Excel and Data Reporting

OBJECTIVE:

The objectives of this group discussion are to help you:

* Understand and use presentation design guidelines

* Differentiate between good and poor data presentations

INTRODUCTION

* Analysis of external presentations is helpful when striving to create an engaging message to an audience. This discussion board provides the opportunity to use the design principles learned in Chapter 6 of Presentation Zen in an analysis of an external slide show.

!!!!!!!!! BELOW ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS; FOLLOW COMPLETELY AND ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS !!!!!!!

INSTRUCTIONS – Very important! Follow completely!

1) Locate a publicly available data-oriented slide presentation on the internet on a subject that interests you related to the entertainment or music industry.

* Include the html link to the presentation as a reference for the discussion board.

* Slide Presentation choice should be unique and not already chosn by fellow classmates

Some suggested resources:

http://www.slideshare.net/

http://www.slideboom.com/

http://www.slideguru.com/gallery

2) Explain why slide presentation interests you or is related to your field.

3) How does the entire presentation fulfill the seven design principles discussed in Presentation Zen?

* Address each principle separately and call out specific slides as examples of good and poor design

GRADING:

This discussion assignment will be graded using the corrosponding rubric. To earn full credit. posts must address ALL of the questions or challenges above. Discussion posts should be detailed and in-depth, demonstrating knowledge of the course materials by bringing in information from those materials that support the post’s content. Posts must be clear, organized, and include proper spelling and grammar.

REFERENCES:

Anytime an outside source is used, please include basic source information (link for website; author, title, date for non-website). However, you are not required to use APA formatting in discussion boards.