Pick a company then research a current issue the company has dealt with or are dealing with, within the last three years.

BUAD 2030 – Individual Persuasive Presentation Grading Rubric

 

Presentation with slides will be focused around a current business issue, environment cause, and health cause. This is the time to show the class your favorite causes or an issue you are passion about.

 

1. Pick a company then research a current issue the company has dealt with or are dealing with, within the last three years. You can find information in news medias or corporate website under Event/News.

 

2. Create a PowerPoint Presentation with one Graph (pie, line, or bar) and one Data Table (Data table must be designed by the student). Must have 12 slides (12 slides include a cover slide and work cited slide).

 

3. Must use font size and type from PowerPoint Videos (Titles should be 40 pts, Bullet Points should be 32 pts, any other context minimum font size 24 points). These presentation slides should focus on large 500 person conference room. Remember your slides should be able to be seen by the last person in the last row in a very large conference room.

 

4. You must dress in business professional attire (see description above).

 

5. Presentation should last 5 minutes but not over 10 minutes. Presentation should include opening, pause and closing.

 

6. Each PowerPoint slide must include transitional slide and special effects . Transitional slide effect that moves from slide to slide. Special effects is fly in, fly out, defrag, etc., each slide should have both. Once slides are submitted to professors – if changes are made to slides after submission, slide points will be deducted on rubric.

 

Criteria

 

Possible

 

Points

 

Points

 

Received

 

Comments

 

Opening with cascading question, story or startling fact

 

25 / 12%

 

Knowledge of subject matter

 

15 / 7%

 

Pauses to Drive a Point

 

25 / 12%

 

Closing – short statement, fact etc.

 

35 / 17%

 

Anxiety Management (breathing technique if needed)

 

10 /5%

 

Professional Business Attire (suits)

 

50 /23.5%

 

PowerPoint Slides Format (Total 50 points/23.5%):

 

PPT Slides –on time

 

5 / 2%

 

PPT Slides – Graph and data table included

 

10/ 5%

 

PPT Slides – no spelling or grammatical errors, correct font

 

size and type based on in-class PPT lecture

 

10 / 5%

 

PPT Slides – transition slides and special effects (ex: fly in,

 

each line comes in separate, etc.)

 

25 / 11.5%

 

Total Points

 

210 / 100%

 

Criteria

 

Descriptions

 

Opening

 

· Open with an opportunity for audience engagement.

 

· Used cascading question, story, or startling fact in the opening.

 

Sense Rich Images and Vivid Language

 

· Used vivid description to engage the audience throughout the experience.

 

· Used 10 adjectives, simile, or metaphors for the audience to relate to the situation.

 

Closing

 

· Made a distinction between middle of the presentation and closing.

 

· Summarize or provide a persuasive closing.

 

Business Attire

 

· Men – suits, dress shoes with matching belt, shirt and tie

 

· Women – dress shoes, skirt, dress or dress pants (no patch pockets), blouse, and jacket.

 

Pauses

 

Added pauses between ideas and before closing (5-10 second).