Assessment 4

Create a 7–10-slide presentation and record a 4–6-minute voiceover presentation that explains who you are as a professional, your strengths and professional attributes, how you will maintain lifelong professionalism, and your educational plan for continuing to develop and market your skills.

What does it mean to demonstrate professional presence? An employee, a leader, or an entrepreneur with professional presence has confidence, poise, and competence and knows how to communicate effectively, take initiative, and innovate to achieve results. This course has introduced you to 10 skills that together form a toolkit you can use to demonstrate a powerful professional presence to your current or potential employer. In this assessment, you will explain how your accomplishments, professional attributes, and skills have contributed to your professional presence, and you will also discuss ways you will continue to practice lifelong professionalism. Creating this presentation will help you clearly communicate who you are as a professional and market your talents, skills, and achievements to colleagues and other key stakeholders in your professional life.

Assessment Instructions

Overview

In this assessment, you will build on the work you have done in this course to create and record a professional presentation. Your presentation will explain who you are as a professional, your strengths and professional attributes, how you will maintain lifelong professionalism, and your educational plan for continuing to develop and market your skills. 

Preparation

Review the assessment resources. Use the Capella library to locate at least two additional articles or books that discuss professional presence.

In your presentation, you will need to record a voiceover narration. It is recommended that you use Kaltura, a program that records audio and video. Refer to Using Kaltura if you need help using this courseroom tool.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in these activities, please contact [email protected] to request accommodations.

Instructions

Create a 7–10-slide PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

• Step 1: Describe your professional attributes and skills. 
  • Include a Title slide with a title for your presentation and your name. 
  • Include an Introduction slidethat introduces who you are and your chosen professional field, with an appropriate photo.
  • Include at least one Professional Attributes & Skills slide that provides a description of your professional attributes and skills (such as professional attire, strong communication skills, self and social awareness, et cetera). You may need a second slide to cover this component. Reference the course resources or other sources to support your description.
• Step 2: Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence, citing support from credible sources. 
  • Include a Professional Presence slide that explains what it means to have professional presence, citing evidence from your library sources to support your explanation.
• Step 3: Describe personal examples of professional presence. 
  • Include at least one Examples of Professional Presence slide where you describe clear, concrete examples of how you have demonstrated professionalism in your career and/or academic program. You may need two slides. 
• Step 4: Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.  
  • Include a Lifelong Professionalism slide explaining how you will continue to develop your professionalism. Consider how you will continue to hone the skills you learned about in this course as you continue in your career or enter a new field. 
• Step 5: Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills. 
  • Prepare notes for your oral presentation and add them to the presenter notes in PowerPoint. You can type your notes in the Notes area below each slide.
  • Record a voiceover presentation to accompany your slides (approximately 4–6 minutes). Focus on how you have demonstrated professional presence and your plan for lifelong professionalism. It is recommended you use Kaltura to record your presentation. Refer to Using Kaltura if you need help using this courseroom tool.
• Step 6: Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources. 
  • Include a References slide that cites at least four credible references, two from the Capella library. 

Additional Requirements

Your presentation should also meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA format: Citations should be formatted according to current APA Style and Format guidelines. 
• References: Your presentation should include at least four credible references (two from the Capella library).
• Visual appeal: Slides are clear and visually appealing.
• Speaker notes: Notes accompany the content slides to provide more detail and expand on points made in your slides.
• Length of PowerPoint presentation: 7–10 slides.
• Length of voiceover presentation: 4–6 minutes.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Describe the importance and impact of key skills and behaviors that are necessary for success in the future of work. 
  • Describe professional attributes and skills.
• Competency 2: Analyze factors that contribute to professional presence.  
  • Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence.
  • Describe personal examples of professional presence.
• Competency 3: Develop skills to support a successful learning experience and career. 
  • Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism. 
  • Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills.
• Competency 4: Compose text that articulates meaning relevant to its purpose and audience. 
  • Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.
• Professional Presence Presentation Scoring Guide
  Professional Presence Presentation Scoring Guide Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished Describe professional attributes and skills.Does not attempt to describe professional attributes and skills. Attempts to describe professional attributes and skills, but the description is unclear or incomplete.Describes professional attributes and skills.Describes professional attributes and skills, including specific examples of how those attributes and skills are demonstrated. Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence.Does not attempt to explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence.Attempts to explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence, but explanation is unclear or incomplete.Explains what it means to demonstrate professional presence.Explains what it means to demonstrate professional presence, using specific evidence to support explanation. Describe personal examples of professional presence.Does not identify examples of professional presence.Identifies but does not describe examples of professional presence. Describes personal examples of professional presence.Describes concrete personal examples that demonstrate a clear understanding of professional presence. Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism. Does not identify strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.Identifies but does not discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.Discusses strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.Discusses strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism, including examples of how those skills will be honed and refined. Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills. Oral and/or visual presentation components detract from the overall message. Demonstrates oral and visual presentation skills, but the skills are in need of improvement.Demonstrates effective oral and visual presentation skills.Demonstrates effective oral and visual presentation skills, including clear and visually appealing slides and notes that expand on points made in slides. Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.Writing is unclear as a result of poor organization, grammar, usage, or mechanics.Attempts to write coherently, but there are examples of incorrect grammar, usage, or mechanics.Writes coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.Writes coherently with organization and correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and correct citation of sources. 

