PHL458 Week 5: Persuasive Communication Presentation Communicating Ideas PHL458 Week 5: Consider the social issue identified by your Learning Team during Week 3 of this class. Identify your target audience, and highlight their key characteristics and concerns. Develop a campaign to persuade the public to adopt the solutions that you identified during Week 3.  (You […]

PHL458 Week5: Troubleshooting Communication Communicating Ideas PHL458 Week5: Identify an instance in which an individual or group presented a sound and creative solution to a problem, but failed to persuade their target audience to accept the proposed solution. Identify the mistakes made during this failure to communicate.  Consider failures in audience research, in understanding audience […]

PHL458 Week 4: Nomination of Creative Hero Famous Thinkers PHL458 Week 4: Review the list of names provided in the University of Phoenix Material: Creative Genius List. Select two individuals, one from each column on the Creative Genius List, who are famous for their creative ideas (one from each column). Research their biographies in the […]

PHL458 Week4: Troubleshooting Creativity Famous Thinkers PHL458 Week4: Identify an instance in which an individual or group was unsuccessful in using creative thinking to solve a problem, such as the passage of prohibition in the United States in an attempt to reduce crime and improve living conditions for the working class. Research your chosen failure […]

PHL458 Week 3: Solutions Presentation The Critical Thinking Process PHL458 Week 3: Search for problematic societal issues of public interest and pick one issue you would like to resolve. Please note that the topic you choose will be addressed, again, for an assignment in Week 5. Express the issue you found in your search. Refine […]

PHL458 Week3: Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise The Critical Thinking Process PHL458 Week3: Select two of the scenarios in the Applications list 12.2 (a.-ff.) at the end of Ch. 12 in The Art of Thinking. Apply the following in a paper of 600 to 800 words for each scenario: Evaluate each argument, using the four-step […]

PHL458 Week2: Creative Spark Talk Analysis The Creative Thinking Process PHL458 Week2: Perform an internet search for “Creative Spark” TED channel. Review the entire list of talks on the “Creative Spark” TED channel. Select one talk that is of interest to you, and watch it in its entire length. Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary […]

PHL458 Week1: Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays Developing Awareness PHL458 Week1: Write a paper of 200 to 250 words on each of the following topics: Describe a situation of public interest in which critical and/or creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important that leaders think […]