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There are times when you will give ideas extemporaneously, and there are times when you will have time to carefully plan what you will say. As a professional in business, information technology, or criminal justice, your opinions will carry more weight if you are considered to be a knowledge-focused, thinking, and educated representative in the discipline. Here, you will consider ways to blend and merge your overview of your education, your oversight of your discipline, and a need to be able to represent yourself and your topics in the best light.

Part A

What are 3 key things that you would want a mid- or upper-level manager to know about you if you had a chance to make a presentation to him or her?

Why are the 3 items important to you, and why do you think they would be important pieces of information for your managers?

If you were going to tell a mid-level manager or senior executive about your own personal history and professional goals in a brief elevator trip, how would you summarize them?

How might such an elevator speech be of help to you as you move forward?

Part B

How do you use and apply the concept of reflective practice in your everyday work and in your career thinking and planning?

Discuss ways in which your preparation for presentations can make use of the concept of reflective practice.

How could you use reflective practice, your discipline knowledge, and your understanding of the rhetorical triangle to create an effective, career-related online presence on social media?