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Project Requirements:

I. Teams

a. 16 Students split into 3 teams .

II. Weighting

a. The Project is 30% of your grade.

i. The presentation will be attended by Dr. Braniff as well as industry professionals and representatives of the National Alliance.

ii. Start divvying up duties now – last minute work shows during the presentation.

iii. Practice! Practice! Practice! - part of your grade has to do with the presentation having been rehearsed.

iv. This is a PROFESSIONAL presentation – since we’ll most likely have outsiders joining us, presenters must dress in a professional manner (no jeans, proper professional attire).

v. This presentation should mimic what you would be comfortable presenting to your board of directors and your CFO, etc.

vi. You will be graded on the information presented, as well as the professionalism of your presentation and your team assessment.

III. Project Components:

a. Executive Summary of your findings. The purpose of the executive summary is to summarize key points.

i. Should include bulleted key points

ii. Should include 1-3 graphs for visualization

iii. No more than 3 pages (including graphs)

iv. Make the summary part of the Power Point Presentation

b. Power Point Presentation

i. A visual presentation of the questions given to you for the project.

ii. Needs to show application of information learned in class, not just a regurgitation of the questions and answers, I want to see critical thinking.

iii. Presentations will occur on Monday, Nov 30 No exceptions, you MUST be present. Each group will present during this time (up to 30 minutes per group, at least 15).

iv. ALL team members must present a portion of the project.

c. All of the presentation documents need to be submitted to me. If you did not answer all

of the questions in your power point presentation, I need to receive the answers in a document.