Posted: September 18th, 2017
Final Project Assignment Instructions 200 Points
Scenario: You are the assistant to the CEO of Persuade Café. As the assistant you have been asked to
create a presentation based on Surveys, other presentations, and videos about the café.
Part I: Storyboard and Preparation
 Prepare Presentation Planning Documents†prepare a storyboard for your presentation and
plan for the delivery of your presentation
 Deliver an oral presentation with PowerPoint as support†You will post your completed
presentation in Blackboard for the rest of the class.
Part II: Prepare for your Presentation
You have been asked to prepare a presentation on the Persuade Café. This presentation is described
below.
Develop an oral presentation with PowerPoint as support to the executive team
(Hint: You might want to record narration on the slides)
You might approach this presentation as follows:
ï‚· Gather evidence to support your recommendation. For example, you might reference
examples from the customer survey results to define and present your understanding of a
particular issue. And you might cite external evidence from academic research and business
journals to explain trends. You could show how your recommendation has worked in other
businesses by describing your own experience in a credible way or by interviewing business
leaders who have faced similar challenges in similar businesses.
ï‚· Explain your idea clearly. For Persuade Café executives to understand your
recommendation, how can you describe your plan? Can you help executives visualize your
proposal in some tangible way?
ï‚· Describe how your recommendation meets the program criteria. Executives may be more
likely to accept your ideas if you explicitly map your recommendation to the criteria outlined
in Jacqueline Marcus’s presentation (i.e., ROI, feasibility, and manageable
obstacles/challenges)
ï‚· Acknowledge potential costs or downsides. To be most credible—and to address the third
criterion—you will want to acknowledge the financial or other costs of implementing your
recommendation.
ï‚· Organize your presentation to emphasize main points. Think about how to structure your
presentation. Using the direct order of communication, how will you ensure that your main
point is upfront and your supporting arguments are sequenced logically?
ï‚· Prepare a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation. What visuals will support your oral
presentation? Consider text, graphics, and charts that will reinforce your main points and
make your ideas easier to understand. (If you use Prezi then please provide a link to the
presentation and share it with the instructor and other classmates)
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ï‚· Prepare to address questions. You’ll handle questions better if you prepare for them. What
questions do you think executives will have about your recommendation? Brainstorm a list
of possible questions and practice answering them.
Part III: Post and Review
Please post your presentation on the discussion board for other students to review. You must post
this presentation by the date listed on the Course Calendar located in the Course Syllabus. You must
review 1 student presentation and submit your review with your final project.
You must utilize the following Skills from this Course:
Creating a Presentation
Reâ€using slides from another presentation
Graphics†including clip art and photographs, removing background from Photographs, word Art
Smart Art
Bullet Points
Video†editing and shortening
Importing from Word and/ or Excel
Files provided in Blackboard:
Additional Content for Website
Customer Survey results
Employee Survey results
Menu Presentation
Persuade Café Video
Submit for Grading:
Storyboard 50 points
Presentation to Executive Committee 125 points
Review of 1 student presentation 25 points
Microsoft Office Specialist Skills(MOS Test 422):
Create and Manage Presentations
ï‚· Create a Presentation
o This objective may include but is not limited to: creating blank presentations,
creating presentations using templates, importing text files into presentations,
importing Word document outlines into presentations
ï‚· Format a Presentation Using Slide Masters
o This objective may include but is not limited to: applying a slide master, adding
new layouts, modifying existing layouts, adding background images, controlling
page numbers, inserting headers and footers, modifying presentation themes
ï‚· Customize Presentation Options and Views
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o This objective may include but is not limited to: changing page setup options,
changing to view in color/grayscale, using views to navigate through
presentations, modifying presentation properties
ï‚· Configure Presentations to Print or Save
o This objective may include but is not limited to: setting handout print options,
printing selections from presentations, packaging presentations for CD, saving
presentations as web pages, printing presentations in grayscale, printing speaker
notes, maintaining backward compatibility
ï‚· Configure and Present Slideshows
o This objective may include but is not limited to: creating custom slideshows,
configuring slideshow options, rehearsing timing, configuring slideshow
resolution, using Presenter View, navigating within slideshows, annotating
slideshows
Insert and Format Shapes and Slides
ï‚· Insert and Format Slides
o This objective may include but is not limited to: adding slides layouts, duplicating
existing slides, hiding slides, deleting slides, modifying slide backgrounds,
applying styles to slides
ï‚· Insert and Format Shapes
o This objective may include but is not limited to: modifying shape backgrounds,
applying borders to shapes, resizing shapes, inserting shapes, creating custom
shapes, applying styles to shapes
ï‚· Order and Group Shapes and Slides
o This objective may include but is not limited to: inserting section headers,
modifying slide order, aligning and grouping shapes, displaying gridlines
Create Slide Content
ï‚· Insert and Format Text
o This objective may include but is not limited to: changing text to WordArt,
creating multiple columns in a single shape, inserting hyperlinks, applying
formatting and styles to text, creating bulleted and numbered lists
ï‚· Insert and Format Tables
o This objective may include but is not limited to: creating new tables, modifying
number of rows and columns, applying table styles, importing tables from
external sources
ï‚· Insert and Format Charts
o This objective may include but is not limited to: creating and modifying chart
styles, inserting charts, modifying chart type, adding legends to charts, modifying
chart parameters, importing charts from external sources
ï‚· Insert and Format SmartArt
o This objective may include but is not limited to: adding shapes to SmartArt,
changing color of SmartArt, moving text within SmartArt shapes, reversing
direction, converting lists to SmartArt
ï‚· Insert and Format Images
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o This objective may include but is not limited to: resizing images, cropping
images, applying effects, applying styles
ï‚· Insert and Format Media
o This objective may include but is not limited to: adjusting media window size,
trimming timing on media clips, setting start/stop times, setting media options,
linking to external media
Apply Transitions and Animations
ï‚· Apply Transitions between Slides
o This objective may include but is not limited to: inserting transitions between
slides, managing multiple transitions, modifying transition effect options
ï‚· Animate Slide Content
o This objective may include but is not limited to: applying animations to shapes,
applying animations to text strings, adding paths to animations, modifying
animation options
ï‚· Set Timing for Transitions and Animations
o This objective may include but is not limited to: modifying duration of effects,
configuring start and finish options, reordering animations, using the Animation
Pane
Manage Multiple Presentations
ï‚· Merge Content from Multiple Presentations
o This objective may include but is not limited to: merging multiple presentations,
reusing slides from other presentations, viewing multiple presentations
ï‚· Track Changes and Resolve Differences
o This objective may include but is not limited to: setting track changes, modifying
options for track changes, discarding changes from specific users, managing
comments
ï‚· Protect and Share Presentations
o This objective may include but is not limited to: encrypting presentations with a
password, proofing presentations, marking as final, compressing media,
embedding fonts, restricting permissions, removing presentation metadata,
checking for accessibility issues, checking for compatibility issues
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