Student Resources: Communication Tools
The Communication Program provides a number of document-based tools to help you check presentations
slides, written materials, and your presentation style for the communication
characteristics most valued in the workplace. The criteria and checklists
provided come directly from practicing engineers,
executives, and managers.
The tools cover audience awareness, presentation pointers, writing pointers,
and criteria for communication excellence. Click on a tool to view it.
(All are in Adobe PDF format.)
Especially useful to ISyE Senior Design students,
this tool set includes Key Client Contacts, Significant
Client Expectations, and Audience Analysis components.
As a group, the tools provide a framework for identifying
your key client contacts and their individual expectations,
level of technical expertise, and familiarity with
the problem to be solved.
A checklist you can use to review presentations
for the style and content criteria considered most
important in the workplace. The elements are grouped
into three main sections: Conveys Ideas and Results;
Stays Professional; and Keeps the Audience's Attention.
Appropriate for all engineering fields.
Use this checklist to review the written content
of your presentations and reports. Criteria are grouped
under three headings: Conveys Ideas and Results;
Structure and Organization; and Writing Style. Appropriate for all engineering fields.
This is a master list of the criteria considered
most important to effective workplace communication.
Topics are arranged into five sections: Receiving
Messages; Audience Awareness; Communication as Problem
Solving; Constructing a Message; and Delivering a
Message. Appropriate for all engineering fields.
Use this tool while creating your presentation
slides and during presentation practice. The
criteria listed in the tool will help you to check
for conciseness, appropriateness, and effective use
of graphics. Appropriate for all engineering fields.
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