JWI 505 Business Communication and Executive Presence Homework: Presentation Design and Delivery- Jack Welch Management Institute
"The art of communication is the language of leadership." James Humes
For this homework, you will apply the practices of planning, creating, and delivering an impactful professional presentation. Identify an important presentation coming up at work in your near future. If you do not have one on the horizon, choose a worthy topic for your role, business, or industry. This could be a presentation at a conference, to your board, management team, your own team, or a few key decision-makers in your company.
Think carefully about how to define the major objectives of your presentation, so that you can design and deliver your presentation with those objectives clearly in mind.
Instructions
Follow the steps below to prepare your slide deck and create your video presentation in Zoom:
A. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation slide deck of 20 slides or less for a topic of your choice, related to your workplace or career interests.
B. Apply slide design best practices: use brief slide headings and minimal text, include images and/or charts, and format your slides professionally
C. Deliver a presentation with a time limit of 6 to 8 minutes, using Zoom. The video must include both you and your slides. The main focus is you, the speaker, with the slides providing support for your ideas and overall message.
D. Be sure to utilize and to exhibit all the presentation and video best practices listed below.
Note: See your Blackboard course for instructions on using Zoom.
Presentation and Video Best Practices
a) Include a PowerPoint cover page containing the title of the homework, the student name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date.
b) Slide deck is well structured, with informative slide titles, a logical order of topics, and effective opening and closing slides. It uses minimal text, includes illustrative images and/or charts, and employs consistent formatting.
c) Speaker states clear objectives at the beginning and closes with an appropriate proposal, call to action, or other indication of next steps
d) Presentation delivery is targeted and succinct, with a clear flow of ideas and a persuasive impact.
e) Speaker has a confident and engaging manner, strong executive presence, and a professional appearance. He or she exhibits energy and a passionate sense of purpose.
f) The video is recorded in a neutral, quiet setting that does not distract the audience. Both the setting and the presenter's appearance are businesslike and professional.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.