...takes steps the speaker needs to do to prepare the presentation. Audience analysis is one way a speaker can prepare the presentation’s effectiveness. The speaker must explore the different characteristics of the target audience. In the case of a quarterly sales meeting, the audience includes managers, salespeople, and customers. The speaker breaks down the audience characteristics and what demographics make up the analysis. This would include professional and nonprofessional. The speaker must also consider what channel of communication to use at the presentation to ensure meeting the expectations of the audience. This channel can be formal or informal. Formal communication is organized and managed. The information is shared with relevant people within the organization. Informal communication is used within the organization and not used with informational meetings outside the organization. Audience Characteristics The speaker must make sure every member of the audience can understand his or her presentation. The speaker can do this by having a clear understanding of the unique needs of the audience. The speaker must know of any similarities and differences in the audience. Stakeholders First consider who the stakeholders are. In the case of a quarterly sales meeting, the stakeholders are managers, salespeople, and customers. This is a combination of professionals and nonprofessionals. The presentation covers both viewpoints of the audience. Managers are...
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...must be covered. Further, the proposal, as constructed, must meet the tests of any sound business plan, namely that it has specific and measurable goals and objectives, clearly defined activities, stipulated time frames during which those activities will take place, and clearly defined measurable outcomes. The subject matter of your paper should be business-oriented in nature and should avoid decisions that depend largely on intuition to solve. Although the length of the paper is not predetermined, a 10–15 page analysis, including data and appendices, is probably correct. You will also share a summary PowerPoint presentation with fellow students during the Week 6 Discussion. The Final Course Project Proposal with the PowerPoint presentation is due by the end of Week 7 (graded). Required Outline The following outline is required for your Course Project. Executive Summary (less than one page) This summary is a short, carefully worded description of the problem situation that identifies the recommended solution. A brief justification and explanation of the selection method is to be included, highlighting factors that contributed to selecting the recommended alternative. Decision Problem Overview Describe the nature and scope of the decision problem selected, its history together with causes, and the outcomes of any previous attempts to deal with it. In order to define the problem correctly, the following questions should be addressed. · What is the general nature...
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...Course title: Strategic Business presentation skills Course objectives: This course has been designed for individuals who will have significant management, leadership or consulting responsibilities in their career. The Strategic presentation typically include following type of presentations: 1. External Presentations- a. Sales presentations to Clients, Industry forum, Community presentations, Analyst presentation b. Proposals Executive summary preparation and presentation c. Mail communication to clients 2. Internal and Functional presentations d. Training, Technology; R&D, management proposal presentations e. Project report preparation- developing and presenting executive summary f. Mail communications with peers, superiors and team members Specifically the course goals are: * Develop the strategic presentation skills for leaders. * Apply the program elements to real-time strategic presentation situations. * Develop strong content preparation, content design and content presentation skills Type, plan and session-wise content of the course: Each session is assumed for 1 hour 20 minutes. Total duration: 10 sessions Session | Topics | Case/discussions | 1 | Importance of strategic business communication in corporate world.Characteristics of “persuasive presentation”Experiential case studyS3P3 Presentation Model elements | Anchor case from Faculty corporate experience | 2 | Learning...
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...Guidelines for business plan presentation 1. The moderator would call the name of the team to take part in presentation. There will be a sitting arrangement for each group waiting for presentation. Team has absolute right to select the member who is going to start and then come in next during the presentation session. You aren’t getting any warm-up session before the final presentation. 2. Each team will have 17 minutes for oral presentation and 3 minutes for question-answering session with the audiences. After 12 minutes, there will be a warning bell and after 5 minutes, there will be an ending bell. Observe time limit strictly. Presentation will be stopped abruptly if time limit is exceeded and will be evaluated based only on what has been presented. 3. At the end of group presentation team leader with all his members will stand in front of the audiences to take part in question-answering session. Show your utmost respect to the audiences during question-answering session. Don’t pass any aggressive answer/comments towards the questioner. The moderator would ring the bell at end of this answering session. Then the team leader on the behalf of the group would deliver a short speech giving thanks to all for their great patience. During the speech (team leader) team members will be stand beside the team leader. 4. The presentation is recommended to be 15-20 slides in a PowerPoint format 5. Team has been formed with 5/6 members and there is...
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...after 5 PM. Methods of Communication Canvas for Communication Major Methods, Text messages for minor communication. Dropbox for File Sharing. PowerPoint with a Master Deck Save as: Type of Assignment_Date_Name if Edit ex: Info Memo_2.20.13_May Edit We're gonna set up a timeline of important dates: Presentation is: March 20th at 11 AM Transmittal Email and Executive Summary is due: March 19th before 5 PM. Individual Deliverables is due: March 6th March 20th: Last day to submit a critical incident report February 26th: Next group meeting February 27th: 3rd virtual group meeting. March 18th: Presentation Workshop Everything completed by March 18th. All deliverables must be completed and we'll use March 18-20 as practice for our presentation. Reading through the executive summary together so we can get a concrete list of deliverables. TEAM STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES Kelcie: - Not a good writer ; would rather not do business writing + Good formatter + Good at PowerPoint slides - Not a super effective email writer Van: + Good business writer + Will send out emails - Would rather not to do financial Kenny: + Presentation skills - Not good at cover letters/thank you letters + good at memos ; Harms be lovin' the memos. May: + Good at presenting - May overanalyze writing so would rather not do that. + very organized with a schedule Adriel: + Good at presenting - Not as good in powerPoint + Keeping the group on track...
