Prior to beginning work on this assignment, complete Levels 3 and 4 of the EI Games Presentation Skills course and watch the following videos: How to Make a Good Powerpoint Presentation (Tips)Links to an external site., Dealing with ObjectionsLinks to an external site., and How to Do a Good Presentation – 5 Steps to a Killer OpenerLinks to an external site..

Level 3: Preparing for the Presentation presents information about developing the presentation. The preparatory actions include the following:

• creating an argument,
• appropriate casting,
• creating a team,
• the importance of rehearsal,
• opening the presentation,
• visual aids, and
• fielding the team.

Level 4: Closing to Win focuses on delivering the presentation. Critical areas associated with delivering the presentation include the following:

• managing the presentation flow,
• delivering a compelling close,
• coping with objections,
• taking appropriate post-presentation actions, and
• negotiating effectively.

While reflecting on the material offered in the EI Games: Presentation Skills Course and developing your paper, consider prior learning and prior work experience, in addition to the material presented. Disagreeing with the principles presented in Levels 3 and 4 is appropriate. However, do not reject the offered principles out of hand. Support acceptance or rejection of the offered principles with critical thinking and sound reasoning.

After completing Levels 3 and 4 activities, reflect on the situation presented in which a member of the presentation team had an emergency on the day of the presentation. The emergency was such that the team member was unable to deliver their part of the presentation. The solution proposed in the EI Games advised the team to explain the situation to the potential client and ask for a rescheduled presentation date.

Problem Contingency Plan

• This is a paper about a presentation and not a presentation.  Please submit as a Word document.
• Create a summarized problem contingency plan for the following issues:
  • Audience members appear bored and uninterested in the presentation.
  • Audience members frequently interrupt the presentation with objections.
  • Audience members allude to the inconvenience they experienced because of the rescheduled presentation.
  • Audience members ask probing questions the presentation team is unprepared to answer.

Limit contingency summaries to no more than two paragraphs per contingency and one paragraph per identified concern.

In your paper,

• Appraise the value or lack of value associated with asking for a presentation to be rescheduled because of an emergency.
• Frame your response with likely client reactions to the reschedule request.
• Determine three areas of concern the potential client might have based on the reschedule request.

The EI Games Presentation Skills Course: Coping with Emergencies paper

• must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following:
  
  • title of paper in bold font
    
    • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • student’s name
  • name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
  • course name and number
  • instructor’s name
  • date submitted
• must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
• must use at least two credible and/or scholarly sources in addition to the material presented in EI Games: Presentation Skills Course. 
  
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.