PRESENTING EFFECTIVELY

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PRESENTING EFFECTIVELY

• Writing Assignments and
• Oral Presentations

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WRITINGObservations

• Few beginning college students are effective
  writers
• One of the biggest complaints from employers
  New hires do not write effectively.
• Effective writing takes
• practice, and
• ability to withstand criticism

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WRITINGGetting Started

• Prewriting is a brain storming activity in
  which a list of items is generated.
• Prewriting helps in preventing writers block
• Generate as many ideas as possible (you may
  delete later)

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WRITINGOrganizing

• Prewriting will likely generate many ideas
• Items are grouped in clusters of similar thought
• Clusters are ordered sequentially or by train of
  thought

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WRITINGPaper Structure

• Title
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion
• References and Notes

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WRITINGWriting Process

• Discovery developing ideas (by prewriting)
• Support research to gather authoritative
  support for your ideas (add to ideas?)
• Organizing using clustering process
• Outline develop topic headings with supporting
  ideas
• First Draft concentrate on content and
  organization (less on spelling and grammar)
• Final Draft strive for perfected copy

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Prewriting Example

• Disagree with income tax
• Income tax discourages good economic behavior
• Decreases employment
• Favor sales tax
• Increased tax rates on higher incomes seem fair
  on surface, but discourage productivity
• Sales tax encourages good economic behavior
• Promotes savings
• Taxes are necessary
• Punishes those who produce
• Potentially reduces gross national product
• Tie tax to desired economic behavior
• Sales tax discourages excessive spending

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Clustering Example

• Disagree with income tax
• Income tax discourages good economic behavior
• Decreases employment
• Favor sales tax
• Increased tax rates on higher incomes seem fair
  on surface, but discourage productivity
• Sales tax encourages good economic behavior
• Promotes savings
• Taxes are necessary
• Punishes those who produce
• Potentially reduces gross national product
• Tie tax to desired economic behavior
• Sales tax discourages excessive spending

Introduction Income tax is bad Sales tax is good
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Organizing the Clusters

• Taxes are necessary
• Disagree with income tax
• Tie tax to desired economic behavior
• Favor sales tax
• Income tax discourages good economic behavior
• Potentially reduces gross national product
• Punishes those who produce
• Decreases employment
• Increased tax rates on higher incomes seem fair
  on surface, but discourage productivity
• Sales tax encourages good economic behavior
• Promotes savings
• Sales tax discourages excessive spending

Introduction Income tax is bad Sales tax is good
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Development of an Outline

• INTRODUCTION - TAXES ARE NECESSARY
• Disagree with income tax
• Tie tax to desired economic behavior
• Favor sales tax
• DISAGREE WITH INCOME TAX BECAUSE IT DISCOURAGES
  GOOD ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR BY
• Potentially reduces gross national product
• Punishes those who produce
• Decreases employment
• Increased tax rates on higher incomes seem fair
  on surface, but discourage productivity
• FAVOR SALES TAX BECAUSE IT ENCOURAGES GOOD
  ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• Promotes savings
• Sales tax discourages excessive spending
• SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

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WRITINGFinal Draft Objectives

• Check the big picture or flow (parts of the
  paper should work with other parts)
• Delete unnecessary wording
• Scrutinize grammar, punctuation, and spelling
  (use the spell and grammar check in your word
  processor)
• Note paragraph structure (supporting sentences
  should support topic sentence)

Dont be afraid to delete unneeded material . No
one wants to read things that are not pertinent!
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WRITINGPlagerism

• Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the
  appropriation of, buying, receiving as a gift, or
  obtaining by any means material that is
  attributable in whole or in part to another
  source, including words, ideas, illustrations,
  structure, computer code, other expression and
  media, and presenting that material as ones own
  academic work being offered for credit. TTU OP
  34.12
• You must
• Reference all non-original ideas
• Attribute all quotes

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ORAL PRESENTATIONSGroup Presentations

• Group presentations are a common business and
  school activity
• Gain familiarity with group member strengths
• Delegate appropriately and fairly
• Do your share

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ORAL PRESENTATIONSPreparation

• Remember the purpose and do not stray
• Structure the content logically
• Dress appropriately
• Gain confidence in using visual aids
• Practice the presentation several times