1. Busi 300 powerpoint instructions | BUSI 300 – Business Communications |
Liberty University
For this assignment, you will create a professional looking PowerPoint presentation on a
topic of professional communication. To help put this in perspective, the scenario is that
your supervisor has assigned you the task of presenting a 45 to 60-minute training session
on some aspect of professional communication. You need to research your topic and
prepare an engaging PowerPoint that would be used as a visual aid in for your
presentation. Topic IdeasThe course textbook will be a great resource when looking for a
topic that relates to some aspect of professional communication. Some examples of topics
include (but are not limited to): How to be an Effective Verbal and Nonverbal
Communicator How to Give an Effective PresentationEffective Communication Within
TeamsOvercoming Communication Barriers It is recommended that you pick a topic of
interest and then do some research to make sure you can find five credible sources – more
about credible sources below. Once you are certain you can locate five credible sources,
begin creating your PowerPoint presentation.PowerPoint Requirements: I. Title
SlideThis will be the first slide of your PowerPoint (and is NOT considered a content
slide).This slide will include the following: title of your presentation, your full name,
class name & section number, and your institution (Liberty University).II. Content SlidesA
minimum of 15 content slides must be included.All content slides must contain speaker
notes. o Speaker notes are a presenter’s “cheat sheet”, if you will. In other words, speaker
notes are hidden from your audience, but you are able to view them while presenting.o
Speaker notes are NOT a copy of the information on your slide. Instead, speaker notes
expand upon and/or offer further clarification regarding points on each slide. o To add
speaker notes, go to the Notes pane under the slide where you will see, “Click to add notes”.
For more help, view the information at: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/add-
speaker-notes-to-your-slides-26985155-35f5-45ba-812b-e1bd3c48928eA minimum of four
relevant, professional images/graphics must be included in your PPT. o All
images/graphics used must be relevant, professional looking, and used with the main
purpose of helping an audience better grasp a complex concept and/or remember
information presented. o Do not include blurry images.o Re-read section 12-3 in your
course textbook, as there are some important guidelines regarding the use of
images/graphics in a presentation.III. Reference SlideThis slide will be the last slide(s) of
your PowerPoint (and is NOT considered a content slide).This slide (or slides) will
2. contain all sources used in your PowerPoint presentation.Sources must be formatted
according to current APA formatting guidelines.In addition to current APA formatting
guidelines, the inclusion of the complete URL (sometimes called a permalink) is required
for all full-text, peer-reviewed/scholarly articles retrieved from Liberty’s online library
journal database. Note that this is not the same as the doi #. The URL must take your
reader directly to the full text article within Liberty’s online library journal database. If
you’re unsure about the specific URL/link, you can copy the entire web address from
the top of the browser’s address bar once you are viewing the full text article within
Liberty’s online library journal database.IV. SourcesA minimum of five credible
sources must be used within your presentation. Required, credible sources include:o four
full-text, peer-reviewed/scholarly articles retrieved from Liberty’s online library journal
database.o two of the above four full-text, peer-reviewed/scholarly articles must be within
the last 7 years.o the course textbook (as listed on the course syllabus).You are able to
include additional sources, other than the five credible sources listed above; however,
they must be full-text articles retrieved from Liberty’s online library journal
database. Sources NOT acceptable for this assignment: o No textbooks (including e-
books), other than the course textbook/ebook (as listed on the course syllabus)o No general
Internet searching is acceptable. Therefore, no blogs, education sites, commercial sites,
Wikipedia, About.com, editorials, abstracts, online books, book reviews, etc. V. Avoiding
Plagiarism Create an original PowerPoint presentation; previously submitted work from
this or another course is considered self-plagiarism and is prohibited. Provide citations
for the following:All statements, ideas, & thoughts (whether paraphrased or directly
quoted) used from an outside source; tables, data, images, etc. used from an outside
source. All citations should be formatted according to the most current APA
formatting guidelines and should directly follow the information used from an
outside source. All sources used must be formatted on your reference slide(s),
according to current APA formatting guidelines.VI. Other Requirements and
Reminders:Must be created in Microsoft PowerPoint and uploaded through the
assignment link as a .ppt or .pptx file.Individual slides and the overall design of your
presentation must be professional and engaging.A running header or page #s are
not required.An abstract is not required.
