Due Friday December 11, 2017

The first draft of your communication project does not need to be a designed, early-edition of what you envision as your final product. If you’re writing something for your project, an outline might suffice. If you’re designing an animation, a story board could be enough. If you’re designing an image, or series of images, a basic sketch may be all you need. Your goal is to present a developed idea to get feedback before you spend much time in working out the specifics.

1. Develop a draft, sketch, or outline of the product.

Use resources listed in the resources section of the course website. Share this effort with your instructors by posting it to the course website. You should paste or type text directly into the post and upload images if necessary.

2. Get feedback from stakeholders.

Locate representative members of your stakeholder group OR ask the course instructors to locate these individuals to give you feedback in person, by phone, or video conference. Visit the audience analysis guide Dr. Karen Akerlof developed and learn as much as you can about your audience’s interests or concerns relevant to your topic.

3. Consider feedback from your instructors and representative audience members.

You can also look at drafts from your fellow classmates and post comments on their work.