1. Senior Project Presentation Requirements
Applied Communications IV
4-6 minutes

2. Time
Point deductions (<4 min)
Cue Card (5 min mark)

3. DO NOT: Read your paper or your PowerPoint slides.
Copy and paste your paper into a PowerPoint presentation.
PROCRASTINATE!

4. Credibility Cite sources within your presentation.
Provide credentials for people and visual aids.
Keep statistics simple.

5. PowerPoint Rules Minimal text on slides (treat it as an outline)
Large, bold print that is easy to read
Minimal text on slides (treat it as an outline)
Appropriate (professional) transitions and effects
Correct grammar and mechanics

6. Preparation Printed slides due on the day of the presentation Attire
Presentation skills

7. Sample Outline for Slides
Slide 1: Topic, Name, Class Period
Slide 2: Thesis (explain why you chose that topic and position)
Slides 3-10: Topic sentences and supporting points (source info and credibility)
Concluding Slide: Restate thesis and summarize main points

8. View the following slides to determine what errors were made.
What’s Wrong???
View the following slides to determine what errors were made.

9. Thesis Statement
Advance Directives (living wills) are a false sense of comfort for patients and their families.

10. Statistics Studies show that doctors often ignore living wills
1/5 of patients didn’t tell their physicians that they had created a living will
The living will has frequently failed to improve patients preferences for end-of-life issues (Blake Sypher)

11. Conclusion
It is virtually impossible that one can put his/her trust in an advanced directive and rest easily