Assignment: TRUSTY COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Your Communication Development Plan provides evidence of your learning over the entire course. This assignment allows you to accomplish the following objectives:

• Identify targeted improvement areas in oral or written communication
• Establish specific approaches to achieving goals in each
• Document a specific improvement approach
• Demonstrate commitment to spending time on specific communication skill needs.

You should prepare a minimum 10-page paper (not including title page, references and appendices) that addresses the following areas. You should use the Sample Communication Development Plan, Purdue OWL, and your APA Manual as guidance to prepare your plan. The plan must include the following sections:

1. Introduction
2. Current assessment
3. Communication improvement goals - at least 3 SMART goals
4. Actions to achieve goals, with sources cited and referenced
5. Plan to measure whether you've achieved the goals
6. Conclusion
7. References
8. Appendices (optional) - assessment data.