Before starting the discussion you must read the following Required Supplemental Reading Material posted in Blackboard Lectures. Week 4.a: Social Media then and now http://www.ragan.com/Main/Articles/48761.aspx Week 4.b: Delivering Bad News https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2013/03/06/how-great-leaders-deliver-bad-news/#7ee7004c3dc6 (please copy/paste this link into your browser search area in order to open it) When you have read the above articles, you must do two things: 1. Write a summary of what you have learned from the articles, what you agreed (or disagreed with) and so on. Discuss (talk about) the reading material with your fellow students. You can talk about what you learned from the articles; what you liked; what you did not like; what the authors missed in their article; how the articles relate to your experience and so on. When I read your discussions I want to see evidence that you have actually read the material and that you truly understand what you read and how it applied to the real world business environment. I hope my instructions are clear -- if they are not it is your responsibility to tell me what parts you don't understand and ask for clarification (communications takes at last two people). Please note that to obtain your max grade you need to post your original "thread", be substantive 150 words or more and to collaborate with the forum (at least two classmates postings). There should be only one thread for the first person who posts opens the conversation, and two threads for the second person at the forum. The next students are expected to read what others have already written and to add to the conversation once there is activity at the forum by posting the initial, and subsequent the two classmates posts all at once. . Just saying " I agree with Maria" does not add to the conversation. Opening a new thread is like talking to yourself in an empty room.