Which of the following phrases is an example of effective ...

[notis]

Which of the following phrases is an example of effective feedback?
 A) When your slides were two hours late, I was concerned that we might not make our team deadline.
  B) No offense, but let's face it: you've been unprofessional.
  C) As a result of your late work, a lot of people in this company don't want to work with you anymore.
  D) You are always a step behind everyone else.
  E) I had to ask myself: what were you thinking?

Question 2

Several organizational strategies exist for developing effective presentations, depending on your purpose and the nature of your content. List and explain five of these strategies and give an original example of when you might use each.

[shewald78]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

Chronology: Describes the history of a problem or event from the beginning to the present.

Example: A presentation that describes what has led to the decision to acquire another company



Geography/Space: Presents information organized by geographic region or area or by space or location.

Example: A presentation about the 2015 sales and net profit revenues for each region of an organization



Topic/Function/Conventional Grouping: Presents information organized by specific topics or groups.

Example: A presentation about wireless services offered by a telecommunications company



Comparison/Contrast (Pro/Con): Presents information by comparing one item to others or by showing the pros and cons of an item.

Example: A presentation that shows the pros and cons of allowing employees to telecommute



Journalistic Pattern (the five Ws and an H): Answers the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how.

Example: A presentation about an incident of embezzlement within the company



Value/Size: Presents information organized by value or size in increasing or decreasing order.

Example: A presentation about commercial rental costs in the United States, organized from lowest to highest price by city



Importance: Presents information that is organized from the most important reason to the least important, or vice versa.

Example: A presentation about the reasons for decreases in productivity, starting with the most important reason



Problem/Solution: Presents the problem first, followed by a solution.

Example: A presentation about a problem with a network slowdown, followed by a solution for dealing with it



Simple/Complex: Presents information that begins with the simplest concept, leading up to the most complex concept.

Example: A presentation about operating a software package that begins with how to start the software and perform basic operations, leading to how to perform more complex operations



Best Case/Worst Case: Presents a scenario, describing the best possible results and the worst possible results.

Example: A presentation analyzing whether a company should sell its product exclusively online, organized by the best-case result opposed to the worst-case result

[notis]

Great answer, keep it coming

[ryansturges]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it