Week 10 Meeting Agenda

  1. Set-up Your Meeting Minutes.
    Choose a format for your meeting minutes and a person to record the minutes, using the information on the Meeting Minutes Format page.
  2. Add Items to Your Agenda if Desired.
    You might set a meeting for the week of April 7 so that you’re ready to collaborate next week.
  3. Ask Everyone for a Status Update.
    Have each group member share details on the work they’ve completed and what they still need to do. Take time to offer support to one another and address any issues that come up.
  4. Review Primary and Secondary Research Requirements.
    Discuss the Recommendation Report Research Guide together to ensure everyone understands the difference between primary and secondary research with your group.
  5. Choose Your Documentation Style.
    Choose the citation and bibliography style that you will use for your Recommendation Report.
    • Choose whatever system you want (e.g., IEEE, MLA, APA, CMS).
    • Use the same system throughout your report, for both your in-text citations and for your bibliographic references. For example, do not use MLA parenthetical in-text citations and APA-style references for your bibliography.
    • Find helpful resources on the Documentation and Citations for Your Report page.
  6. Plan Your Primary Research.
    1. Determine the kinds of research that will be most useful for your analysis and recommendations, using the list of options under the “Primary Research for Your Recommendation Report” heading in the Recommendation Report Research Guide for help.
    2. Record each group member’s name, the kind of primary research they will conduct, and the pages on the website they will examine. If desired, you can use a table similar to the one below to record the information in your meeting minutes.
      Example Primary Research Table
      Group Member’s Name What Kind of Primary Research? Which Pages on the Website?
           
           
  7. Plan Your Secondary Research.
    1. Decide on the secondary resources your group will examine for support of your analysis, using the list of options under the “Secondary Research for Your Recommendation Report” heading in the Recommendation Report Research Guide as a starting place. You may choose resources that are not on the list as well.
    2. Choose two secondary sources for each group member to read and post about. We’ll define a source as one article, not the entire web site or collection. For instance, there are scores of articles and videos on the Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g)site Links to an external site.. You don’t need to review the entire NN/g website. Just review two pertinent articles.
    3. Make a plan you’ll follow if a member finds that a source doesn’t work out. You can change the resources if you need to, but everyone needs to know about the change and agree.
    4. Record each group member’s name, the secondary research they will conduct. If desired, you can use a table similar to the one below to record the information in your meeting minutes.
      Example Secondary Research Table
      Group Member’s Name Secondary Research Sources to Review
      (article title and link, 2 per person)
         
         

  8. Why Two Discussions?

    I’ve separated the research into two different Discussions (one for Primary Research and another for Secondary Research) to make it easier to find supporting research when you work on the Recommendation Report.

    Schedule a Working Due Date for Your Research.
    Set-up a day and time when group members should have submitted their Primary Research in Try-It #20 and Secondary Research in Try-It #21 so that your group can begin the next step of your work.
  9. Finish Your Meeting.
    Once you have met and finished all the work on this agenda, finalize and edit your Meeting Minutes and adjourn your meeting. The Meeting Minutes will be posted in an Announcement.