Communication:Self assessment

I am providing all the information you need to write down the essay.

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this assignment is for you to conduct an in depth analysis of your communication strengths and opportunities to improve. You should review the feedback from the instructor, your classmates, and watch the video of your presentation.

There are two feedback from my friends and a feedback from the teacher:

1.      Feedback from Mindy: Khaled’s power point is very clear for me. He spoke loudly and had good eye contact with us. But Khaled saw his handout too many times between his presentation. I want to advice him that he can practice several times before presentation, and he won’t be nervous. He also should pay attention to the limited time.

2.      Feedback from AbdulrahmanAlamri; Your presentation was very good in general. You had a good eye contact with the students , your accent was perfect, and had all the prices proved for us. In addition, you really convinced me when you start explaining why your company is the best, I liked the ideas and I can tell that you prepared well done for it. Because you only had few head points in your cards as a note for you. In the other hand, for next time I recommend that you work more on time to make your presentation less than 2 min and take it as a challenge, be more confident when you are giving next presentation and try to remember it in better way because in specific points you had to repeats the same words that you already said it. As I said before in general I think it's a well done presentation. Good job.

3.    The Teacher’s Feedback: Feedback: You have a nice strong voice and good volume,pleasant facial expressions. You seem confident and have excellent eye contact. You had some good use of hand gestures but they were limited by holding note cards.I suggest you take off your hat for public presentations. I know you had prepared more than there was time for so we may not of heard everything. Your pronunciation is good, but you might want to be careful of the 'rolling r' sounds in words like trust, range, etc. Check PPT slides for American style on things like 1.5 billion$/ 1.5 billion dollars.

4.    My comments:my strengths: I came up with a unique idea and prepared well to present it. My PowerPoint slides were simple and clear which presented my idea well. I prepared myself for the presentation by practicing several times. I was confident and loud. I had an eye contact with the audience. My weaknesses: the amount of information I had didn’t fit the two minutes assigned time to give the presentation. I tried to do the presentation in the time I was given but I ended up becoming nervous especially when I saw the teacher hand signe telling me I am running out of time which affect my concentration and made me nervous. My future plans: I will prepare myself by giving a presentation in front of my friends. Before I give a presentation I will make sure the amount of information that am going to present will fit the giving time. So to achieve that I will do a timed practice. Also, next time I will try to give a presentation without looking into my notes.

REQUIREMENTS:

·         The document should be a one-page memo  (See page 251 for an example of a memo formats)

·         You should have three major parts to the memo:

1)               anintroduction in which you preview your purpose,

2)               abody (a few paragraphs) in which you examine your:

-strengths,

-opportunities to improve (weaknesses), and

-an action plan for improvement,

 3)        and a conclusion in which you summarize your main points.

·         Required business writing style for this memo:

·         no grammar or spelling errors

o    12 point font

o    Double space

o    concise paragraphs in block style (not indented)

o    a space between each paragraph

o    use of headings, (and/or bullet points if needed) for brief pieces of information

o    at least two references to Course Packet readings , p 5-16, 133-156, 17-23, 83,  in APA style. Use the following citation for your textbook reference:

Canas, Kathryn A. 2014. "MGT 3810-Business & Professional  Communication Reading  Packet", David Eccles               School of Business, Department of Management, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. pp. _______