ENG 315 Week 5 Final Paper (NEW)

In Week One, you identified the audience for your business report. Now that you have completed the draft of your

report, it is time to present your business report to that audience. As you create your presentation, make sure to assess who your audience is and make sure that the presentation is appropriate for that audience. The final business report and associated presentation will be assessed as the Final Project.

You will submit a presentation, supporting the main purpose of your business report, which includes informational slides and a voiceover. Your presentation must be between 10 to 12 minutes in length. While there is no requirement for the number of slides you must use in your presentation, it is recommended that you use at least five slides and no more than ten slides. You must include at least two pertinent graphs, charts, tables, and/or images from your report to help illustrate and summarize the information that you are presenting. Remember, if you did not create an image, you must properly cite and caption it using APA formatting. The slides should serve as talking points and illustrations to support your expanded oral presentation. Consult pages 478-479 of the textbook for guidelines on creating an engaging presentation, consult pages 483-488 (fig. 17.5) for guidelines on designing slides around images, and consult page 491 for a summary of the fundamentals of slide design. You may also find it useful to watch the Presentation Zen: An Overview video by designer Matt Helmke.

After you have finished your presentation, you will upload it to YouTube. For step-by-step instructions on how to upload videos to YouTube, please view this “Youtube Webcam Quick-Start Guide.” After you have uploaded the video, you will share the link to the video with your class in the discussion forum.

Your Final Project has three components:

1. A six- to eight-page business report (not including title page and references page) specific to your field of
   interest (see list of possible topics available in the online classroom and Chapters 13-15). Your business report should contain a minimum of three relevant visuals (see Chapter 17). Submit your business report as a Word or PDF file by midnight of Day 7.
2. A presentation (using PowerPoint, Prezi, or another program) of five to ten slides that gives an overview of your business report.

a. The presentation should be an encapsulation of the main ideas of your business report. It may be helpful to think of this as the summary of the report.

3. An 8- to 10-minute video of you delivering your presentation (for tips, see Chapter 16). 

a. Your video should appear as a link in your LinkedIn profile by midnight of Day 7. Please be sure the link works with more than one browser.