Instructions
Create and record a professional presentation sharing your accomplishment and your plans for continuing your skill development.
Create a 7–8 slide PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:
Describe your professional attributes and skills.
Include a Title slide with a title for your presentation and your name.
Include an Introduction slide that introduces who you are and your chosen professional field, with an appropriate photo.
Include at least one Professional Attributes and Skills slide that provides a description of your professional attributes and skills (such as professional attire, strong communication skills, self and social awareness, et cetera). You may need a second slide to cover this component. Reference the course resources or other sources to support your description.
Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence, citing support from credible sources.
Include a Professional Presence slide that explains what it means to have professional presence, citing evidence from your library sources to support your explanation.
Describe personal examples of professional presence.
Include at least one Examples of Professional Presence slide where you describe clear, concrete examples of how you have demonstrated professionalism in your career and/or academic program. You may need two slides.
Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.
Include a Lifelong Professionalism slide explaining how you will continue to develop your professionalism. Consider how you will continue to hone the skills you learned about in this course as you continue in your career or enter a new field.
Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills.
Prepare notes for your oral presentation and add them to the presenter notes in PowerPoint. You can type your notes in the Notes area below each slide.
Record a voiceover presentation to accompany your slides (4–6 minutes). Focus on how you have demonstrated professional presence and your plan for lifelong professionalism.
Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.
Include a References slide that cites at least four credible references
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA format: Citations should be formatted according to current APA Style and Format guidelines.
References: Your presentation should include at least four credible references (two from the Capella Library).
Visual appeal: Slides are clear and visually appealing.
Speaker notes: Notes accompany the content slides to provide more detail and expand on points made in your slides.
Length of PowerPoint presentation: 7–10 slides.
Length of voiceover presentation: 4–6 minutes
How the presentation is graded
Competency 2: Apply problem solving skills and behaviors to a variety of situations.
Describe professional attributes and skills.
Competency 3: Analyze factors that contribute to professional presence.
Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence.
Describe personal examples of professional presence.
Competency 4: Adapt skills to support a successful learning experience and career.
Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.
Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills.
Competency 5: Compose text that articulates meaning relevant to its purpose and audience.
Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.
