Effective Presentations

Your boss wants you to make a presentation on your team’s effectiveness report to the management team including your chief executive officer.

Using the Scholarly Library or the Internet, research how to create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Based on your research, create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that satisfies the following parameters:

• The presentation demonstrates an understanding of its purpose and its audience.
• The presentation has an effective introduction, body, and conclusion.
• The presentation follows the appropriate parts of the 10/20/30 rule.
• The template used for the presentation is appropriate for the audience and the message in terms of text, color, artwork, and graphics.
• The presentation slides demonstrate an appropriate use of graphics and artwork.
• Speaker notes are provided.
• Materials are correctly cited and the final page lists the references correctly.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

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Note From Class

Presentations and Meetings

As an integral part of your job, you could be required to give presentations to both small and large groups. Skillfully addressing your audience is the key to giving a successful presentation.

The art of skillful addressing also extends to business meetings. A two-way approach of addressing and listening carefully will make all the difference here; do not take over meetings, but listen to what others have to say, and then respond accordingly.

Preparing an agenda for the meeting, at least one day prior to the scheduled date, is absolutely essential. Also, during the meeting, it is standard practice to take notes; these are referred to as the minutes of the meeting. These could either be a brief outline of all the points discussed, or actual transcripts of the entire meeting. If you conduct a meeting, ensure that the minutes are accurate before distributing it to attendees.

To make presentations and conduct meetings successfully, you should:

• Know your audience
• Know the objectives
• Know the topics
• Be prepared
• Be organized
• Revise and edit
• Practice
• Clarify questions
• Follow up, if necessary

This list applies to all types of business communication.