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...Review and describe the most important criteria for selecting internetworking devices at the core, access, and distribution layer in a computer network When designing a network there are many different important criteria for selecting internetworking devices for router the number ports need for your business. The processing speed and amount of memory do you need for your business. If you need LAN or WAN support availability and quality of technical support and documentation of training and vendor. For switch and bridges you have to look at number of MAC address can learn, support of port security, support for cut through switching and support for adaptive cut through switching. Don’t forget amount of memory. The router network layer protocols supported, routing protocols support, support for multicast, support for advanced queuing switching and other optimization. These are all important of selecting internetworking. You have to look at the business and customers that you are support then you use these internetwork criteria to make your decisions. Priscilla Oppenheimer (2012). Top-Down Networking Design. (Special Edition for Strayer University) Boston, MA, Pearson Learning Solutions Describe the key criteria involved in selecting WAN technologies and WAN providers. Discuss which criteria is the most important from your perspective and state why. When selecting WAN technologies and WAN provider this will vary from company to company one of the most important factors...
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...a PowerPoint slide show and presentation. Scenario:Each team has applied for a consulting opportunity with Company X as to provide Human Resources (“HR”) services. The team will guide and manage the overall provision of HR services, policies, and programs for the entire company. Of 300 candidates, the company has narrowed its search to the final five potential teams. Deliverable: Your team is one of those five potential teams and will present to the senior executives of the organization. Presentations should answer the following: 1. Why would you want to work for our company? 2. What do you know about the current state of our company? 3. What is your view on individual and organizational ethics? Please give examples of policies that you would include in our Code of Ethics for our employees. 4. Do you personally favor or oppose the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements in our organization? 5. How would you evaluate our employees’ performance? a. What types of corrective actions would you recommend for poor performers? b. What types of rewards would you use as reinforcers of good performance? 6. What recommendations could you make to ensure that all levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy are met in our organization? 7. How would you detect stressors in the workplace? And how would you address them? 8. If hired today, what is the first HR issue you would address in our organization? Your presentation should include a minimum of...
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... | Course Overview Effective Communication is a vital component to so many aspects of business life. From investment banking to marketing, from entrepreneurship to corporate planning, understanding the techniques of business communication will be an invaluable addition to every Stern student’s portfolio of knowledge. This course is a highly-interactive and participative experience that introduces the basics of business communication strategy and delivery. Deliverables will include written documents and oral presentations based on several cases. You will present both individually and in a team and will receive feedback to improve your presentation effectiveness. In the final team presentation, your challenge is to craft an oral presentation that will persuade your audience to accept your strategic recommendations. By doing this, you will see how ideas, data and advocacy are combined for a professional, persuasive presentation. Pre-Work 1. Form a team of five people before the first day of class. Refer to the class roster on Blackboard and try to link up...
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...Focus your recommendation on one area and emphasize feasibility and return on investment. ü Write your recommendation in a memo format with 1 to 2 pages of body text; the basic format is: To: From: Date: Subject: ü Address your memo to only one executive in Persuade Café, but do not use Jacqueline Marcus ü Support your recommendation with evidence from the customer survey, employee survey, or internet sources. Use proper citations and references. ü Follow APA guidelines and proofread the memo carefully for grammar, syntax, and spelling. ü Remember that you are only an employee at Persuade Café; you are not a supervisor, manager, or outside consultant. ü Do a good job of thinking through your idea for a recommendation before you decide on it. ü Your job is to get your recommendation idea approved ahead so that you will be one of the employees selected to make a PowerPoint presentation to the entire company executive team. ü Your audience is the one executive you chose. Read the profiles of all executives carefully and select your one executive with great care. Every executive has high expectations because the executive’s job is at risk if he or she recommends your idea for a formal presentation and...
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...Review and describe the most important criteria for selecting internetworking devices at the core, access, and distribution layer in a computer network When designing a network there are many different important criteria for selecting internetworking devices for router the number ports need for your business. The processing speed and amount of memory do you need for your business. If you need LAN or WAN support availability and quality of technical support and documentation of training and vendor. For switch and bridges you have to look at number of MAC address can learn, support of port security, support for cut through switching and support for adaptive cut through switching. Don’t forget amount of memory. The router network layer protocols supported, routing protocols support, support for multicast, support for advanced queuing switching and other optimization. These are all important of selecting internetworking. You have to look at the business and customers that you are support then you use these internetwork criteria to make your decisions. Priscilla Oppenheimer (2012). Top-Down Networking Design. (Special Edition for Strayer University) Boston, MA, Pearson Learning Solutions Describe the key criteria involved in selecting WAN technologies and WAN providers. Discuss which criteria is the most important from your perspective and state why. When selecting WAN technologies and WAN provider this will vary from company to company one of the most important factors...
