Lecture#3 (Steve Gabriel )
CANCELLED DUE TO UNIVERSITY CLOSING

>>>Read Chapter 13 on your own<<<

Lecture #4 (Steve Gabriel)
Gabriel: Life cycle of projects (RFP, proposal, project, reports, presentations) (~30 min)

--Writing Process Phase 1: Analyze, Anticipate, Adapt [Chapter 4] (~30 min)

--set-up and in-class discussion of team project #1 (~1 hour 30 min)

Lecture #5 (Steve Gabriel& Peter Kostiuk)
Kostiuk:RFP/proposal writing process with government assignments (~1.5 hours lecture+in-class assignment)

--Writing Process Phase 2: Research, Organize, Compose [Chapter 5] (~30 min)
--Writing Process Phase 3: Revise, Proofread, Evaluate [Chapter 6] (~30 min)

Lecture #6 (Steve Gabriel, Sebastian Smoot)
Gabriel and Smoot :
--Writing Process Phase 2: Research, Organize, Compose [Chapter 5]
--Writing Process Phase 3: Revise, Proofread, Evaluate [Chapter 6] (~30 min total for both parts)
--Debriefing on DOE assignment #1 (Team Project #1) (~30 min)-which states present indicated in email
--In-class presentation for team project assignment #2, overview by Sebastian Smoot (topic: Water Policy, ~30 min)

-In-class "brainstorming" on how to start team project #2, short break (~60 min)

Lecture #7 (Steve Gabriel & Sebastian Smoot)

--Business Report Basics [Chapter 11], Informal Business Reports [Chapter 12], (~30 minutes, Gabriel)
--Debriefing on DOE assignment #1 (Team Project #1) (~45 min by students, which states present indicated in email)
--Comments on DOE assignments (~30 minutes, Smoot),
--in-class assignment to rewrite certain selected parts of DOE proposals (~45 min)

Lecture #8 (Steve Gabriel, Jocelyn Davis)

-Gabriel: Email messages and memos [Chapter 7], ~ 15 minutes
-Gabriel: background on global natural gas markets (for Team Project #3),~60 minutes
short break: 15 minutes
-discussion about policy memos,~15 minutes
-brainstorming about policy memo by groups, ~30 minutes
-presentation by selected groups of key ideas, ~15 minutes

IN CLASS EXAM #1,will cover everything up through lecture 8 including topics from guest speakers:
Exam will be closed book, closed notes except for one 8.5 by 11 "summary sheet" (back and front).
No computer nor cellphones allowed.

HW#8 assigned
TEAM PROJECT #3
(project teams assigned)Write a memo concerning the Russia-Ukraine natural gas impasse from the perspective of a designated country. [more details to follow.]

Lecture #9 (Steve Gabriel & Sandy Murdock )
-Business Presentations [Chapter 14] (Gabriel,~30 min)
-Public policy memos (Murdock, ~30 min)
--Issues at the Federal Aviation Admin. (Murdock, ~30 min)
--In-class brainstorming/short presentations/set-up for Team Project #4 on BWI issues (rest of class)

HW#8 due
HW#9 assigned
a. TEAM PROJECT #4: BWI Privitatization Memo
(project teams assigned)
Topics on blackboard.

b. Let Sebastian know your self-selected groups, sign up for either April 13 or 20 to make a presentation of your proposed work.

c. Selected problems from Chapter 14 due April 20th

Lecture #10 (Steve Gabriel and Sebastian Smoot)
Note: For this lecture only, class will meet from 5-6:30pm.

-Group 1 of self-selected team projects, presentation of proposed work (10 minutes each)
--Debrief on Water Policy Proposal (Team Project #2, , Smoot)

Lecture #12 (Gabriel and Anderson)
Persuasive and Marketing Messages [Chapter 9]

Guest Speaker: Russ Anderson (tentative)

HW#9a due (TEAM PROJECT #4: BWI Privitatization Memo)
HW#11 assigned
Will be taken from Chapters 8,9, 10

Lecture #13 (Chris Peot, Mark Ramirez, DC Water and Sewer Authority)
Presentations and Marketing for Non-Profits

TEAM PROJECT #6 (project teams assigned)
In-class impromtu short presentation with positive and negative stakeholders