Business and Professional Communication Quarterly Jun 2025

Selections From the ABC 2024 Annual International Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA: Dynamic Ideas for Teaching Business Writing Skills in the Classroom

Andrew Cavanaugh ; D. Joel Whalen

Abstract

This article presents a curated collection of eight teaching innovations presented at the Association for Business Communication 89th conference Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as online, in October 2024. These MFA presenters demonstrated teaching ideas specifically on improving students’ writing skills, and this My Favorite Assignment 32nd edition introduces readers to these classroom approaches in teaching business writing. Teaching support materials—instructions to students, stimulus materials, slides, rubrics, frequently asked questions, links, and sample student projects—are downloadable from the Association for Business Communication website.

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Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
Published
2025-06-01
DOI
10.1177/23294906251319915
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