Communication Conference

This week, you are participating in a professional virtual Communications Conference. The purpose of the conference is to share strategies for effective communication. The purpose of your conference presentation is to guide the conference attendees (your classmates) in successfully applying the content of your presentation to their current or future careers.

Deliver a professional presentation concerning ONEtopic from one of the following threads. (For instance, if choosing the first topic from Thread 1, you would do a presentation on just “conflict management” but not a presentation on “conflict management, intercultural communication, team work, and collaborative writing.”)  

Thread 1 Interpersonal Communication

Conflict Management

Intercultural Communication

Team Work

Collaborative Writing

Thread 2 Leadership Communication

• Conducting Meetings
• Providing Employee Reviews
• Presenting an Award
• Delivering a Toast or Roast

Thread 3 Employment Communication

Networking

Interviewing

• Applying for an Internal Position or Promotion
• Salary Negotiation
• Thread 4 Personal Communication
• Personal Branding

Professional Mentoring

Public Speaking

Nonverbal Communication

• Thread 5 Technological Communication
• Social Media Tip or Tool for Business Communication (Explain how and why to use ONE specific social media platform or strategy for business purposes, such as effectively using Instagram Stories, optimizing a Facebook profile, or making a tweet go viral.)
• Technology Tip or Tool for Business Communication (Explain how and why to use ONE specific technology tool or strategy for business purposes, such as ChatGPT for formal reports, security precautions for Zoom meetings, editing an amazing video, or using Padlet for collaboration.)
•  Guidelines

You may narrow the scope of your presentation if you desire, such as focusing on networking within the military rather than general networking strategies or focusing on salary negotiations in STEM fields rather than in general for all fields. Choose a topic for your presentation that is practical and relevant to your career interests!

Your presentation must include the following:

The equivalent of 8-16 PowerPoint slides although you may use any appropriate technology to present (PowerPoint, Prezi, Slideshare, etc.). Carefully follow the guidelines for  discussed in Week 7!

• Two professional research sources that support presentation content. Cite opinions, statistics, and direct quotations used in bullets on each slide AND include a references slide at the end of the presentation. (These research sources do not include citations of visuals used in the presentation.) Review .
• One visual aid created by you IN ADDITION TO any decorative visuals or visuals borrowed and cited from other sources. The original visual aid created by you might be a pie chart, bar chart, line chart, infographic, flowchart, etc. Review , , and  for how to design effective visuals. For how to cite visuals, review .
• Two questions for your audience to stimulate discussion and encourage the audience to think about ways to apply the ideas from the presentation in practical and relevant ways in the future.
• Audio or video delivery of the presentation. There is no time length requirement. You may use any recording software you feel comfortable using! Some free options include: 

•  – After recording in the classroom, download the audio/video file and embed it into your slides.
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A transcript or closed captioning is needed to be courteous (one of the Six Cs of Communication) to those who are unable to hear the audio. There are many audio recording tools that automatically generate close captioning. 

If using the above suggested free options for recording your audio/video, then follow the instructions below for including captions or creating a transcript:

PowerPoint

Option 1: First,  from PowerPoint. Second, convert each .m4a file into a .vtt file using an  (make sure to choose a safe and free one!). Finally, .

Option 2: Use the . Watch the following video to demonstrate using the classroom recording tool to create a transcript for PowerPoint audio:

• NOTE: You may also use this Brightspace classroom tool to upload an audio/video file to generate a transcript. Just select Upload File instead of New Recording when following the above video instructions.

Below are two sample presentations, and although not perfect, they demonstrate professionalism and all of the required elements, such as professional design, the use of audio/video with closed captioning, cited sources, and a visual aid designed by the presenter.

Sample Presentation (Embedded Video):

•  Steps

STEP 1: Before Thursday midnight, post your presentationin the appropriate thread based on the topic of your presentation. Either (1) attach the presentation or (2) embed the presentation. Follow these  to the discussion board.