(BQ) Part 2 book “Business communication for success” has contents: Developing business presentations, nonverbal delivery, presentations to persuade, business presentations in action, intrapersonal and interpersonal business communication, negative news and crisis communication, and other contents. | Chapter 10: Developing Business Presentations It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. –Mark Twain Being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice. –Chinese Proverb Getting Started Introductory Exercises 1. Complete the following self-inventory by brainstorming as many items as you can for each category. Think about anything you know, find interesting, or are involved in which relates to the topics below. Have you traveled to a different city, state, or country? Do you have any projects in other classes you find interesting? List them in the questions below. • What do you read? • What do you play or do for fun? • What do you watch (visual media)? • Where do you live or have you lived? • What places have you visited (travel)? • Whom do you know? • What’s important to you? • If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? Choose your three favorite categories from the list above and circle them. Then ask a friend what they would be most interested in hearing about. Ask more than one friend, and keep score of which item attracts the most attention. Make sure you keep track of who likes which category. Introductory Exercises (cont.) 2. What do you know about the world? 1. What is the most populous country on the planet? 2. The United States is home to more foreign-born residents than any other country. Which country has the next-highest number of foreign-born residents (Bremner, J., et. al., 2009)? 292 Business Communication for Success 3. As of 2008, what percentage of the world’s population lived in an urban setting? 4. The world’s population was about billion in early 2009. In what year is this figure expected to double to 13 billion (Rosenberg, M., 2009)? Answers: 1. c, 2. a, 3. c, 4. c. Mark Twain makes a valid point that presentations require preparation. If you have the luxury of time to prepare, take full advantage of it. Speeches don’t always happen when or how we envision them. .
