HAB 2033:Professional Communication Skills

PERSUASIVE ORAL PRESENTATION – OUTLINE TASK SHEET (10%)

STUDENT COPY

Title of Presentation
1. Justify your topic by describing the problem that you have identified.

Audience
1. How did you determine the knowledge level/stand/viewpoint of your audience?
2. How did this information influence your presentation?
3. How do you plan to gain the audience’s attention?
4. In relation to your topic, what are some ethical issues that you took into
consideration? Explain.

Presentation
1. Introduction
• What is your thesis statement?
• What is the purpose and importance of choosing this topic?
• How is the topic relevant to the audience?
• List the main points that will support your thesis statement.
• How are you establishing credibility?

2. Body
• Which organizational pattern are you using? Justify your choice.
• List the supporting ideas for each main point.
• How do you ensure that there is coherent transition from one main point
to the next main point?
• Describe how you are going to summarize after each main point.

3. Conclusion
• How do you plan to effectively conclude your persuasive presentation?
• Appeal to senses: statement, phrase,
• Describe how you are going to summarize the entire presentation.
• Describe how you are going to reiterate the purpose and importance of
the whole presentation to relate to your audience.

Question and Answer Session

1. List some of the questions that you anticipate from the audience.

Practice Session
1. How did you practice your speech?
• for example: where, when, with whom, how many times?
2. Which area of your speech needed improvement?
EVALUATION SCALES

Excellent 9 to 10 + exceeds expectations

Good 7 to 8 + meets expectations
Average 5 to 6  needs minor improvements
Modest 2to 4 - needs major improvements
Poor 0 to 1 - needs to be rewritten

© Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

HAB 2033:Professional Communication Skills

• for example: content, delivery

3. Did you stay within the time limit?

EVALUATION SCALES

Excellent 9 to 10 + exceeds expectations

Good 7 to 8 + meets expectations
Average 5 to 6  needs minor improvements
Modest 2to 4 - needs major improvements
Poor 0 to 1 - needs to be rewritten

© Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS