Here are the Week 7 Informative Presentation Directions (for your convenience):

• This informative presentation should be applicable to work-life (business). Choose a topic interesting to you. Topics should be truly informative, so please look for substantive topics. Your presentation will be 10 to 15 slides and should include extensive speaker notes and audio for each slide or a 5 to 7-minute video using YouTube, Vimeo, Jing, Screencast, etc.
• The informative presentation must include an appropriately narrowed topic, clear organization, a variety of supporting materials, use of details, an attention-grabbing introduction, and a conclusion that leaves an impact.

Recommended resources:

• Chapter 14 of the textbook covers business presentations
• View a YT Video "Death by PowerPoint"
• Find out how to prepare to create an "Informative Presentation"; one example is https://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/informative-powerpoint-9071.html.
• Internet search regarding how to do an oral presentation using PowePoint.

Directions: 1. Do research on how to present effectively (including the use of visuals, words, sound, and use of PowerPoint or a video-related tool as the software). In your response, apply the information you discovered from your research. When you give your recommendations and if those recommendations came directly from a copyrighted resource, use an in-text citation to give attribution and list the reference at the end of the response.

2. Answer the following questions using either paragraph and/or a bullet point format.

• Regarding your topic: What is your plan for the topic you will cover in your Week 4 Informative Presentation assignment? What subtopics (slide header words) do you plan to review?
• Regarding the use of words: Describe three best practices and three worst practices (what to do and what not to do) for word usage and placement on slides in PowerPoint.
• Regarding the use of visuals: Describe three best practices and three worst practices (what to do and what not to do) for the use of visuals and visual placement on slides in PowerPoint and/or if using video?
• Regarding the use of sound or video, Describe your plan for how you will transition your PowerPoint document into an Oral PowerPoinf Presentation or how you will do a video.

3. Cite applied references using in-text citation parentheses and list the applied references at the end of the response. Use accurate APA formatting.

4. Give yourself the gift of allocating an appropriate amount of time to think, research, and write. Follow the directions. Run spell and grammar check and proofread your crafted response (reading aloud is highly recommended because it slows down the review, indicates where pauses are appropriate, and suggests where editing is beneficial). Discussion settings allow you to edit an already posted response without any change in date or time.

5. As noted above, postings should be made on four of seven days during the week. The main response plus three additional conversational responses to other postings is a requirement. Main postings should be present on or before Day 4 (Thursday night).