In preparing your talk for Aug. 7, I asked you to consider a business problem of some kind, analyze its communication aspects, and suggest ways in which the companies and/or individuals involved could have achieved a more positive outcome by the application of some of the communication techniques/principles we have discussed and/or ideas of your own creation.
You may use notes but should not read your speech. You will be evaluated on the "10 Do's" of Management Speaking contained in the Oral Presentations chapter of the Management Communication textbook. Five of your classmates (you can pick which) will also fill out feedback sheets for you. After I have had a chance to review the DVD, you will have access to it for your own review.
Please plan on speaking for about 6 minutes, with 2 additional minutes for handling Q & A from the audience. Although you are welcome to use visual aids, please don't make PowerPoint the star of your show (in other words, with you in the corner of a darkened room simply reading PowerPoint lines on the screen.) Many "A" speeches will no doubt make little or no use of visual aids. It's entirely up to you. I am most interested in observing and responding to your presentation skills.
In our coaching session, you will receive a summary of the 10 Do's as well as a summary of the additional tips for professional presenting we have discussed in class.
For the coaching session, you DO NOT have to have your speech completed by any means. Please do come with some kind of topic you can talk about for a few minutes so that we can practice actual presentation behaviors rather than just theorizing about them. (These topics can be simple for the purposes of our coaching session: a favorite restaurant, a favorite movie, a favorite vacation spot, your "ultimate" car/place to live/etc., or any other easy-to-talk-about topic.)
Dress for the Aug. 7 speech should be "corporate casual" rather than something lower on the scale. You may want to use this video clip as part of your portfolio for an eventual job application--hence the request to "look professional" without going to too much trouble.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Latest, Greatest Information about the Team Paper Due Aug. 7 in Class
Your team topic has already been given to you. If any team is confused about their topic, please contact me. In most cases, you can develop your topic in a problem-solution format (unless you have devised a better way): What is our topic? What are the core problems that arise out of our topic for business people and/or the public? What have others had to say about these problems (your research)? What do we think/feel about these problems (your original thinking)? What conclusions/recommendations can we offer on the basis of all that has been included in the paper? Usually these major points break into typical headings:
I. Introduction
II. The Nature of the Problem(s)
III. Research to Date
IV. Analysis of (or) New Perspectives on the Problem
V. Conclusion, with Recommendations for Best Practices
Obviously you can alter this basic five-part pattern in any way that best suits your topic. It's also a good idea to include within your topic some key words from your topic--for example, I. Introduction: the Common Experience of Workplace Romance.
The paper will be about 10 pages long, not counting any title page, footnotes (which may appear at the bottom of each page or as endnotes at the end of the paper), and bibliography (listing the sources you referenced as well as other books, articles, or websites that might be useful to the reader. You can see the back of the Management Communication book for guides on how to reference these items as well as how to reference anything you have found on the Internet. Please be excruciatingly careful not to plagiarize the ideas or actual words of other people. Always give credit where credit is due.
Although I don't want to grade these papers twice (that is, act as your text editor), i will certainly be glad to sit down with any team to discuss how they have developed their paper and to offer suggestions. This process needs to happen in person, with all team members present. You know my office location (MH 116) and simply need to let me know when you are available to meet. I am on vacation from July 21 through July 31 except for our class on July 24, so meetings might best be scheduled after July 31, i.e., during the week before you turn in the paper.
Most business reports, including yours, will be single-spaced, with double-space between paragraphs. Longer quotations can be indented 10 spaces. Shorter quotations can appear within the running text.
All group members should participate in all aspects of the report creation. In other words, don't let one person do the keyboarding while the other does the research and writing. After the report has been handed in, you will complete an anonymous "monkeysurvey" on-line feedback instrument to describe how your team writing process worked out. This will give you a chance to let me know how work was distributed and carried out by individual group members. I hope that google docs and/or wikis will be helpful in the writing process. You are not required to use either of these technologies. I simply wanted you to know what they were about for future use in your studies and career.
Feel free to use the pronoun "we" in this report. If you have any other questions, please bring them to class on July 24 or email me (bell@usfca.edu). You'll hear back from me quickly.
I. Introduction
II. The Nature of the Problem(s)
III. Research to Date
IV. Analysis of (or) New Perspectives on the Problem
V. Conclusion, with Recommendations for Best Practices
Obviously you can alter this basic five-part pattern in any way that best suits your topic. It's also a good idea to include within your topic some key words from your topic--for example, I. Introduction: the Common Experience of Workplace Romance.
The paper will be about 10 pages long, not counting any title page, footnotes (which may appear at the bottom of each page or as endnotes at the end of the paper), and bibliography (listing the sources you referenced as well as other books, articles, or websites that might be useful to the reader. You can see the back of the Management Communication book for guides on how to reference these items as well as how to reference anything you have found on the Internet. Please be excruciatingly careful not to plagiarize the ideas or actual words of other people. Always give credit where credit is due.
Although I don't want to grade these papers twice (that is, act as your text editor), i will certainly be glad to sit down with any team to discuss how they have developed their paper and to offer suggestions. This process needs to happen in person, with all team members present. You know my office location (MH 116) and simply need to let me know when you are available to meet. I am on vacation from July 21 through July 31 except for our class on July 24, so meetings might best be scheduled after July 31, i.e., during the week before you turn in the paper.
Most business reports, including yours, will be single-spaced, with double-space between paragraphs. Longer quotations can be indented 10 spaces. Shorter quotations can appear within the running text.
All group members should participate in all aspects of the report creation. In other words, don't let one person do the keyboarding while the other does the research and writing. After the report has been handed in, you will complete an anonymous "monkeysurvey" on-line feedback instrument to describe how your team writing process worked out. This will give you a chance to let me know how work was distributed and carried out by individual group members. I hope that google docs and/or wikis will be helpful in the writing process. You are not required to use either of these technologies. I simply wanted you to know what they were about for future use in your studies and career.
Feel free to use the pronoun "we" in this report. If you have any other questions, please bring them to class on July 24 or email me (bell@usfca.edu). You'll hear back from me quickly.
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