Reference no: EM133034636

Assessment Task: Presentation delivery and evaluation project

Task summary
This assessment task requires you to conduct your presentation and then to evaluate the presentation using the presentation review techniques and to identify changes you could make based on the feedback.

Your assessor will observe you completing this task and will video your presentation and the recording will be kept as evidence that you have completed this task.

This task will be completed in the simulated work environment at your Alpha Institute.

Assessment Task 3 Instructions

Complete the following activities:

Prior to delivering the presentation, you are required to meet with the presentation helper (another student) to advise them of their role and responsibilities within the presentation. Clearly outline the tasks to be completed and then confirm that your instruction have been understand through asking the presentation helper to confirm their understanding of their role and responsibilities. Your assessor will observe you briefing the student and you will be assessed on your ability to provide clear instructions on the role and responsibilities of the presentation helper.

You are then required to deliver your presentation ensuring that you:
Open your presentation with the opener you planned to engage the audience.
Introduce your presentation, including:
Purpose
Outline of content to be delivered
Desired outcome/s.
Advising your audience that they will be able to ask questions during and the end of the presentation according to your presentation plan.

During the presentation you must:
Clearly deliver the presentation content according to the presentation plan and in the time specified.
Use the presentation aids and materials you have prepared and to ensure that key concepts and ideas are conveyed to your audience.
Use effective communication skills to clearly convey information including:
Speaking clearly
Using appropriate non-verbal communication, for example, gestures and eye contact.
Use persuasive communication techniques to ensure audience interest as identified in your presentation plan.
Monitor participant's non-verbal and verbal communication during the presentation to ensure their ongoing interest and understanding and attainment of your presentation outcomes. and then use planned engagement technique/s (as identified in the presentation plan) at a suitable point to assist with continuing engagement. Note your assessor in the role of one of the audience will give a indication that they more be bored or uninterested and you should use this as a signal to use your planned engagement technique. Your assessor will asses you on this skill.
Summarise key concepts and ideas throughout the presentation to aid participant understanding.
Provide a conclusion to the presentation.
Provide opportunities for questions and respond as required.

At the end of the presentation, you will need to provide each person with the documentation you prepared to evaluate your presentation. You will need to ensure that this is completed and returned to you immediately after the presentation, as you will analyse these surveys in final part of this assessment.

The final part of this assessment requires you to analyse and use the feedback from the surveys to develop a short evaluation report to send to your assessor as a word document via email and that addresses the following as a minimum:
What was the overall feedback from your presentation?
What positive comments were made, if any?
What suggestions for improvement were made, if any?
Based on the feedback, what aspects of your presentation would you change, including changes to ideas and concepts presented?
What was the overall feedback from your presentation?

As a guide your evaluation report addressing the above questions should be approximately a page.

You should also attach copies of any scanned documentation (e.g. surveys) completed by participants to the email to support findings as documented in your email.

Finally using the feedback from the evaluation, update your presentation and presentation aids and materials and send a copy to your assessor via email. In your covering email, provide a brief summary of changes you have made in response to the feedback. If the presentation aids and materials are in hard copy form only, submit these in person to your assessor.