Name: Cade Speroni
Module 3 Learning Materials (Part 2) Notes (Assignment 3.3)
Learning Materials
Canvas Materials:
 Instructions for Assignments 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6
 Module 3 Assignment Meeting Agenda
Discussion Prompt for Notes:  What will your
response to the IceBreaker be?  (you have to
open the agenda in 3.4 to respond to this.)
“The 8 Characteristics of Effective Constructive
Criticism”
Discussion Prompt for Notes:  What did this
article tell you about how you should
format/present your feedback to the other team?
Understand that feedback has a psychological
element to it. Think of the steps and how the
other person will receive them. Try to have a
dialogue it should not be an argument. Follow up
on the feedback to ensure they understood it and
correct it/improved.
“Taking Constructive Criticism Like a Champ”
Discussion Prompt for Notes: What did this
article tell you about how to minimize your
defensive reaction to feedback from another
team? Think of the benefits and understand why
you are being told this. Stop the initial defsive
reaction, recognizing it the first step. Follow up
and think about the coaching and ask questions.
“How to Use others’ Feedback to learn and grow”
Discussion Prompt for Notes: What did this
video tell you about how to minimize your
defensive reaction to feedback from another
team?
Don’t immediately look for a reason to reject the
information. Understand your relationship with the
world or your environment and be adaptable.
“The secret to giving great feedback”
Your Notes
 I wanted to be a US Marshall or a fighter pilot!
Both of which I want to be today but in heavy
pursuit of a fighter pilot
 We are going a good job as a team to go over
assignments and send reminders. If anyone has
questions they are always addressed in the group
chat and resolved! We have really good
teamwork!
 Be specific; make it actionable
 Descriptive and helpful; not evaluative and
punitive. Make it a coaching session
 Own your feedback; don’t pass the blame
 Address issues not the person
 Don’t give to much feedback all at once
 Dialogue, not monologue; be a great coach with
open ended questions
 Follow up, do a summary of what you went over
 Follow up on the feedback – don’t forget about it
 Back off the defensive; use these 6 steps
1. Stop initial reaction
2. Think of the benefits
3. Try to understand; dialogue
4. “thank you’
5. As questions/review
6. Follow up? (if it’s a larger issue or frequent)
“feedback is more of our relationship with the world, and
the worlds relationship with us.”
Be a person who wants to improve from feedback, not
look for compliments. Those people typically report
higher work satisfaction, adapt more quickly in new roles,
and higher performance reviews.
If I can find something wrong with the feedback, I can
reject it. Loss of opportunity
The way we typically give feedback is ineffective. It puts

Discussion Prompt for Notes: What did this
video tell you about how you should
format/present your feedback to the other team?
Do not just attack the other team with a few
comments. Find questions to ask that they can
think about after watching our feedback. Think of
a way to create a dialogue after the video. Be
clear and specific no blur words!
Chanley Chat on Measurable Criteria
Make notes as you watch the other team’s video on
the Assessment template and attach it to this notes
document for submission
Team Assessment of Another Team - I watched from the 30 min mark to the 1:15 point
you in either ‘indirect or soft’ and you don’t recognize the
feedback at all or you become defensive.
1. The micro-yes; start by asking a short and
important question. Shows the feedback is
actually coming “Do you have a chance to go
over _____” A pacing tool for the feedback and
creates them to ‘buy in’
2. Data point; get to the point and cut out anything
non-objective. No ‘blur words’ don’t say things
like ‘you should be more proactive’ this can mean
different things and is not specific enough.
3. Impact statement; how did their action impact
you. It helped me or hurt me by XXX
4. End on a question; wrap the feedback with a
question. “how do you feel about it or what do
you think we should do?” this creates
commitment over compliance. DON’T LET IT
BE A MONOLOGUE with only you speaking,
create the dialogue.
 Being good at giving feedback also means you
should be looking for feedback, asking how to
improve actively. ‘pulling feedback’
Think about intro statement.
Make the feedback a positive situation for both negatives
and positives
See below
Use this template to complete the assessment of the other team that you have been assigned to review
and submit as part of your notes assignment for Module 3 Learning Materials Part 2 (preparation for the
Module 3 Assignment meeting

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Other team being assessed: Team Name and/or Team Number: Team 1

Your team which is assessing the other team: Team Name and/or Team Number: Team 6

Include brief introduction of your team to the other team that includes your names, something
interesting about your team. Also, should appreciate that they are letting your practice on them! Rely
on the reading materials for ideas about how best to complete this feedback report. Please “clean up”
this formatting to delete all the extra information and instructions above. Just leave the Team Names
information and the chart below.

