Faculty
Professor Mary M. Munter
Objectives
This course will improve your ability to speak effectively in various managerial situations, including speaking impromptu, explaining extremely difficult subject matter, and persuading people on a volatile issue. More specifically, you will:
Build on and improve the subtleties of delivery, structure, and visual aids in much greater detail than we did in the first-year ManComm course.
Enhance your ability to give feedback and to analyze your own strengths and weaknesses.
Requirements
You must fulfill five course requirements:
Attend every class session. Since this is an experiential course, 100% class participation is required. Your participation--as a speaker, as an audience member, and as a source of feedback--is essential.
Prepare and deliver presentations. You will be graded on content, structure, visuals, and delivery.
Write Self Analyses. Your Self Analyses will be based on an analysis of your DVD for each presentation as well as a compilation of peer analysis. Preparation time for the Self Analyses will be fairly extensive.
Provide in-depth peer feedback. You will have the opportunity to provide extensive peer feedback, according to the guidelines and forms we will discuss in class.
Complete all of the assigned readings. Please read the materials carefully. We will not devote any class time to rehashing them. Instead, we will assume you have assimilated all of the concepts in the readings and use the class sessions to give you the chance to implement those concepts. The required text is Guide to Presentations and the recommended text (for non PowerPoint experts) is Guide to PowerPoint.
Materials
Required text: Munter, Mary and Russell, Lynn, Guide to Presentations, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2008
Recommended text: Munter, Mary and Paradi, Dave, Guide to Powerpoint, Prentice Hall, 2007 (available at the Dartmouth Bookstore, Wheelock Books).
Honor Code
I trust you to behave honorably. All assignments are meant to be individual efforts. By individual effort, I mean no one else is to read, listen to, comment on, proofread, or even type your documents or visual aids.
Specifically, it is acceptable to (1) brainstorm with classmates (or others) regarding presentation topics; (2) give and receive feedback with classmates (or others) out-of-class on nonverbal skills, but NOT on structure or visuals; and (3) receive coaching from classmates (or others) on how to use PowerPoint in general, but NOT on specific design or wording of any slides.
Grading
Presentation #1: 10 pts.
10 points Delivery
Presentation #2: 40 point
10 points Content
10 points Structure
10 points Visuals
10 points Delivery
Presentation #3: 40 pts.
10 points Content
10 points Structure
10 points Visuals
10 points Delivery
Peer Feedback 30 pts.
10 points Presentation #1
10 points Presentation #2
10 points Presentation #3
Self Analyses 60 pts.
10 points Self Analysis #1
20 points Self Analysis #2
20 points Self Analysis #3
10 points Key take-aways memo
Total Points: 180 pts.
Schedule
Thursday
September 17, 2009
Presentation #1: Impromptu Presentation
Before Class:
Read GP chapters 1-3 and use these strategies throughout the rest of the course. Think especially about the "medium" choices discussed on pages 44-49.
Although there is no preparation for the impromptu presentations on the first day of class, please be prepared to give graded written peer feedback that day:
Read GP, chapter 6. Be prepared to define and use the terms and examples on pages 112-120.
Read "How to Improve Your Feedback Skills" (course packet). Be prepared to give feedback based on the criteria discussed in this reading.
Familiarize yourself with the blue "Nonverbal Delivery Peer Feedback Form" (course packet). Multiple copies of this form will be availabe in class.
You will be given a DVD and some notecards in class. Please bring the DVD to, and use a note card for, every subsequent class session in which you present.
Self analysis #1 Due: Turn in the assignment to the box in front of Tuck 312 as quickly as you can - by 4:00 pm on Friday if at all possible or by 10:00 am Monday at the latest. For details, see Self Analysis #1 (assignment in the course packet; electronic template in the TuckStreams course folder). Also include the blank Grade Sheet on colored card stock from the course packet.
Friday
September 18, 2009
No Class Friday, September 18. This session will be rescheduled later in the term.
Wednesday
September 23, 2009
Presentation #2: Complex Explanatory Presentation
Due before class on September 23 regardless of the day on which you are presenting:
(1) Read GP, Part II (chapters 4, 5, and 6)
(2) Choose a topic that is explanatory and complex for your audience—that is, something you understand and your audience does not. Use humor only as you would in a professional setting. If necessary, clearly define who you are and who your audience is before you start your presentation.
(3) Structure your presentation note card according to the guidelines in GP, pp. 54-66 and 122-123. Decide on the exact wording of the transition between each main point (i.e., those listed in your preview). Think about the relationship between your preview slide and your summary slide.
(4) Limit your presentation to less than five minutes. Ending on time will be part of your grade.
(5) Design your slides according to the guidelines in GP, chapter 5 and in Guide to PowerPoint.
(6) "Copy" (do not "save") your slides to the "Tell Presentation #2" folder in the APS course folder, with the title: Your Last Name #2.
(7) Familiarize yourself with the two additional peer feedback forms (yellow Structure and green Visual Aids) and review "How to Improve your Feedback Skills" (both in course packet).
2. Before the day on which you present:
(1) Practice your presentation. Refer to GP, pp. 122-135. Rehearse in this classroom or a similar classroom to check your colors and fonts on the large screen and to practice interacting with the remote and other equipment.
(2) Time your presentation to make sure it is under five minutes long. Ending on time will be part of your grade.
(3) Print hard copies of your slides:
--To turn in when you present in class: Five copies, (6)six-per-page, one sided, "black and white" output. .
--To turn in with Self Analysis , one copy, (3)three-per-page, printed in color.
Self Analysis #2 due: Due to the box in front of Tuck 312 two days after you present (either Friday by 4 pm or Monday by 10 am). See Self Analysis #2 (assignment in the course packet and template in the course folder). Also turn in your partially filled-in Grade Sheet.
Start thinking about your key take-aways memo (course packet) due at the end of the class.
Thursday
September 24, 2009
See September 23rd directions for Complex Explanatory Presentation #2 & Self Analysis Assignment
Wednesday
September 30, 2009
See September 23rd directions for Complex Explanatory Presentation #2 & Self Analysis Assignment
Thursday
October 1, 2009
See September 23rd directions for Complex Explanatory Presentation #2 & Self Analysis Assignment
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Presentation #3: Persuasive Presentation on Volatile Issue:
Due before class on October 7th regardless of the day on which you are presenting:
(1) Refer to GP, pp. 15-23, as you plan your persuasive strategy.
(2) Familiarize yourself with the new pink peer feedback form on persuasiveness, which is based on the assigned pages.
(3) Choose a "sell" topic that (1) you care about, and (2) your audience does not all agree with. It may be Tuck-related, politically-related, or work-related. Your audience may be either your classmates as themselves or whomever you tell them to role-play. For pedagogical reasons, please use slides.
(4) Design a new Slide Master, different from the one you used in Presentation #2.
(5) Follow Steps 3-6 from the section entitled “Due before class on September 23rd” and Steps 1 and 2 from “Before the day on which you present,” above.
Self Analysis #3 and key Take-Aways Memo due: Both SA #3 are due two days after you present (either Friday by 4 pm or Monday by 10 am) to the box in front of Tuck 312. See both assignments in the usual places. Also turn in your partially filled-in Grade Sheet.
Thursday
October 8, 2009
See October 7th directions for Presentation #3 Persuasive Presentation on Volatile Issue & Self Analysis Assignment
Wednesday
October 14, 2009
See October 7th directions for Presentation #3 Persuasive Presentation on Volatile Issue & Self Analysis Assignment
