completed up to this point, put together a numbered list of at least six presentation topics you might have an interest in researching and developing for the Week 6 assignment. Rank the topics with your strongest choice at the top of the list and the others in descending order.
Using
your first-topic choice, list three references that would be suitable as
research sources to support a presentation. These should be in addition to your
textbook and not come from the open Web (e.g., a Google search, a blog, and so
on). The best place to look is the DeVry University Library.
Include
your work for Parts I, II, and III in the same Word file (.docx).
Submit
your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this
page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read thesestep-by-step
instructions or
watch this TutorialDropbox
Tutorial.
See
the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due date
information.
week
3
Topic
Selection for Individual Speech Presentation
Review
this week’s lecture. Think about a communication topic that you would like to
learn more about. Look at the Table of Contents in your textbook for more
ideas. E-mail your instructor early in the week to obtain speech topic approval
for an informative or persuasive speech. Research your topic and create a good
thesis statement. Write at least three sentences for the main ideas concerning
your topic. You will continue with this next week. Nothing is due yet in the
Dropbox for your speech. Presentations are due in Week 6.
Note: Notify your instructor now by e-mail if you do not
understand how to choose a speech topic.
Assignment: Conflict Analysis
Conflict Analysis Part 1: Observe an instance that you are not
personally involved with where conflict is present (you will need to be a bit
of a covert operator to accomplish this). Answer the following:
In
several detailed paragraphs, describe the conflict scene.
1a.Who was involved in the conflict? What was the relationship
between the participants prior to the conflict? Did it appear as if the
relationship between the participants had any impact on how either person
responded to the conflict?
1b.When and where did it take place? Was it formal or informal?
Planned or unplanned? What impact did the location and time have on the
outcome?
1c.What transpired? (Be specific.)
Many
times when we face conflict, there is a surface-level problem and an underlying
problem. The surface-level problem acts only as a symptom of the real problem.
Consider both.
1d.What was the surface problem?
1e.What was the underlying problem, or the real problem? If
this is unclear, what might you speculate the real problem to be?
There
are many conflict management strategies that can be employed when dealing with
conflict. Consider which were present in this conflict.
1f.Which conflict management strategies were employed by each
of the participants? Did the conflict management strategies change during the
course of the conversation? How do you know?
1g.What was the outcome? Was there a winner? A loser? Did there
appear to be an impact on the relationship? If so, what was that impact?
1h. Looking back, describe at least two variables that
could be changed in this scene to alter the outcome.
Conflict Analysis Part 2:Much of the learning in this course
requires you to draw conclusions about your experiences and observations based
on the concepts we have read about and discussed. Take this into consideration:
2a., 2b. List two specific things you learned about conflict as a
result of this exercise. Reference material from the text, discussions,
lecture, terminal course objectives, and so forth. Answers that demonstrate
application of the course material and effective critical thinking will earn
the greatest number of points.
Your
submission should be approximately one page in length: one paragraph per item
for 1a.–1h., and 2a. and 2b.
Submit
your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this
page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read thesestep-by-step
instructions or
watch this TutorialDropbox
Tutorial.
See
the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due date
information.
week
4
HOMEWORK
Individual Speech Presentation: Draft
From
last week: E-mail your instructor early in the week to obtain speech topic
approval if you have not already done so. Continue researching your topic and
create a good thesis statement. Write at least three sentences for the main
ideas concerning your topic.
This
week, update your thesis statement and your main idea sentences, create at
least two subtopics for each of the three main points, and add to your research
notes. Use these items to write a first draft for your outline. Do the outline
tutorial exercises provided in the lecture. Spend time learning about outlining
and solving your topic organization, sequence, and outline problems. Your
outline is not due this week. You will complete working on this outline next
week. Nothing is due in the Dropbox yet for your speech.
PowerPoint
presentations with recorded narration are due in Week 6. Begin practicing the
use of your microphone with your computer and the PowerPoint narration feature.
See the iConnect area and the Presentation area under Course Home for the
tutorials on how to use these features.
