Oral Presentation

Assignment Prompt

You have just been told that two-thirds of your program’s budget will be cut. At a future meeting, you will be given 2-5 minutes to advocate for your program. Your goal is to convince the board (the class) to not cut your budget. *This oral presentation was based off of a larger more in-depth paper.

• Introduction/state scenario

• General description of facility or program/service

• Mission/Vision of the organization/facility

• Identify types of stakeholders (clients, benefactors, staff, vendors, community members) who directly and indirectly benefit from the program, service or facility

• Identify the problems with cutting two-thirds of the budget

• What is your tactic to persuade the decision-makers of your organization to keep facilities, programs & services open?

  • Describe two to three outcomes

• Conclusion (Use persuasive argument to not cut anything at all)

The attached document includes the notes, from my larger paper, I used to give my presentation to the hypothetical board. This was an oral presentation. My notes were not submitted for a grade.