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2. Exploring beyond the obvious: Social skills needed for agricultural communication baccalaureate graduates
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Leal, Arthur (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), Stedman, Nicole LaMee Perez (author), Treise, Debbie M. (author), and Universit of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Florida Association for Communication Excellence
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10428
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 103(2)
- Notes:
- 22 pages., Via online journal., This national study sought to expand on current research to identify the importance of and graduates’ ability to perform selected social skills to aid in curricula evaluation and small program development. Using three evaluation groups – agricultural communication graduates, communication industry professionals, and agricultural communication faculty members – 193 individuals responded to the online survey. The most important social skills were those associated with having work values and transitioning into an organization to be a productive member in the workplace. Graduates placed a higher importance on social skills than the other two evaluation groups. All three evaluation groups showed some agreement on graduates’ highest ability to perform several social skills: The ability to be trustworthy, trained, reliable, professional, dedicated, and behave ethically were assigned the highest mean ability. A significant difference was found with the ability graduates afforded themselves in having common sense, being professional, and encompassing maturity versus the other two evaluation groups. Recommendations included incorporating and identifying social skills into instruction for students. Group work, presentations, internships, and student organizations were proposed as opportunities for social skill attainment. Agricultural leadership principles, oral communication, and professional development courses were recommended for new and developing agricultural communication programs that could serve to incorporate the most important social skills. Faculty members could benefit from research that can identify more effective measures to evaluate social skill attainment. Recommendations for future research included a similar assessment with technical skills and for other elements of the Agricultural Communication Program System Model to be assessed.
3. Focus on the Flame
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-12
- Published:
- USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association, New Prague, Minnesota.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05745
- Journal Title:
- AAEA ByLine
- Journal Title Details:
- : 3-8
- Notes:
- Members recall a planning meeting during 1984 involving the direction AAEA should take.
4. IFAJ task force on education, training and professional development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-15
- Published:
- International: International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ), Ormstown, Quebec, Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12220
- Notes:
- Online from IFAJ. 3 pages., Seven agricultural journalists spanning the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists major membership regions form a new task force on education, training and professional development. IFAJ past president Owen Roberts serves as chair.
5. Survey says: Networking, professional development motivates members
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wilson, Mike (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-12
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D06507
- Journal Title:
- AAEA ByLine
- Journal Title Details:
- : 9-11
- Notes:
- Results of a recent survey among members of the American Agricultural Editors' Association.
6. The results are in
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Roady, Amy (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-02-16
- Published:
- USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, LaGrange, GA.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09321
- Journal Title:
- AAEA ByLine
- Notes:
- 3 pages.