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1. Discussion: Strategic conversation is communication
Discussion: Strategic conversation is communicationDiscussion: Strategic conversation is
communicationStrategic conversation is communication that takes place across boundaries
and hierarchical levels about the group or organization’s vision, critical strategic themes,
and values that can help achieve desired outcomes.Write a paper on “strategic
conversations” & your organization.Address the following elements in your paper. Explain
why each is important in achieving outcomes.Open communication climateAsking
questionsActive listeningDialogueCandorUsing stories for communicationThe requirements
below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:Write between 750 – 1,250
words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example
below.Use font size 12 and 1” margins.Include cover page and reference page.At least 80%
of your paper must be original content/writing.No more than 20% of your
content/information may come from references.Use at least three references from outside
the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other
materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference
requirement.Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words,
values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.References must come
from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such
as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo
Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.ORDER NOW FOR
CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou must proofread your paper. But do not
strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so
indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly.
Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read
over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as
necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious
errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10
to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers
with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over
the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.Likewise,
large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space
between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at
“padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not
fool your professor.The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch

2. margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to
use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be
hard to follow your argument.