Topic – Your neighborhood community has been struggling with vandalism and safety issues. A committee has been formed to address these issues. You have been asked to take the lead position. Your committee will be meeting through an online platform.
Part 1: Introduction
In Part 1, you will write an introduction that could serve as a document to be read if you were actually leading this virtual team. It could be a team at work that is meeting through Zoom, WebEx, etc. It could be a team in your neighborhood that meets through FaceTime, WhatsApp, etc. It could be a committee that has been formed within an organization of which you are a part. In this page-long introduction, develop the elements of listening, speaking, being culturally sensitive, and managing conflict.
If this fictional team was formed and you were made the leader, what would you need to say in order for the following elements to be clearly addressed with the other team members?
Listening:
The importance of listening as a member of the team.
Speaking: How verbal communication should take place within the virtual meetings.
Culturally Sensitive:
The importance of being culturally sensitive while communicating in the team.
Managing Conflict:
How conflict will be managed during virtual meetings.
So, what do you want to say? How will you start this team’s first virtual gathering so that the tone and expectations are established?
Part 2. Reflection
In your 2A to 2D reflection, you will have the opportunity to explain the reasoning you used for incorporating all four elements of listening, speaking, being culturally sensitive, and managing conflict in your Part 1 introduction. You will write a full paragraph under each of the four headings seen below. Within each paragraph, you will need to include a reference from the lesson or textbook. Please use all headings as found on the required template.
2A. Listening
In this paragraph, you will explain how you addressed listening within the introduction. Share what guided your strategy and what source you used.
2B. Speaking
In this second paragraph, you will explain how you addressed speaking within the introduction, what guided your strategy, and what source you used.
2C. Culturally Sensitive
In this paragraph, you will explain how you addressed the need to be culturally sensitive in the introduction. Share what guided your strategy and what source you used.
2D. Managing Conflict
In this final paragraph, you will explain how you addressed managing conflict in the introduction. Share what guided your strategy and what source you used.
