Offers tips to help facilitate a meeting effectively. Provides several important suggestions along with examples and details.

This video lesson [4:11] focuses on clear communication and active listening, essential social-emotional skills, that help lay the foundation of positive learning environments. They can develop these skills and take responsibility for...

This article provides some insight into ways to teach children about the negative effects of racism and the importance of doing that.

At this site from the University of Edinburgh, the author outlines the steps to become a more effective public presenter, which is necessary for business success.

There are several steps to becoming a storyteller. Find out what they are and be on your way to becoming a storyteller here! Learn how to find good stories to tell, and how to tell them to an audience effectively.

An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...

Practice adhering to the discussion norms to prepare for a discussion. This will help students participate more effectively in the discussion.

Practice adhering to the discussion norms to prepare for our discussion. This will help us participate more effectively in the discussion.

This lesson focuses on interacting with your audience when delivering a presentation including direct questions and answers and body language.

Dlugen presents a detailed collection of tips to observe when critiquing others' speeches. This skill is critical in improving individual presentation abilities. SL.9-10.3 Eval Presentation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.3, SL.9-10.3 Eval...

Students read a description of what it means to listen respectively. Then they write a brief action plan for becoming a better listener.

This resource gives numerous strategies to engage students in different types of collaborative discussion.

Teachers are given strategies and hands-on approaches to help students prepare for a discussion and participate as active members of it.

This lesson sequence, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to develop a fully realized heroic character and then, through the use of multimedia software, communicate that hero's...

This lesson focuses on providing practical tips for speaking in a non-academic setting such as a wedding, charity event, or interview.

This lesson focuses on the importance of rehearsing a speech and the methods of rehearsing a speech including rehearsal through analysis and synthesis, simulated experience, mimic timing and context, practice with all the parts in place,...

This lesson focuses on answering questions after or during an informative speech including how to prepare for Q&A by anticipating questions and practicing with a friend or colleague and methods of receiving and answering the questions.

This lesson focuses on remediation and its definition and forms of remediation with examples. It also provides a practice exercise.

A site that aims to give businesses solid guidelines on how to write effective trifold brochures. Good also for students looking into creating a unique brochure.

Links to 121 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.6: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

A lesson plan to help students interact with each other. The focus is on special education, but could be used productively in any elementary classroom.

In this lesson, young scholars practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this lesson.

Find video excerpts from this program on how to build students' writing skills. Includes links to recommended resources and transcripts for the videos.

Basic information on communicating in teams. Explains that you must get to know your teammates and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Discusses setting goals, having a structure for different responsibilities, and having meetings.