COMM 164F: COMMUNICATION & GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS / F. VARONA / SPRING 2010
SHARING ONE OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCES  (Oral Presentation)

PURPOSE: The purpose of this ORAL PRESENTATION is first, to share with your classmates ONE of the most meaningful (life-giving) COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE (at work or in any other context). You can use also your COMMUNITY SERVICE-LEARNING EXPERIENCE (if you are doing it or have already done it). Second, to enhance your presentational communication skills, that are critical to succeed in the work place. On the other hand, this assignment is designed to emphasize that our different and distinctive organizational communication experiences do account as legitimate and valued sources of knowledge, and that we can learn from each other.

TOPIC: You are free to select the communication experience for your presentation. Look for the most meaningful one (mainly positive or negative (but life-giving). This communication experience might be (but not necessarily) related to the content of the chapter that will be covered in class the week in which your presentation is due (see Syllabus).

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE: The content of your oral presentation must be drawn from your past and/or current organizational communication experiences. The content of the communication experience should be structured in three sections:
1) Describe briefly the communication experience: the context (organization) and what happened.
2) Provide your own theoretical explanation for what happened: a) why it (the communication experience) happened (the causes), b) the relationships that you discovered, and c) the consequences or implications. Direct experience, observation, and  reasoning are different ways of knowing. And Include some theoretical inputs from textbook or other sources to illustrate or expand on your won theoretical explanation. 
3) Tell us what did you learn from the experience (3 majors learnings).

WRITTEN OUTLINE: The content of your oral presentation must be summarized in TWO-TYPED-PAGES, FULL-SENTENCES AND 1.5 SPACE. The basic structure of this outline must contained: (Include the following section titles in written outline): WRITE the titles of these sections in your OUTLINE.
I. Introduction: 1. Attention Getter, 2. Purpose and Topic, and 3. Preview only Titles of the main points of your presentation: (a) Description,b) Theoretical explanation/and Theoretical Inputs and c) Learnings).
II. Body: 1. Title of first communication experience and then these three(3) main points: a) Description..., b) Theoretical explanation/and Theoretical Inputs. c) Learnings. (If you have a second communication experience have the same three main points as in the first one).
III. Conclusion: 1. Summary (Restate only Titles of the main points of your presentation: (a) Description,b) Theoretical explanation/and Theoretical Inputs and c) Learnings), and 2. Final Thought.

Cite sources in outlined and list them in page No. 3 using APA or MLA citation system. One citation from textbook or other sources is required.
The oral presentation must emphasized: 1) Content relevance and organization, 2) Physical delivery skills (eye contact, gestures, dynamism); 3) Vocal delivery skills (volume, and rate); and 4) Visual aids (One visual aid is required). Each individual presentation will last from 7-8 minutes. After the oral presentation, you will have some time (7 minutes) to entertain some questions from your classmates.
This is a 10 point assignment:

a) Content and Speech Organization:................... 4 points
b) Delivery (dynamism, visual aids, etc):............ 3 points
c) Written Outline:............................................................. 3 points

Please hand in to me a copy of your outline the day of your presentation.
This assignment is due:____________________

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