Objective

The assignment aims to assess your ability and confidence in preparing and practicing effective communication skills in a professional setting.

REQUIREMENT

You are the Sr. Manager of the Human Resource Department of ASTROID Art and Design company in Malaysia. You are required to make a presentation to report the success of the 3-day ‘WE are FAMILY GETAWAY’ which involved the administrative and support staff of the company.

 You are required to submit a 7 – 10 minutes video presentation to be presented in a board meeting. Your presentation must be professional and suitable for the meeting.

The following are the requirements that you need to consider in preparing the proposal presentation:

1. As the first step, focus on the objective (or more than one) to support the mission and vision of the company and think of the activities to support the objective(s) in the 3-day ‘WE are FAMILY GETAWAY’.
2. Plan, construct and imagine the implementation of the 3-day ‘WE are FAMILY GETAWAY’. Be aware of the basic details of the getaway like: duration, date, time, venue, objectives, activities, expenditure, and others. You must be able to link some of the details to the report later.
3. Remember to refer to Topic 3, 4, 7 and 10 of OUMH 2203 Module. You must understand the conventions of a board meeting, making presentations, using graphical presentations and the format of a report.
4. Prepare your notes and visual aids for the report. You might want to use applications to further exemplify the presentation like PowerPoint Presentation, iMovie, Funimate, Adobe and many others.
5. The graphical presentations (graphs/charts etc) must support your report and further clarify the getaway is a success.

1. Record the 7 – 10 minutes report presentation. Marks will be deducted for speeches that do not adhere to the time duration.

1. Look confident and professional. Your background and recording details must be good too.
2. Make sure you have an introduction in the video presentation.

• The video screen must capture the top half of your body so that your hand gestures and facial expressions are visible at all times OR at least 80% of the recording duration.

1. Make sure that you greet the board and briefly introduce yourself and the report. You must exude professionalism.
2. Structure your video according to the report format.
3. Organise the content to report on the basic details of the 3-day Getaway as background information to the Board. The presentation must be convincing and explain the advantages and the specialties of the 3-day Getaway too.

• You must offer an ending (conclusion) in the video that summarises why the 3-day Getaway is a success.

1. Make sure the recording content is authentic, clear and engaging. In other words, “you are the scriptwriter, the speaker and maybe even, the producer!” Thus, you need to be creative as if you are presenting in a board meeting.

2. Submit your video online according to the instructions. If your video is larger than 400MB, please refer to the guidelines on how to compress your video for submission. You may also include a link to your video as a backup in Task 2. To get this link, upload your video to YouTube or an online storage service such as GDrive or OneDrive. Make sure that your link is NOT set to private access only and that the link is accessible before you submit your assignment.

1. Your speech will be assessed through 6 criteria:

1. Content: report of the 3-day Getaway
2. Suitability & Creativity of Report Presentation,

• Presenter’s style and Delivery,

1. Organisation of Video presentation,
2. Overall and Clarity of the Video; and
3. Use of Language

Online Class Participation

Discuss the following topic(s) in the forum and submit proof of your participation in the online discussions: