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Communication receivers

Communication receivers

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Communication receivers

- Once you know your purpose, make a list of all the people who should be involved in the project or should know about your work. A student of mine recently came to me with an idea for a new app that would be great for one of my courses. We met several times and put hours into the project, then it dawned on me, I haven't run this idea by my director. When I did, she had some serious concerns about student privacy issues, and we ended up tabling the idea. If I had made a list of stakeholders first, I could've saved so much time. Let me introduce you to Carol, a nurse in a neonatal unit at a local hospital. Carol's unit always makes the health and safety of the babies the number one goal. But they also realize how important it is to be sensitive to the needs of the parents. Carol has done extensive research on ways to help parents through the stress of a hospital stay, and she would like for her department to begin…

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