Week One

The coursework establishes the foundation for effective business presentations based on emotional intelligence principles aiding the effort to connect with an audience. As suggested in the material, emotions influence decision making. As such, I would say that a strong connection with the target audience is very important. Activities introduce the following concepts:

The emotional motivation

Building your team

Choosing the emotional motivator

Relationship building

Reading the room

Emotive interviewing

Clues in surroundings

While reflecting on the material offered in the Presentation Skills Course and developing your paper, consider prior learning and prior work experience, in addition to the material presented. Disagreeing with the principles presented in this appropriate. However, do not reject the offered principles out of hand. Support acceptance or rejection of the offered principles with critical thinking and sound reasoning. To complete this assignment, you will need to select one of the approaches offered in one of the above videos to refer to in the below bullet points. 

In your paper,

Compare and contrast the selected approach with the approach selected (The methodology I chose to contrast with the enthusiastic inspiration approach is Emotional Connection examined by Cathey Armillas, TEDx mentor) 

Presentation Skills Course.

Summarize a minimum of four significant differences between the selected approach and the approach selected (the enthusiastic inspiration approach is Emotional Connection examined by Cathey Armillas, TEDx mentorPresentation).

Explain which of the approaches would work best in your workplace environment, based upon the results of your comparison exercise and your knowledge of your operating environment.

Connecting With Your Audience paper

Must be four pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.

Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must use at least two scholarly sources 

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style