Note: Notify your instructor now if you do not understand
how to create an outline. If you are having great difficulty creating a draft
of your outline, e-mail specific questions to your instructor. You may wish to
ask for a personal phone call.
Written Assignment: Team Collaborative Outline Exercise
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 subpoints?
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.
1. Ensure that the
language is used correctly.
2. Speaker credibility
influences how listeners feel about the speaker.
3. Character is the
quality of being honest, trustworthy, and showing goodwill.
4. Deliver the speech
with confidence.
5. Credibility is an
extremely important factor in determining speaker effectiveness.
6. Connect the audience
to the topic.
7. Practice your
delivery.
8. Verbally cite
personal subject knowledge.
9. Present error-free
written materials.
10. Credibility has three
primary characteristics: the three Cs.
11. Ensure that
typographical errors are eliminated.
12. Charisma is the
quality of being assertive, confident, and enthusiastic.
13. Speaker credibility
influences the listener’s ability to learn or to believe.
14. Demonstrate
expertise.
15. Verbally cite expert
sources.
16. Connect yourself to
the topic.
17. Plan your delivery.
18. Ensure that facts are
correct.
19. Competence is the
quality of being an expert and being intelligent.
20. Connect with the audience
on a personal level.
21. Establish common
ground.
22. Credibility is
established in four ways.
Note:
All team members must collaborate and submit the same version of the outline to
the Dropbox.
Submit
your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this
page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read thesestep-by-step
instructions or
watch this TutorialDropbox
Tutorial.
See
the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due date
information.
week
5
Homework
Speech Written Assignment: Final Outline, Description of
Visuals, and References
·
Written Assignment:Your Final Outline needs to have a
General goal for a topic for a certain audience, a Specific Goal, a Thesis
Statement sentence, Introduction, Body of the Outline, and Conclusion.
·
Include
a separate page for the Description of Visuals (PowerPoint images plan).
·
Include
a separate page named References and list sources in alphabetical order with
hanging indents and use APA style. Do the APA tutorials provided in the
Syllabus.
·
Call
a DeVry librarian for help on formatting your References page.
Team Editing
·
Early
in the week (Day 1, 2, or 3), share your completed first or second outline
draft with your team to ask for feedback. If you do not share your first draft
early in the week, you cannot expect other people to have time to review it for
you.
·
During
the week (Days 1–5), respond to team members who have asked for your
suggestions, comments, and corrections on their outlines. You can respond by
any communication method of your choice—IM, chat, phone, e-mail, texting, team
threads, and so on. Try to respond as early as you can, or at least within 2
days. If you can’t review an outline or provide any comment within 2 days of
receiving a team member’s outline, notify your team member about when to expect
your comments. Day 5 should be your latest date to respond to other people, or
Day 6 for emergency last-minute reviews. Remember that other people need time
to use your ideas and revise their outlines!
·
Review
the suggestions, comments, and corrections that you receive daily from your
team and incorporate the best ideas into your first draft outline.
·
Save
the end of your week (Days 6 and 7) for revising your own outline and preparing
the Final Outline version, completing the Description of Visuals (PowerPoint
images plan) page, and checking the References page.
Submit
your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this
page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read thesestep-by-step
instructions or
watch this TutorialDropbox
Tutorial.
See
the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due date
information.
Speech:PowerPoint Presentation
·
If
you have not already done so, see the Presentation area under Course Home for
complete details of this assignment.
·
Presentations
are due next week in Week 6.
week
6
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WITH NARRATION
Objectives| Project
Overview| Assignment
1: Outline Guidelines| Assignment
2: Speech Guidelines| Milestones| Best
Practices
OBJECTIVES
Back to
TopPreparing
and presenting an effective speech can be a challenge. It is important to
understand the fundamentals of speech preparation and delivery because you will
use these skills often during your education and your career.
PROJECT
OVERVIEW
Back to
TopThe
tasks associated with the presentation are an outline, reference page, and
PowerPoint presentation with visual aids.
From
a task perspective, you will need to identify a topic and have it approved by
your professor. Consider how you might adapt your presentation to your audience
when preparing your presentation.
Next,
begin your research and consider how you will narrow your topic by creating a
general goal, and then a specific goal that will meet the needs of your
audience. Then establish an effective thesis statement that must be written as
a complete sentence. Once you know where your speech is headed, outline the
body of your speech. Then add a strong introduction and conclusion. Create
visual aids that will enhance the audience’s understanding of your material or
that will make your presentation more memorable. Determine how you will
transition between main ideas and slides. Finally, practice and deliver your
presentation.
Let’s
recap what is involved in this speech project. You will need to select a topic
and have it approved by your professor. Then you will do research and create a
rough draft of the speech outline for yourself. Be sure to spend enough time
polishing up the final version of your outline for your speech.
Be
sure to include the information you found during your research and
investigation in the body of your outline, and organize it in a visually
pleasing manner. Break out each main idea you will use in the body of your
outline and presentation. Show some type of division like levels of headers or
titles and then separate sections that are labeled and indented for the
outline; state the main idea, state major subpoints in each main idea, and
provide evidence for each subpoint. Cite your evidence, quotes, and statistics
using APA format.
Finally,
you will create a PowerPoint presentation and post it to the week 6 dropbox.
You will also present your slides in class during week 6.
ASSIGNMENT
1: OUTLINE GUIDELINES
Back to
TopOutlines
must be six to seven pages in length (this would be roughly one to two pages
per area included in the outline), 10-point font, double spaced, including
these five sections:
Title
Page (title of speech, name of presenter, audience prepared for – school or
institution, date): You can use this information to create your first slide in
PowerPoint.
Table
of Contents: Include final outline (general goal, specific goal, thesis
statement sentence, introduction paragraph, full sentence outline), conclusion
paragraph, description of visuals (images for PowerPoint), and APA references.
General
goal, specific goal, thesis statement, introduction paragraph, body of the
outline in sentence format (one to two pages)
Summary
or conclusion paragraph (one to two pages)
Visuals
description plan – images for the PowerPoint slides, by slide number if known
(one to two pages)
Five
authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web pages
are not acceptable). References must be written in APA format with hanging
indents, in alphabetical order, and with everything double spaced. The
word references should not be formatted. Include copyrighted
image resources in this list. See the APA tutorial in the Syllabus. Call a
DeVry librarian for help with APA formatting. You can copy and paste this to
use as the last slide in your PowerPoint.
NOTE:
Do not copy and paste your table of contents, final outline, or visuals
description plan into your PowerPoint slides! Your speech slides must be
created as a meaningful presentation. Use a few bullets for each slide with one
phrase or one sentence for each bullet. Do not put any paragraphs into the
slides.
Any
questions about this assignment may be discussed in the weekly Q & A
Discussion topic.
ASSIGNMENT
2: SPEECH GUIDELINES
You
are required to deliver a graded oral presentation for this course. You will
deliver your presentation to your audience in week 6 of the course during your
class time.
Creating
the PowerPoint Audio Recording
Follow
these steps to create and record your PowerPoint audio presentation.
·
Open
MS PowerPoint; create your PowerPoint slides and then save them.
·
Go
to the Slide Show tab located in the top menu.
·
Make
sure to read your slides carefully and be sure that you have cited all
information properly.
·
Evaluate
your final presentation. What could you have done better? What will you do
differently next time?
Submit
your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this
page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read thesestep-by-step
instructionsor
watch this Tutorial Dropbox Tutorial.
See
the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due date
information.
