You are required to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on one of the topics listed below. Your presentation should be 12-15 minutes in length; a presentation of this approximate length may require between 10 and 20+ slides, depending on your personal preferences and the multitude of decisions you make related to how you will present the information. Students must use PowerPoint to create the presentation for this assignment and Kaltura Capture to record themselves presenting the PPT. Remember, this course is titled Business Communications and large portions of our text are devoted to best practices (dos and donts). APA style/referencing is mandatory. See the Writing Guide for your instructors requirements for sources in a PowerPoint.

The presentation grade will be based upon your demonstrated knowledge of best practices in communication (50%), apparent knowledge of the subject being discussed based on the accuracy of the information in your presentation (25%) and your ability to conduct quality, independent academic research (25%). Presentations must be recorded via PowerPoint.

When giving your presentation, assume you are presenting the information to your immediate supervisor (boss) and twenty of your colleagues (coworkers), and that the level of interest in the audience varies from disinterested to hostile. Assume that no one in the audience has any knowledge of the information you are presenting and that your position requires that you successfully acquire and present the solicited information. A poor presentation may result in termination while a positive presentation may result in promotion.

Each student will also prepare a 3 to 4-page report on his or her presentation pointing out at least six of the decisions he or she made (order of presentation, color scheme, sentence construction, tone of presentation, sources, word choice, tone, etc.) when preparing the presentation and the reasons each of these decisions was made based on the information covered in our course. The report will be graded based on your ability to A) write clearly, concisely, and cohesively and B) demonstrate your acquired knowledge of best practices regarding communicating in a business setting. The six decisions should be clearly numbered and separated with subheadings.

You will make dozens of decisions as you prepare your presentation but you need to explain at least six decisions that you made that had a sound basis in our course material and why those decisions were important or why making a different choice would have been detrimental to your presentation. Make sure to thoroughly explain each choice, the factual basis for the choice (that is, the justification from our course text and/or outside, scholarly resources), and why a different choice would have been inappropriate. In addition to information from the text, you are required to incorporate at least two peer-reviewed articles into your report. Again, these sources will essentially provide the defense for your choices. Each decision should have at least one source. This paper is to be entirely your own, independent work. Collaboration is not allowed.

Topics

Each individual will address one of the following topics; a list of subtopics is provided to guide your research. You will need to conduct research at the LWC library (either in person or online) to complete this assignment. Keep in mind that scholarly sources are required for this assignment including at least two peer-reviewed sources (for the paper). If you have any question about what constitutes a scholarly source, email me immediately. Be sure to include citations in your presentation for each slide (in the notes section). Again, APA formatting is mandatory for the report portion of this assignment and the presentation should include references in the notes sections (see Writing Guide).

Activist Shareholders

1. Define the topic/subject

2. The popularity of activist shareholders over the years

3. Advantages of having activist shareholders to the company / to other shareholders

4. Disadvantages of having activist shareholders to the company / to other shareholders

5. The relationship between executives and activist shareholders

6. Notable examples of activist shareholders

7. Major/notable accomplishments of activist shareholders

8. Major/notable failures by activist shareholders

9. Your opinion on shareholder activism

Airline Deregulation Act (USA)

1. Define the topic/subject

2. Impact of deregulation on the airline industry

3. Impact of deregulation on the economy

4. Impact of deregulation on the consumer

5. Pros and cons of deregulation

6. Deregulation on a global scale

Socially Responsible Investing

1. Define the topic/subject

2. Brief history of SRI

3. Advantages/disadvantages of SRI from a macro perspective

4. Advantages/disadvantages of SRI from companys perspective

5. Examples of successful funds/companies/individuals who engage or have engaged in SRI

6. Examples of funds/companies/individuals who failed because of SRI

7. The ethical ramifications of SRI from both perspectives listed above

8. Your opinion on SRI

Public Funding of Professional Sport Stadiums

1. Define topic/subject

2. Explain the various ways professional sport stadiums are funded

3. Describe a professional sport stadium that was publicly funded and how this came about

4. Described other methods of funding using multiple examples from the last 20 years

5. Explain pros and cons of public funding for the communities and the teams

6. State your teams opinion/stance on public funding of professional sport stadiums

BREXIT

1. Briefly define topic/subject (BREXIT)

2. Present history behind BREXIT

3. Explain the details of the final BREKIT agreement

4. Pros and cons of BREXIT for the UK

5. Pros and cons of BREXIT for the EU

5. Analyze the outcomes of BREXIT at present (impact on UK, impact on EU)

COVID-19s Impact on an Industry

Select a specific industry to examine (past examples include professional sports, collegiate sports, restaurants, health care, agriculture, cruise and airline industries).

Explain the state of the industry pre-COVID-19.

Explain the economic impact that COVID-19 has had on the industry.

Describe any legislation or policies (e.g., from the CDC or state government) that impacts the industry.

Explain what the industry is doing to recover.

Describe how the industry might look post-COVID-19 (compared to the state of the industry pre-COVID-19).

Project recovery timeline for the industry.