Assingment

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Overview

Overview Imagine you are the manager of a software development team working on new applications for your company, Optimum Way Development, Inc. Your company has just announced a new employee program where a select number of employees will be given paid time to perform research in an area of interest in their field. In order to apply, you must create a presentation that will be reviewed by a panel of executives in the company. These executives are business professionals who do not have technical education or experience.

Prompt

Consider your own field of study (degree program) and what questions or issues you find interesting within this field. If you have trouble thinking of some, you can search the internet to see what professionals in the field believe are the most pressing questions or issues in the field today.

To complete this activity, address the following criteria:

1. Create a presentation that explains what your area of interest is. In your presentation, do the following:
   • Pose your specific research question on one specific, current issue in your field of study.
   • Use communication techniques that are appropriate for the audience’s preferences and motivations.
2. Articulate who the research will help. Include supporting details that explain the need for the research and the audience for the research.
3. Create the speaker’s notes that would accompany each slide of the presentation. In the notes, use dialogue that communicates the appropriate main ideas to the audience.

Resources are not required, but any resources used must be appropriately cited using APA style. The following resources may help support your work on the project:

• Shapiro Library Resource: APA Style: Basics
• Resource: Add Speaker Notes to Your Slides

Guidelines for Submission

To complete this activity, you must submit a research presentation.

Your research presentation must:

• Be at least 500 words (includes both the slide content and the corresponding speech)
• Be submitted in a presentation format (e.g., PowerPoint)
• Completely address all of the requirements in the Prompt section
• Include the speech that would accompany the presentation, either in the notes section of each slide or in an additional document

Module Three Activity Rubric

Criteria	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (85%)	Needs Improvement (55%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Audience	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Uses communication techniques that are appropriate for the audience’s preferences and motivations	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include changing language or composition to meet the needs of the audience	Does not attempt criterion	15
Messaging	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Uses dialogue to communicate the appropriate main ideas to the audience	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include selecting too many, too few, or unnecessary main ideas	Does not attempt criterion	20
Research Question	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Poses a specific research question that clearly communicates one specific, current issue in a field of study	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include further refining the research question so it only addresses a single issue	Does not attempt criterion	20
Research Support	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Articulates supporting details that explain the need for the research and the audience for the research	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include providing additional detail to fully explain the research question	Does not attempt criterion	20
Articulation of Response	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability	Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas	15
Citations and Attribution	Attributes sources where applicable using citation methods with very few minor errors	Attributes sources where applicable, but with consistent minor errors	Attributes sources where applicable, but with major errors	Does not attribute sources where applicable	10
Total:	100%