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...enable action in public organizations. Finally, the social environment consists of broader forces that are at work that are often ignored or misunderstood. This course will help students become aware of how others impact them and how they impact others. II. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will be able to understand the power and discretion you will have while working in the field of public administration and think about the best ways to use this power to help others. Students will learn to write persuasively through the case study and legislative research papers. Students will also learn to communicate effectively through various in-class negotiation exercises, case study and legislative research presentations, and group presentations. Learning Outcomes 1. Research Paper Extent High...
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...Effects of PowerPoint Presentations on Students’ Learning Project Report By: Dinesh Kumar Veloo K Parvathy Sourav Dhal Table of Contents Acknowledgement ……………………………………………………………………………….…. 2 Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Purpose and Scope ………………………………………………………………………...………... 4 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 Literature Review …………………………………………………………………………..……….. 6 Methodology ………………………………………………………………………………………... 7 Data Analysis & Findings …………………………………………………………………………… 8 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………....…….……. 9 Recommendations/s (if any) …………………………………………………….............………… 10 Limitations …………………………………………………………………………........………… 11 Appendix ……………………………………………………………………………….…..……… 12 References …………………………………………………………………...……………..……… 16 Acknowledgement We would like to thank Dr. Deepa Sethi, Assistant Professor for providing us with the opportunity to work on this project. Her support and guidance at every stage was highly instrumental in our progress. We would also like to thank Ms.Shindya, Teaching Assistant for scheduling meetings with Prof. Deepa The resources available from our library were extremely useful for our literature study. Most importantly, we thank the students for their time and co-operation in filling our survey Executive Summary The effectiveness of PowerPoint as a teaching aid was observed since its introduction in 1997. In the initial years, the response from the...
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...February-May 2012 semester DEADLINE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Assessment Type: “Group presentation for a new marketing strategy” -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Indicative Assessment Requirements for the Module;Group Presentation and supporting documentation (Equivalent to an overall maximum of 3000 words in total). Supporting documentation is required to be produced as an individual contribution to the assessment. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maximum Word Limit and Assessment weighting for each aspect within the assessment: • • Group presentation: maximum 10 Power Point Slides (deemed to be equivalent to 1000 words); Assessment Weighting 50%. Individual assessment contribution (an individual set of supporting documentation from each student equivalent to 2000 words absolute maximum); Assessment Weighting 50% -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Description of Assessment Requirements 1 Group presentation • Students are required to fully participate in and contribute to the development of a Group Presentation.(Non – participation/non-attendance will result in restriction of marks for this aspect of assessment) The group size will be determined by the module leader and module...
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...creates an effective presentation and what skills are needed. It is also important to understand that effective presentation skills are not solely for the fortunate few who are naturally good communicators but that effective presentation skills can be developed in anyone and that we all have the ability to learn how to become highly effective presenters. In this article we’ll be looking at some techniques to help you achieve more from your presentations. Key Objectives of Effective Presentation Skills The key objectives that underline a good presentation often include the following: * To establish credibility with your audience * To communicate information clearly to your audience * To persuade and/or influence your audience To achieve these objectives, there are a range of practical skills that you can develop to help you become an effective presenter. We can categorise these skills into three main areas: * The ability to create a clear message * The ability to deliver your message effectively * The ability to fully engage with your audience. An effective presentation should cover all of these three areas, so let’s see how you can achieve this. Presentation Skill #1 – Create a clear effective message A clear message is normally a simple one. You may feel that you have to go into a lot of detail to get your message across but more often than not – “less is more”. Your audience are only able to take in so much during a presentation, so the clearer the...
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...real hardware routers are costly, in most cases costlier than an average PC. Eng discuss 1 •Identify the specific demographic factors you should consider about the audience members of the organization for your report and presentation. •Explain how you will go about analyzing the audience and whether the audience profile would be a factor in the successfulness of your speech. •Describe what you believe you can do as a speaker to respond to the audience’s listening goals. Eng discuss 2 •Identify the type of outline and/or speaking notes you would prefer to use for your speech and explain why Eng Assignment 5.1: Report - Draft Version Write a formal justification report to an organization making a recommendation to implement a particular product, service, or program. The organization may have a business, governmental, professional, or social focus. The report may focus on a “real” or “made-up” recommendation, but you should direct the report to an actual organization, even if you do not plan to actually submit the report. The audience within the organization will be whatever level is most appropriate to make a decision on the topic of your report. Write a minimum of 4-6 single-spaced report pages (not including the table of contents, transmittal form, executive summary, or title page). 1.Organize the reports by section headings. 2.The report should contain...
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