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    MIT Sloan, 15.

    281, Spring 2016, Section A Advanced Leadership Communication

    Motivational Speech and Self-Assessment


    15% of course grade/Due in class or lab as scheduled
    Prepare, rehearse, and deliver a 5-minute motivational or visioning speech to a business or nonprofit audience and then
    assess your presentation in writing. Consider the language appropriate to motivating your audience based on the
    course readings and TEDTalks. In this speech you will try to lead and inspire change, appealing to your audience’s
    emotions as well as to logic and facts, so you will want to choose a topic you care about. Visual aids are optional.
    Example topics include:

     Motivate employees to achieve a real stretch goal, or to meet an extremely challenging deadline to achieve
    something for the organization.
     Pitch a social enterprise idea to a specific audience.
     Inspire a group to become involved in a community service activity, a non-profit organization, a movement, etc.

    At the time of your presentation, hand in a typed Presentation Planner . Before your presentation, you will have one
    minute to share your context and audience with us.

    Your Presentation will be graded on the following dimensions:

    1. Strategy/argument: Did you construct a sound and inspiring argument to motivate your audience? Did you
    articulate an overarching goal? Did you communicate high expectations and show confidence in others? Would
    you have been motivated by your presentation?
    2. Structure: Was the presentation structured in such a way that it met the audience’s information needs and was
    easy to follow?
    3. Language: Did you use language that created a concrete, sensory vision of what the future could be? Did you
    use effective stories, metaphors, and analogies?
    4. Delivery: Did your delivery reinforce the message in the talk? Did you look and sound credible, confident, and
    passionate about the cause you were advocating?
    5. Visual aids: If you used them, how well did your visual aids contribute to your message? How well did you
    interact with your visual aids?

    Your Written Self-Assessment, due to faculty and TA 72 hours after the presentation.

    After you present, you will review your video as many times as it takes to assess the effectiveness of your 1)
    strategy/argument, 2) structure, 3) language, 4) delivery (verbal and nonverbal), and visual aids (if used). Write your
    professor and TA an email that synthesizes these observations into three areas of strength and three areas of
    development to focus on in your next presentation.

    Grading Key for 15.281. Note: You will receive one grade for the Presentation & Self-assessment.

    Assignment fails to Assignment below Further Assignment Highly effective Assignment


    demonstrate key standard in development demonstrates completion of illustrates complete
    concepts – review of demonstrating key needed in mastery of key skill assignment = mastery of
    concepts is concepts. areas noted = areas. Further 9.5 materials, skills or
    recommended =7.5 Improvement 8.5 development in the concepts = 10
    or below required in areas areas noted would
    noted = 8.0 add to effectiveness
    = 9.0
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    15.281 Advanced Communication for Leaders


    Spring 2016

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