Monroe's Sequence

Resource:  Review the requirements of  Monroe's Motivated Sequence in Ch.14  of Public Speaking to properly complete your Week 5 Presentation Outline and Video. Review the Power Point Checklist.

 

The Week 5 Presentation: Develop a  5-6 minute persuasive presentation on an  IT  topic, which you strongly support as a need for change (see suggestions below).  The presentation should specifically address all 5 parts of the Monroe's Motivated Sequence in the Week 5 Outline. You should call on your audience to take a specific, measureable action step based on your presentation in the conclusion of your speech. 

 

Organization:  Introduction (1-2 minutes) to gain attention, and preview the need for your proposal and a brief statement of how you plan to address the need.    

 

Body (3-4 minutes) of the speech, to establish need and preview satisfaction, visualization and action step, but focus on and elaborate on the satisfaction ( a plan) and visualization steps. How will you visualize the audience's world if they accept your proposal and how will you visualize their world if they do not accept your proposal/ proposed view?  

 

Conclusion (1-2 minutes) to review the previous steps of the sequence and unfold the action. It should be clear what action you want this audience to take relative to your proposal. Remember this is a persuasive speech, not an informative speech. You should inform your audience with good reasons, logic, illustrations, and other forms of proofs, but the end goal is to persuade them to take action on your proposal.

 

You can submit your own idea for approval or choose a topic similar to the following examples, related to the IT field:

 

· The educational merits of video games to meet children's needs

· The need for an organization to convert to a paperless office

· The need to meet the challenges of a paperless office

· The need to increase organizational effectiveness by telecommuting  /creating a virtual workplace

· The need to implement a new  IT system in the organization

· The need to address security breach in an organization

 

Media Presentation:  Incorporate a 6- to 8-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in your speech or submit it to the Assignment Section as a separate document.  If you include the Power Point presentation in your video, you must also be in the presentation as a speaker for your evaluation. Either way, attach a separate copy of the Power Point Presentation in the Week 5 Assignment File with the Outline.

 

Some learners have used the Webinar format for their presentation using the entire screen for a slide, then cutting back to the speaker to explain the slide. Remember the slides should only show brief bullets of information on each step of the sequence, not the full text of your speech or full sentences...

 

Deliver and video your presentation: Use the extemporaneous method of delivery, speaking from your outline or cards using a presentation outline. Establish eye contact with your audience.

Choose a neutral, non distracting background for your presentation or an appropriate office / work setting.  Please stay within the 5-6 minute limit.

 

Submit the 5-6 minute  presentation  as a video file via You Tube or Drop Box . Copy  the link to this video in your Week 5 Motivated Sequence Outline attached in the Materials section of  the Assignment files for Week 5. Attach an additional copy of the Week 5 Outline with video link to  the Required Learning Activity for the Week 5 Outline  and Video Link.  

  

Evaluate students' presentations in the Week 5 Required Learning Activity for the Week 5 Outline and Video Link.  Provide feedback to your LT members and for own presentation  by completing   the Week 5  Individual Presentation Evaluation Form on your presentation and other LT members's presentations. This evaluation form is in the Course Materials for  this Week 5 assignment. Attach and submit the completed evaluations  to the Required Learning Activity: Attach Week 5 Evaluations Here .   Realizing that the class is over, some students may not complete this part of the assignment. I do encourage all to post their presentations and to take the time to evaluate one another; although, this is not a course requirement.

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