Communication Plan
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https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/quality/toolbox/508pdfs/developingqiplan.pdf
The experts explain that a communication plan should describe needs and expectations. It should also be specific to need to know parties, as well as being consistent and timely. Why do you think this is this so important? What are the positive effects of the well thought out success plan and the negative?

CLASSMATE 1

Why do organizations need to develop strategic plans? (Discussion 9)

In order to understand the importance of a need of a thing, it is first important to know what that thing is. A strategic plan can be defined as an organizations game plan (David & David, 2017). When I envision a strategic plan, I think of football and basketball teams. Coaches develop different plays to utilize to assist the team in bringing home the win. So, it is with strategic planning. Strategic planning derived in the 1950’s and have emerged over the years. Strategic planning assist organizations to not only plan for now, but also optimizing opportunities for the future. It is imperative that leaders understand the significance of strategic planning.

Benjamin Franklin once stated, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail (Hall, 2019). This statement alone speaks volume as I can personally relate. No one was prepared for COVID-19. There are plans in place in the event a natural disaster occurs, an attack occurs, etc. However, when the pandemic hit, there was no plan. Although this pandemic may be one of the biggest pandemics, with more than expected or wanted fatalities. However, envision if there was a plan developed that would have decreased the number of cases as well as the number of deaths surrounding the COVID-19.

Organizations are constantly competing with one another. Therefore, it is vital for leaders to ensure that their strategic plan is effectively developed. Part of developing a strategic plan is first envisioning where the owner/leader desires for the organization to be. Based on where the organization is going, the vision, mission, assessing internal abilities and external threats and opportunities, assessing strategies, and prioritizing those strategies can assist in the formulation of a strategy, within the organization (David & David, 2017). Goals and objectives are also established within the organization. Another element essential to having an effective strategic plan is developing policies and procedures. Policies and procedures can assist organizations with maintaining order within as well as the do’s and don’ts within the organization. Some policies can include, safety, risk, trainings, health concerns, leave, etc. It is imperative to recognize that each component of the strategic plan is vital to the success of the organization. Therefore, it is vital for organizations to develop a strategic plan, to be prepared for adversity, even before it arises.

David, F. R., & David, F. R. (2017). Strategic management: A competitive advantage approach. Boston: Pearson.

Hall, S. (2019, August 01). PR Insight: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail. Retrieved October 16, 2020, from https://www.cumanagement.com/articles/2019/08/pr-insight-if-you-fail-plan-you-plan-fail

CLASSMATE 2 

        Discussion 9

Topic: Why do organizations need to develop strategic plans?

             The development of an effective strategy can assist a company in ensuring long-term profits and the maximum growth of the company. However, in order to secure this success a strategic plan must be developed and implemented. According to Bryson and Alston (2011), strategic planning is defined as a set of concepts, procedures, tools, and practices designed to help an organization’s (collaboration’s or community’s) leaders, managers, planners, staff, and other stakeholders to think, act, and learn strategically. Strategic planning assists business owners and leaders in knowing what to do to alleviate a problem and how to do it. This process is a direct guide that aids businesses in traveling from where they currently are to where they want to be. Bryson and Alston (2011) highlights six benefits of utilizing strategic planning. The first benefit is that strategic planning can be used to help organize and manage effective organizational processes. The second benefit is that strategic planning assist with improved decision making. The third benefit is that strategic planning enhances the organizations effectiveness, responsiveness, and resilience. The fourth benefit is that strategic planning enhances the legitimacy of the organization. The fifth benefit is that strategic planning enhances the effectiveness of broader societal systems. The last benefit is that strategic planning can directly benefit the people involved. These benefits demonstrate the vitality of employing strategic planning.

            In Martin Reeve’s video (2014), “Your strategy needs a strategy”, he mentions that one approach to strategy doesn’t fit all. He furthers that the approach to strategy has to match the issue. For example, I work for a very large mental health agency and this agency has been around for a very long time. As one can imagine, things in health care are constantly changing. Consequently, the company has to stay on top of those changes and the issues that arise because of those changes. The changes that occur in health care effects the business, their consumers, their employees and so on. Therefore, it’s impossible to implement only one strategy and then apply it to each issue that arises within the company. As a result, the company is constantly developing plans to assist with problems as they arise within the business.

Bryson, J.M. & Alston, F.K. (2011). Creating your strategic plan: A workbook for 

          public and nonprofit organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Reeves, M. (2014, October). Your strategy needs a strategy . Retrieved from

https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_reeves_your_strategy_needs_a_strategy#t-367254

  

Learning Theories and Technology 

Positive/Negative

Discuss a positive/negative position about each of two learning technologies in a 2-3 page paper using APA format.

Identify two learning technologies. Research them and share your findings. Discuss the pros and cons, and under what conditions you think that each technology would be most effective.

Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Please include citations to support your ideas.

Make sure you have a INTRODUCTION, BODY AND CONCLUSION!!!!!!!!!!