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Unit 4: Executive Summaries
Digital drop box or send via e-mail
Required Reading: Lannon, Chapters 8 - 11
Required Writing: Follow the flowchart listed here:
http://beyondutopia.net/writing-survival-guide/executive-summary/
Turn in a one-paragraph overview executive summary of this article
Discussion Board Participation
Grammar Exercises (optional unless specifically indicated by professor)
This exercise is designed to help you develop a methodology for producing executive summaries of an article or research findings.
It will help you extract key elements from a long article for use in a presentation or report.
Here is the article:
Title: With Sanctions Lifted, Big Oil Lines Up to Do Business with Libya's Qaddafi , Sunday Business (United Kingdom), Jun 20, 2004
Part 1 (scroll down -- the article begins toward the middle of the page)
Part 2
Please read the article closely, think about it in terms of how your target audience would benefit from it. Then, respond to the following questions, and complete the tasks.
ONE-PARAGRAPH EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INSTRUCTIONS
ONE-SENTENCE OVERVIEW: What is the primary idea of this article?
AUTHOR, PURPOSE, VALUE: Who wrote the article? What is it about? What purpose does it serve? What makes this article worth reading?
KEY FACTS AND FIGURES: What are the key facts and figures that help the reader understand the major findings or thrust of this article?
YOUR ASSESSMENT: What do you think is most valuable about this article, given your audience's needs or expectations. If you were writing an executive summary of the article in order to justify a project, recommendations, or plans, what would you include? What are your opinions, thoughts, or responses to this article?
Alternative assignment: Analyze articles about America's Under-Served citizens & taxpayers (technology, education, etc.)
http://www.beyondutopia.net/underserved/
Write an executive summary of the articles and the issues.
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