Making professional presentations

Post ID: 3557170

Overview

Assignment Brief: Making professional presentations

Unit Overview:

To develop knowledge and understanding of making professional presentations as required by a practising or potential middle manager.

Task Overview:

The purpose of this unit is to develop knowledge and understanding of making professional presentations as required by a practising or potential middle manager.

Assignment Structure:

An ILM Assessment Task provides an opportunity to relate your learning directly to your current organisation.It is recommended that you discuss the assignment with your line manager to explore and agree how the task could be used to support the needs of your employer (as well as evidencing your learning as part of completing your ILM qualification).

If you are not currently working within an organisation, then you may complete this task in relation to an organisation with which you are familiar. This could include experience working in a voluntary capacity

The nominal word count for this assignment is 2000 words, however individuals have different writing styles, and there is no penalty if the word-count range is exceeded.

Assessment Criteria:

Be able to plan a professional presentation

Identify aims and objectives for the presentation and to identify the intended audience and assess their level of understanding of the topic.

The presentation topic must then be researched and information evaluated to select information that is correct and appropriate for the presentation topic and the level of understanding of the intended audience, and the content and structure of the presentation planned correctly and appropriately for a professional presentation.

You are then required to prepare visual aids and any other materials required for the presentation and to ensure that the location and any equipment required for the presentation is prepared and complete, and that seating arrangements, positioning of any required equipment and any other relevant factors have been taken into account.

Identify the aims and objectives of the presentation (4 marks)
Identify the intended audience for the presentation, assessing their level of understanding of the presentation topic (4 marks)
Research, evaluate and select information on the presentation topic (16 marks)
Plan the content and structure of the presentation and prepare visual aids and any other materials required for the presentation (16 marks)
Prepare the location and any equipment required for the presentation (4 marks)

Be able to deliver a professional presentation

Deliver a professional presentation, ensuring that the subject matter is supported by facts and is presented in a suitable manner and at an appropriate level of understanding for the audience.

You need to ensure that the audience is engaged and that learning is taking place, and that responses to questions from the audience are appropriate, complete and correct and demonstrate good understanding of the topic

Present your subject matter supported by facts at an appropriate level of understanding for the audience (20 marks)
Respond appropriately to questions from the audience (8 marks)

Be able to evaluate own ability to make professional presentations

Use feedback from the audience to support a meaningful evaluation and provide conclusions or recommendations as to your ability to plan, structure and deliver a professional presentation, and then to use this evaluation to implement improvements to your professional presentations.

Use feedback from the audience to evaluate own ability to plan and structure a professional presentation (12 marks)
Use feedback from the audience to evaluate own ability to deliver a professional presentation (12 marks)
Implement improvements to own professional presentations (4 marks)

Declaration: By submitting I confirm that this assessment is my own work