Andrew Cavanaugh
8 articles-
Selections From the ABC 2025 Annual International Conference, Long Beach, California, USA: Classroom Activities for Teaching Career Readiness Skills in the Business Communication Classroom ↗
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This article presents a curated collection of nine teaching innovations presented at the Association for Business Communication 90th conference in Long Beach, California, as well as online, in October 2025. These My Favorite Assignment (MFA) presenters demonstrated various activities in helping students prepare for their careers and develop their professional skills. This My Favorite Assignment 33rd edition introduces readers to a wide variety of classroom-ready ideas that integrate career readiness tasks. 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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Selections From the ABC 2024 Annual International Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA: Dynamic Ideas for Teaching Skills for Working in Groups in the Business Communication Classroom ↗
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This article presents a curated collection of 11 teaching innovations presented at the Association for Business Communication 89th conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as online, in October 2024. These MFA presenters demonstrated teaching ideas specifically on improving students’ skills in working in groups. This My Favorite Assignment 32nd edition introduces readers to these classroom approaches in teaching skills involving group dynamics in business contexts. 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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Selections From the ABC 2024 Annual International Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA: Dynamic Ideas for Teaching Business Writing Skills in the Classroom ↗
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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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Selections From the ABC 2024 Annual International Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA: A Slick Set of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Classroom Ideas to Fuel Your Teaching ↗
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This article presents a curated collection of nine teaching innovations presented at the Association for Business Communication 89th conference in the “oil capital of the world,” Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as online, in October 2024. Many of the MFA presenters demonstrated how AI can be used, integrated, and analyzed in business communication classes. This My Favorite Assignment 35th edition introduces readers to a wide variety of classroom-ready ideas that integrate AI. 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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Selections From the ABC 2023 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA: Classroom Innovations That Soar Like an Eagle in Flight ↗
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This collection of 10 My Favorite Assignments (MFA) was first presented at the 2023 Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference held Denver, Colorado, USA. Instructors can see innovative ideas for teaching current social issues, oral communication techniques, and methods to lead students to greater personal and professional development.
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Selections From the ABC 2023 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA: A Rocky Mountain of Business Communication Teaching Innovations ↗
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Innovative classroom-tested approaches to cross-cultural communication—diversity, equity, and inclusion—and personal and professional development are featured. Readers can explore 10 teaching creations debuted at the 2023 My Favorite Assignment sessions at the Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference held in Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Selections From the ABC 2023 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado USA: Mining Nuggets of Business Communication Pedagogy Gold ↗
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This My Favorite Assignment (MFA) article features 11 teaching innovations first presented at the 2023 Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference held Denver, Colorado, USA. These assignments are designed to boost students’ writing, persuasion, crisis management skills, and personal and professional development.
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Selections From the ABC 2023 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA: Seeing the Future of Business Communication Teaching From a Mile High Perch ↗
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Artificial intelligence assignments lead this article’s 11 teaching innovations selected from the My Favorite Assignments presented at the 2023 Association for Business Communication’s Annual International Conference held in Denver, Colorado. USA. Pedagogy presented here also includes ideas to enhance student engagement and techniques to transform learning via gamification.