This article, the first of a two-part series, offers readers 13 teaching innovations debuted at the 2017 Association for Business Communication's annual conference in Dublin, Ireland. Assignment topics presented here include communication strategy and message-packaging skills, deep communication insights, and career and personal development.…

In June of 2015, as New York City expanded Universal Pre-K (UPK) to reach nearly all available four-year-olds, the "New York State Association for Bilingual Education" (NYSABE) and the "NYS/NYC Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network" (NYS/NYC RBE-RN) of Fordham University collaborated to hold a Roundtable event bringing…

Explores concerns over the direction the field of organizational behavior is developing. Karl Weick identifies approaches to theory building that are misleading. Peter Frost identifies blind spots in teaching and application. Walter Nord compares both papers. The authors offer their views on directions in which the field might move. (Author/BEF)

This article explains the purposes of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) and reports briefly on its 1980 Assembly of Delegates, held in Brasilia, Brazil. (SJL)

Briefly summarizes topics discussed at the annual conference of the Canadian Library Association, including the goals and objectives of the organization, the findings of a commission which examined the decision making processes of the association, and the establishment of a task force to review association publications. (CLB)

Summary of American Library Association's (ALA) 1986 Midwinter Meeting highlights administrative reports, legislative update, government publishing update, finances and operations (the long range outlook), the Oxford Project, library education, standards, issues and ideas, accreditation project, toward a White House conference, aspiring ALA…

The seminar's major theme was that art education is a discipline in its own right. It was concluded that the art curriculum can be both structured and disciplined, with the goals of art instruction determined from the characteristics of the discipline rather than of children at various stages of development. (Author/RM)

Describes the first national conference of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) held in Louisville, Kentucky, September 25-28, 1980. The historical development of the conference as well as its goals, program, proceedings, and exhibits are covered. (BK)

A December, 1983, conference in Bucharest on identifying the main issues of higher education planning in Europe addressed three broad questions: major objectives of regional planning, different planning approaches and problems encountered in using them, and the efficiency of various approaches for meeting their objectives. (MSE)

Four papers, given at AAUW's biennial convention in June 1979, agreed that the apparent determination of many groups to return education "back to basics" resulted from a distorted view of the current problems of education. Definition of "basics," testing, and role for American Association of University Women are discussed. (MLW)

This summary of a seminar meeting on consumer concerns in services for people with blindness and visual impairments addresses the future of services, an ideal model of the blindness system, goals of rehabilitation services, a mission statement, differential evaluation of system criteria, and strategies to implement goals. (DB)

The American Library Association (ALA) 1987 Midwinter Conference was characterized by process, particularly the new planning process which threatens to drain ALA's money and leadership energy away from the substantive issues that need attention, such as the next Librarian of Congress's qualifications and services to minorities and the poor. (EM)

Wingspread Conference (October 1984) presentations are given: "Pilgrims and Immigrants: Liberal Learning in Today's World" (Frank F. Wong); "How Can One Know America, Who Only America Knows?" (Robert L. Nichols); "Internationalizing the Curriculum in the Natural Sciences" (Jack L. Carter); "International Perspectives on Campus" (Franklin M.…

During a two-day conference at Arizona State University in Tempe, teachers from across the nation explored issues in music teacher education for the next decade. A summary of the meeting is provided. One recommendation was that teacher training institutions develop a closer relationship to the public schools. (RM)

Presents a synthesis of a three-day meeting of early childhood professionals from 13 states which was held in Clinton, Michigan in August 1981. The meeting was initiated to examine changing governmental roles in the governance and provision of early childhood services and to formulate strategies for proper future services for young children and…