Management and Marketing EducationAccounting Education and CareersCommunication in Education and Healthcare

Andrew Cavanaugh, D. J. Whalen

2026.1.12Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

DOI: 10.1177/23294906251406530

Abstract

This article presents a curated collection of nine teaching innovations presented at the Association for Business Communication 90th conference in Long Beach, California, as well as online, in October 2025. These My Favorite Assignment (MFA) presenters demonstrated various activities in helping students prepare for their careers and develop their professional skills. This My Favorite Assignment 33rd edition introduces readers to a wide variety of classroom-ready ideas that integrate career readiness tasks. Teaching support materials—instructions to students, stimulus materials, slides, rubrics, frequently asked questions, links, and sample student projects—are downloadable from the Association for Business Communication website.

Citation format

CAVANAUGH, Andrew; WHALEN, D. J. Selections from the ABC 2025 annual international conference, long beach, california, USA: Classroom activities for teaching career readiness skills in the business communication classroom. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2026, 89(1): 212–233.