MILESTONES
Back to
TopTo
summarize your presentation project
|
Step
1
|
Explore
possible topics for a speech related to communication. Your topic should be
something you are interested in learning more about.
|
|
Step
2
|
Select
and submit a speech topic, general goal, and specific goal by e-mail to your
instructor for approval. The general goal and the specific goal should detail
the purpose of your speech (To inform? To persuade?) and meet the needs of
your audience (Who are they?).
|
|
Step
3
|
Research
your approved topic. Look for five or six resources and put them in APA
format. You might not really want to use all of them for your outline and/or
speech.
|
|
Step
4
|
Organize
your notes. Create a rough draft outline based on your research. Write
sentences for the body of the outline.
|
|
Step
5
|
Revise
your outline and create a final draft outline with all required items
included: cover page, table of contents, final outline (general goal,
specific goal, thesis statement sentence, introduction paragraph, full
sentence outline), conclusion paragraph, description of visuals (images for
PowerPoint), and APA references in alphabetical order and with hanging
indents. Note: Press F1 in MS Word for help with hanging indent paragraphs,
or tab or space over for all lines except the first one.
|
|
Step
6
|
Create
a PowerPoint Presentation. Study the tutorials provided in the lectures and
under presentation areas.
|
|
Step
7
|
Evaluate
your presentation. What could you have done better? What will you do differently
next time?
|
Grading Rubrics
The
PowerPoint presentation and final outline will be graded using the rubric in
Doc Sharing. Outlines and presentations will be graded on content such as
relevance and quality of topic research information; organization and
cohesiveness; formatting and visual appeal; editing such as spelling, grammar
and sentence structure; APA documentation; and use of citations as required.
For a detailed list of criteria, see the rubric provided in Doc Sharing.
BEST
PRACTICES
Back to
TopThe
following are the best practices for creating your speech outline and
presentation:
·
Begin now! Start thinking about what you
would like to speak about during Preview Week and Week 1. Look over the Table
of Contents of your textbook for ideas.
·
Title page or slide – Include the title, audience
(who you prepared the presentation for [school or institution]), the presenter
who prepared it and will be the speaker, and date.
·
Attention getter – Give the audience a reason to
pay attention. Make them want to listen to your speech.
·
Overview – List the main ideas and sections of your presentation.
·
The purpose of an overview:
1. Introduce the subject
and why the subject is important.
2. Preview the main
ideas and the order in which they will be covered.
3. Establish the tone of
the presentation.
4. Try to include the
questions you think your audience might have about your topic, and then be sure
to answer them during your presentation.
·
Body of your outline and presentation – Include the
information you found during your research and investigation and organize it in
a visually pleasing manner. Break out each main idea you will use in the body
of your outline and presentation. Show some type of division like levels of
headers or titles, then separate sections that are labeled and indented for the
outline, and separate groups of bullets for the presentation. Use a header for
the title of your presentation or subtitle of the section. Then proceed to
break out the main ideas. State the main idea, state major subpoints in each
main idea, and provide evidence for each subpoint. Cite your evidence, quotes,
and statistics using APA format.
·
Summary and conclusion – Summarizing is similar to
paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than the
original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support
points from the body of your outline or presentation. Minor details are left
out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the thesis
statement of the outline and main objective of the presentation.
·
References – Use the APA citation format as
specified in the Syllabus. The illustrations should be included with your
resources. APA tutorials are available in the Syllabus. Call a DeVry librarian
for help.
·
At
least Five authoritative, outside references are required. (Anonymous authors
or web pages are not acceptable.)
·
Appropriate
citations within the presentation are required on the last slide. Just copy and
paste this from the last page of your outline – the References page.
·
References
should be in APA format. These should be listed in alphabetical order on a
separate last page titled References with no formatting. Each resource should
be entirely double spaced. All entries must use hanging indents – the first
line is flush left, and all the rest are indented.
·
All
DeVry University policies are in effect including the plagiarism policy.
Additional hints on preparing the best possible project:
0. Apply a three step
process of writing . . . plan, write, and complete.
1. Prepare an outline of
your presentation before you try to create the presentation.
2. Complete a first
draft and then go back to edit, evaluate, and make any changes required.
3. Use visual
communication to further clarify and support the written part of your
presentation. You could use example graphs, diagrams, photographs, flowcharts,
maps, drawings, pictograms, tables, and Gantt charts.
4. Animation and video
clips should not be used for this speech. YouTube is not allowed.
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