Description

For this assignment, you will plan, prepare, and deliver a well-structured 7-8-minute presentation of the Personal Development Plan you have been working on this term.

When delivering this presentation, your goal is to engage your audience effectively and communicate your plans for personal, academic, and professional success.

Rationale

This assignment will evaluate the following course learning outcomes:

5: Produce and present a coherent and cohesive written plan for personal and professional development.

8: Deliver presentations related to business topics using a wide range of intercultural and communication skills.

Directions

1. Include a brief introduction, body, and a strong closing. Your presentation should generally follow the outline of your PDP.
2. Your introduction should include a grabber, or hook. Get your audiences attention immediately with an interesting anecdote, quotation, or question.
3. Your conclusion should end with a clincher, an intriguing thought, question, or quotation that seizes your audiences attention until the very end.
4. Use visuals. If you have created a digital PDP portfolio, share it with the class. If you have not, use PowerPoint to present your ideas. Your visuals should help to clarify your ideas, emphasize important points, demonstrate relationships, and provide information that the audience needs to understand your message.

Some guidelines when using visuals in a presentation:

• Keep visuals clear, simple, and easy to see.
• Avoid using too many colors. Consider using 2-3 main colors throughout.
• Follow the 5x5 rule: no more than five words per line and no more than five lines per slide.
• Sans Serif fonts are easier to read than Serif fonts.
• Practice your presentation! Test your slides on the screen before you present, and make sure that your presentation runs no longer than 8 minutes.