Criteria: Rating: Comments:

As suggested by students in
this class.
Active participation: Were all
team members actively
participating not only when it
was “their turn” or they are
called on but also offering their
views voluntarily. Are other
team members, not just the
facilitator, helping draw out
more introverted members?
Was there fairly equal time
given to each member to offer
their viewpoints?
Verbal Interactions:
Were team members respectful
to others? Were they careful
not to interrupt other team
members? Were there many
dead spots where no one was
talking? Were team members
able to hear each other or were
there problems with
sound/audio or background
noises?
Excellent/Good/Fair/Needs Explain the rating and provide
improvement (For the whole specific feedback
prompt and for the whole
team)
Good Saw a lot of participation from
most the team but not
everyone. Some people seemed
more engaged than others.
Some people are more
comfortable talking to a group
compared to others or are more
trusting? Could see more
engagement did not see a lot of
laughing or interaction. Could
be livelier
Good Encouraging team, seemed
supportive and inclusive.
Specially in the part where they
were talking about the zoom
issues they were having. No one
talking over or dismissing
someone else’s comments.

Non-verbal Communication Good/Excellent Good contact, no one was on

Are all team members their phone or distracted and
displaying active listening seemed engage. Not very lively
including positive facial
expressions, interest in what
others are saying?
Time-Management:
Is the team getting through the
agenda without having to rush
at the end to cover everything
but still having some more in-
depth conversations?
Team Management:
Is each role being carried out
fully?
Is the facilitator keeping the
meeting moving forward
without rushing team
members? Is he/she
summarizing main points after
each prompt?
Is the Challenger offering
alternative perspectives and/or
asking for more details?
Did the jokester come prepared
with a joke? Did he/she come
prepared with two measurable
criteria?
Did the team review the
assessment criteria at the end
of the meeting?
Did the Host post information
about meeting to the Google
doc for Team Meeting
Schedules?
Did he/she record the meeting
on gallery view?
Team Member Accountability:
Were all members well-
Excellent
Facilitator – excellent
Challenger – excellent
Jokester – fair/good
Submitter – excellent
Host – excellent; formatted
correct and screensharing was
good.
fair
or excited for to many parts.
Impressed with the ‘popcorn’
style of communication.
Something we could implement
Lots of communication, not a lot
of quiet dull spots and finished
right at an hour 30 mins, spot
on.
Facilitator did a good job of
moving in conversation and
moving to each team member.
Felt formal and structured
which is a good
Challenger – at the 34 min mark
Zach did a good job of taking
the opportunity to become the
challenger even though he did
not have to much additional
information to give on the point
since everyone else covered a
lot of it.
Jokester – joke was not
prepared so I had to jump
around the video to find the
joke but was not able to
without watching the whole
thing. (which was not in my
section for the video). The
challenger threw out a
meme/joke at 46 min so that
counts as a team but not for the
jokester.
Jokester was not prepared and
that was not addressed. Did talk
 prepared for the meeting? Did
they each have their notes
turned in and understood what
the team was to accomplish in
the meeting?
Critical/Creative Discussions:
Were the answers offered by
team members thoughtful and
reflective or were they
perfunctory and/or just the
minimum?
Team Connectedness/Trust:
Did the team seem to be
enjoying themselves and each
other? Did they laugh? Did
they share personal stories or
information? Did they ask each
other “get to know you” kind of
questions?
Technology:
Did team work through any
technology issues, such as
sound/audio, weak internet
signals? Did the team come up
with a plan to resolve such
issues, if possible?
PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS TEMPLATE IN THE FORMAT ON
PROVIDED ABOUT ASSIGNMENT 3.3. This template is also used in Assignment 3.2 Part 2 of the Module
3 Learning Materials.
about making the sure the
challenger worked on arguing at
47min point. Zach does an
excellent job of engage with the
team and doing ‘probe
questions’ to improve
engagement.
Excellent Seemed to have in depth
understanding of the material
and brought that to the
meeting. They used good
example from their personal
lives and what they read in the
text.
Good/Excellent Seems trusting the were able to
address challengers questions
but some people seemed more
comfortable talking than others.
excellent Did not face to many tech issues
but they talked about it before
and spent a lot of time and
effort to get it correct for their
last video. Shows commitment
and creativity.