Reference no: EM133034631

Assessment Task: Presentation planning project

Complete the following activities:

Plan presentation

First of all you will need to identify a presentation topic to conduct a presentation of approximately 15 minutes. Review the information below to assist you in choosing presentation topic.

Presentation topic

Occupation of interest
Your presentation could focus on an occupation that is of interest to you and that a student studying your course could pursue following the completion of their course. Your presentation should include a range of information about the occupation/s. For example, key roles and responsibilities, key skills required to complete the job, job outlook both in Australia and overseas, training required and average salaries.

Topic of interest
Your presentation could focus on a topic that you are studying in your course and that is of particular interest to you. Your presentation should address key concepts related to the topic. For example, if you are studying marketing, your topic could be the effectiveness of digital marketing and include a range of information about its purpose, contrast with other forms of marketing and statistics about its effectiveness. Similarly, if you are studying human resources, you may choose to develop a presentation about the use of social media for recruitment.

As you will have to provide a presentation of 15 minutes, you should make sure that you will be able to access enough information and prepare sufficient material for your presentation.

b) Once you have chosen your presentation topic you need to review the presentation requirements outlined below and then complete the presentation plan template provided to you in order to prepare for your presentation.

Presentation requirements
Assume that the audience for your presentation is a diverse group of individuals (female and male and culturally diverse, including those whose first language is not English) who do not have a general knowledge of the subject matter.

As your presentation is to be conducted on-site at your studying location, you must also consider the location and the resources that are available to you to conduct your presentation. Your assessor will ensure that you are provided with this information as part of this assessment task.

Your presentation should commence with an introduction regarding the purpose of the presentation, as well as an outline of the content you will cover and the desired outcome of the presentation. You should also allow time for questions, which may be during or at the end of the presentation depending on the type of presentation you choose to provide

Presentation format/strategy/delivery method
Consider the best method of presenting your topic to the identified target group. Consider options such as discussions, oral presentation, demonstration and case studies. In addition, consider the most suitable presentation format and delivery methods such as a verbal presentation only, a presentation incorporating video and/or visuals or a presentation using storyboards. Your chosen format/strategy/delivery method will also need to take into account the audience, as well as resources and location advised by your assessor.

Presentation aids and materials
As your presentation is to be engaging and informative, consider presentation aids and materials and techniques that can make your presentation interesting. Remember that a presentation aid is defined as something to assist you to make the presentation and presentation materials are something to provide to the audience. You must create at least one of the presentation aids or materials using a business software package such as PowerPoint or Microsoft word or any other relevant software package.

Your choice of presentation aids and materials will also depend on the available resources advised to you by your assessor.

You must include at least one presentation aid and one presentation material in your presentation as outlined above, as well as practical examples to illustrate the information you provide to add interest to the presentation.

Communication techniques
As you will need to use effective communication techniques during the presentation, consider the following for inclusion in your presentation:
A planned opener to engage audience interest
Planned techniques to ensure continuing audience interest throughout the presentation - you should identify and use at least one.

Presentation helpers
Assume that you need assistance with your presentation, for example, someone to introduce you or by handing out materials you have developed. This should be a fellow student.
You will need to brief this person to assist you in your presentation in the next part of the assessment and advise them of their roles and responsibilities within the presentation plan template, ensuring your instructions are clear and easy to follow.

Next submit your completed Presentation Plan template via email to your assessor. Your assessor will review your work and provide you with approval to proceed to preparing your presentation in the next task. Your assessor may also suggest changes, which will be provided to you in writing via email. You will be expected to make any suggested changes.

d) Now prepare your presentation. This will include researching the topic you have chosen and preparing your presentation according to the presentation strategy and format you have chosen, as well as the presentation aids and materials that you have identified as most suitable for your target audience.

Send the presentation aids and materials via email to your assessor prior to the presentation. Where the presentation aids and materials cannot be sent, electronically, submit them in hard copy.
Make sure you practice your presentation prior to delivery.

e) The final part of the assessment requires to you identify how you will evaluate the effectiveness of your presentation. You should choose two techniques that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of your presentation and then prepare the associated documents. For example, if you choose to develop a survey you will need to develop a short questionnaire that you can provide to participants after the presentation.

The purpose of the evaluation is to seek feedback on participants understanding of the ideas and concepts you presented, as well as their ideas on how you can improve your performance.