English 360: Technical & Professional Writing
Dr. Russel Hirst
Oral Presentation

Deliver to the class a 15-20 minute oral presentation based on your research project or on any topic appropriate to business, industry, government, or a profession.  Be prepared to field questions from your audience for 3-5 minutes of this time.  Prepare a PAW (Presentation Analysis Worksheet) for distribution to the entire class; we will read it before you begin.  Provide a thorough analysis of your audience in your PAW just as you would in a DAW.  Don’t simply tell us that we are a 360 class and leave it at that; I would consider this a serious flaw in your PAW.  You may want to interview some of your classmates to get a sense of the makeup of the class before putting your presentation together.

Most people will choose to speak on a topic related to their reports (final papers in progress), or even to offer a streamlined presentation that covers their entire report.

Your presentation will be evaluated in two major categories, as shown below on the Critique Sheet for Oral Presentations:

1.  Effectiveness of Content, Organization, Visuals, & Style for Purpose & Audience.

2.  Effectiveness of Delivery.

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Critique Sheet for Oral Presentations

Name of Speaker: ___________________________                                    Date: _____________

Effectiveness of Content, Organization, Visuals, & Style for Purpose and Audience.

•  Purpose and audience are clearly and fully defined.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Content is well suited to accomplish purpose towards audience.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Organization is well suited to accomplish purpose towards audience.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Style is well suited to accomplish purpose towards audience.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Presentation incorporates effective visuals.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Presentation incorporates effective transitions.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

Effectiveness of Delivery

•  Speaker’s voice is clear, confident, rhetorically effective.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Speaker avoids filler words (uh, um, ya know, like), excessive use of “and.”

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Speaker maintains eye contact with entire audience.

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Fair            Good            Excellent

•  Speaker’s body language is rhetorically effective.

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Fair            Good            Excellent