1. Week 4 – Class 7- Wednesday
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Week 4 – Class 7- Wednesday

2. Agenda Announcements – Job/Intern Fair – Wednesday, February 20th!
OFFICE PBB Mon
Three quick reminders - Writing Mechanics
Reading Summaries
Class Exercise
Team Discussion
Team Assignments & Blog Assignment
Looking Ahead

3. Noun / Article Agreement
Members that didn’t get along…
Members WHO didn’t get along….
Businesses who treat customers well….
Businesses THAT treat customers well….

4. Plural / Singular Agreement
“One of the first characteristics of successful teams that comes to mind is establishing balanced communication between members and setting team goals.” (22)
“The first characteristics for team success are to establish balanced communications, and set shared goals.” (15)
“The most important practices that a team can take in order to function at the highest level is to communicate and set guidelines.” (23)
“The most important practices that a team can take in order to function at the highest level are communicate and set guidelines” (19)
“Through working with teams, I’ve learned there’s certain characteristics that effect success.”
“… there ARE certain characteristics…”

5. Consistencies Numbers
AP Style: Spell numbers one – nine, all other numbers can be numeric
When beginning a sentence with a number, always spell the number
Use the $ simple when you use numerals – 10 dollars vs. $10 dollars
Be consistent
Bullets and Indents
Consistent capitalizations
Consistent punctuation (period vs. no period)
Lists
Begin lists with a colon: e.g. as follows:
If listing statements or phrases use semi-colons to separate, otherwise use comas

6. Readings Building Teams in the Cafeteria Main take-aways Drawbacks
Hidden Benefits of Keeping Teams in Tact
READING ASSIGNMENTS For MONDAY Next Week:
How Diversity can Drive Innovation
Two Types of Diversity Training That Really Work

7. Are Teams Better Than Individuals? (3:50)
Exercise:
Get a piece of paper or something to writing on
Think and BE Creative
When I give you the next set of instructions, you’ll have EXACTLY one minute to complete the task
Write down as many uses you can think of
for a PAPERCLIP

8. Results?

9. Team Best Practices Respect others Be willing to listen and compromise
Check your ego at the door – Shared Goals
Assign a note-taker
Distribute notes with assignments and due dates
Reply to communications
Attend meetings on time

10. Team In-Class Assignments
Record and Exchange contact information
Begin to discuss best meeting times / location / preferences
Begin to Draft your Team Charter
Team Name, members
Communication Expectations
Channel
Timing and Response
Meeting Expectations (attendance, participation, length etc..)
Assignments (note taking, reporting, dates, timing, deliverables)
Member Accountability
Photo? Moto? Theme Song? Food? Bird? Flag? Slogan?

11. Looking Ahead Sometime SOON… Go Out And Share A Meal Together!
Friday – Bad News Due: 5:00 p.m. in Alex’s inbox
READING For Monday–
Diversity Drives Innovation
Two types of Diversity Training
Chapter 7 (pages 141 – 160)
Next Week
Team Charter Blog Post - Monday after class
Team Introductions – Wednesday in class
Looking farther ahead … Memo, Elevator Pitch, Midterm, Recorded Video Response
Sometime SOON…
Go Out And Share A Meal Together!