Venture Challenge and SWOT Analysis.

Creating a Business Plan powerpoint

Here are the expectations for you to prepare your Business Plan in PowerPoint.

Purpose: When presenting information in business the expert on the information is the presenter, not the presentation. The information on the slides are queues to the presenter about the points being discussed. The presenter uses notes, in your case you will be using the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint slide to contain your notes.

Submitting your assignment:

· You must submit the file in a PowerPoint format (.ppt or .pptx).

· Your weekly Business Plan assignment is due on the last day of the week as indicated in the Course Schedule in the Syllabus. 

· You have until 11:59 PM EST to submit the .pptx file in CANVAS, through the assignment link for that week.

· Every section of the Business Plan must be in a separate PowerPoint file.

The presentation content:

· A business professional' PowerPoint presentation is designed to be presented to an audience, not as a document to be read.

· Use the "Notes" section of PowerPoint to document your answer to the question in sentences and to provide justification of the answer. You are required to have a written summary of what you would be telling the audience when presenting the slide, in the Notes section.

· You must provide research that supports any assumptions or decisions you make. Most businesses use the American Psychological Association (A.P.A.) format. Always put a citation with the bulleted item and put the reference in the NOTES section.

· Keep in mind, you are presenting to a management audience. There could also be some executives in the audience as well. Use graphs and images to get across your point.

· HINT: Complete your notes first and then figure out what key info should be in the bullets on the slide.

Formatting guidance:

· Each slide should address a specific point(s).

· Each slide should have 3-5 bullets with 5-7 words per bullet.

· Do not use sentences on your slides!

· Use images when it makes sense.

Working as a group.

· Groups may use Google Docs to create your presentation deck, just remember to save it in a .ppt or .pptx format. Create the presentation template in PowerPoint and import it into Google. Put in your content and then export it in a .ppt or .pptx format.

· Many groups divvy up the questions amidst themselves. Some groups craft the answers as a group. Either way, you must indicate on the top right-hand corner of the slide who worked on the question. If you act as a group, put "ALL" in the corner.

· Before individuals put content on their slides, create a Google presentation with all the slides you will have, a design template already applied, and the responsible team members name in the top right corner.

· As a group, determine who will be submitting the file and when is the latest time that the submitter will take each person’s work. Any work sent after the agreed upon time may be considered a zero "0" for that person unless negotiated with the team and the instructor prior to the due date.

· Other members of the group are not affected by the rest of the groups grade for that assignment. You are graded based on the slides you've completed and the overall presentation style and required content.

· If you are absent from a class and your name does not appear on an individual slide, you will get a zero "0" for that week's Business Plan section.

· If a group member has not submitted their slides to the coordinator for that week by the agreed upon time, the rest of the team should NOT take it upon themselves to complete the missing slide. Instead, an empty slide indicating the question/point to be completed and the responsible team members name in the top right corner, should be included.