Collaborative Writing

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Collaborative Writing

• Definition and Necessity
• Advantages vs. Disadvantages

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Organizing Effective Collaborative Writing

• Using Efficient Meetings
• Arrive on time.
• Setting the agenda.
• Stick to an agenda.
• Choose a group leader.
• Define the groups task.
• Establish working procedures.
• Share jobs.

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Basic Patterns of Collaboration

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• Establish a procedure for solving conflict
  productively.
• Create a style sheet.
• Establish a work schedule.
• Use evaluation forms to assess group members
  work.
• Record the important decisions made at the
  meeting.
• Summarize achievements and make sure everyone
  knows his/her assignments.
• Conduct good behaviors at meetings.
• - Pay attention to the speaker.
• - Listen for the main ideas.
• - Dont get emotionally involved with the
  speakers
• ideas.
• - Ask questions to clarify what the
  speaker said.
• - Provide appropriate feedback.

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Communicating Diplomatically

• Listen carefully without interrupting.
• Give everyone a chance to speak.
• Avoid personal remarks and insults.
• Dont overstate your position.
• Dont get emotionally attached to your own
• idea.
• Ask pertinent questions.
• Pay attention to non-verbal communication.

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When critiquing a members work

• Start with positive comments
• Discuss the larger issues first
• Talk about the document, not the writer.

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2. Use Electronic Tools

• Using the comment, revision, and highlight
  features of a
• word processor.
• Using emails
• Using groupware
• - chat room
• - web board

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3. Collaboration among People of Different
Genders and Cultural Backgrounds

• Different communication styles to be noted
• Women
• value rapprochement, sense of community,
  politeness and formality
• more conservative because of their subordinate
  position in society to
• men. Show more empathy and superior listening
  skills.
• Men
• value separateness, competition, debate, and even
  conflict. More
• assertive and tend to show leadership roles.
• Oriental styles
• avoid hurting others face, do not tend to say
  no. but tend to be
• indirect and conservative.

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Questions?