KILL APPLICATION PRESENTATION (Presentation 2)
DETAILED ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Assignment Description and Requirements:
You will design and deliver a LIVE 3-4 minute presentation describing the most useful interpersonal communication skill or concept you’ve learned in this class and explaining how you have used it. This is a “capstone” presentation, meant to summarize the most important thing you have learned and how your communication has changed from taking this course.

This is NOT the same as the research presentation since the presentation is not based on a research article. However, you still need an outside source as a form of support. Please include at least one outside source cited in APA format, cited in your outline and cited verbally according to the guidelines for written and oral APA citation. You may use more than one source, but at least one source must be a research article from a peer-reviewed journal. Please see the detailed grading rubric on the next pages and adhere to the assignment expectations to achieve the grade you desire.

Make sure to follow all of the presentational speaking guidelines detailed in our course readings to demonstrate your application of what you’ve learned about how to design and deliver professional presentations on social science topics.

Each student receives a grade on his or her presentation, and a grade for completing each of the two required peer evaluations. Please see the due date/time listed in this syllabus. No late assignments are accepted under any condition other than a medical emergency verified by a hard copy of a doctor’s letter and phone call.

Assignment Objectives:
This assignment is intended to:
Help you determine what you’ve taken away from this course and how you will use it,
help you learn to organize ideas and articulate information in a coherent and succinct way, and
develop your delivery skills for professional/academic presentations.

Steps to Successfully Complete This Assignment:
1. Select a specific concept or topic from the course that has changed the way you communicate or think.
2. Design your presentation according to the presentation outline on the following page. Please read the outline before proceeding with these instructions.
3. Using the SBCC library database, find at least one outside source that will help you define and elaborate on the topic.
4. Apply all of the skills you’ve learned in Appendix B for excellent presentation delivery!
5. Record and upload to YouTube a practice presentation. Please pay special attention to the following guidelines when completing your recorded practice presentation:
· Use the video recording software on your computer, or simply use your phone or tablet. If you have an iPhone, you should try using the app "Capture" by YouTube. It records videos in HD, it also lets you edit and upload directly into your YouTube account all from your phone.
This presentation doe NOT require visual aids. Please focus on your delivery skills instead of getting distracted with visual aids/technology.
Situate yourself indoors, in front of a plain background/wall. Avoid speaking in an area where there is clutter or personal items behind you.
Make sure the camera is at so you are speaking directly to your audience, not looking down or up at them.
Stand while speaking, and make sure the upper half of your body is visible. Do not sit in front of the camera, as this will appear like a Skype call, not a presentation.
Use speaking notes, but do NOT read from a pre-planned script. See the “extemporaneous speaking style” in Appendix B.
6. Post your presentation outline (bullet-pointed outline, not an essay or script) and the link to your practice presentation in the designated forum where other students will reply with a peer evaluation of the speech using the presentational speaking grading rubric.
7. Read your peer’s comments and improve your speech accordingly.
**ONLINE STUDENTS: After viewing your peer’s feedback, post your final OUTLINE in the designated forum before delivering your presentation live online. You will not receive credit if your outline is not posted BEFORE you speak since I use it to grade you while you speak.
8. **FACE TO FACE AND HYBRID STUDENTS: After viewing your peer’s feedback, post your final OUTLINE in the designated forum before coming to class to deliver your presentation in person. You will not receive credit if your outline is not posted BEFORE you speak since I use it to grade you while you speak.
FINAL PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Complete this outline and post it TWICE– one rough draft for your practice presentation submission, and one final draft after revisions. Keep the formatting and write key words for each point. *****DO NOT write out your script. Do not write an essay. There are no complete sentences or paragraphs in an outline, just key words.

Presenter: _____________________________________
YouTube link: _________________________________
Research Article: (cited in complete APA format): _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I. INTRODUCTION
A. Attention getter: Ask the audience a rhetorical question, give a statistic, or share a relevant fact (cite source of any info given)
B. State your name(s) and briefly introduce the topic
C. Thesis statement: State your "big idea"
D. Preview: Tell us the three things you’ll cover in this presentation
II. MAIN POINT 1:
A. Briefly explain concept or topic
B. Elaborate using outside source (don’t forget to cite)
III. MAIN POINT 2:
A. Explain how you communicated or thought before learning about this concept.
B. Support: Give a clear and specific example
IV. MAIN POINT 3:
A. Explain how your communication has changed from learning this concept.
B. Support: Give a clear and specific example
V. CONCLUSION
A. Rephrased thesis and briefly listed the main points you covered (no details, just one sentence):
B. Ended with a planned, conclusive and confident statement.