Team Work Meeting Part 4: Executive Summary (meeting)

Team Meeting #4 Agenda

Task #1

Write an Executive Summary.

Don't let the term “Executive” intimidate you. The Executive Summary is the first piece of every corporate report which allows a busy executive to quickly determine whether the report is worth reading. The key is to be brief, but include the most important specifics from each section. In paragraph form, you share the information required in each section of the summary.

Organization of Executive Summary:

· Paragraph 1: Team purpose, team name and problem (stated as an open-ended question)

· Paragraph 2: The process for accomplishing that purpose (i.e Dewey’s Reflective Thinking Sequence and Research Areas)

· Paragraph 3: The goal of the criteria and process for coming up with solutions (i.e. brainstorming or nominal group process)

· Paragraph 4: Description of the Final Solution

Paragraph and title format:

· Left align the title and all paragraphs (no first line indent)

· One line space between title and between each paragraph

Have your Editor take all team member information and write the summary so the tone of the summary comes from one voice (writing style) rather than disjointed voices from all team members.

Task #2

Plan for submission of final draft

· Editor drafts Executive Summary

· Editor sends draft to the team

· Team members send feedback on the draft to the Editor

· The Editor polishes the draft based on feedback

· Editor submits assignment to instructor