Discussion Prompt:
Last week, you analyzed your audience and purpose and found research to prepare your presentation for next week’s communications conference. You must post that presentation by Thursday midnight of Week 8. Again, look ahead to the instructions for the !
This week, participate in ONE of the following threads in preparation for the conference next week. Follow these .
Thread 1: Social Media
As a presenter next week, you have been asked to help promote the conference on social media [content page]. Before Thursday midnight, post an initial message that does both of the following:
- Provide a social media message appropriate for Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, or another social media platform. The message should encourage participation in next week’s communications conference, specifically your presentation at that conference. Be creative!
- Discuss the strategies you used in your social media message by answering the following questions:
- Which social media platform would your posting be most appropriate for (Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)? Why did you choose that platform for advertising the conference?
- What 23 specific strategies discussed in the Week 7 lesson did you use in your posting and why?
- How has a real business used these strategies in one of its social media messages? Share the social media message and discuss how it used those same 23 strategies.
Thread 2: Podcasts
As a presenter next week, you have been asked to help promote the conference through the podcast series on your company’s website. Before Thursday midnight, post a 2- to 6-minute about the topic of your Week 8 presentation.
To be courteous to all, including those who may be unable to hear the podcast, the recording must use captions OR a text transcript must be included. (The average speaking time is 100150 words per minute, so the transcript of a 2- to 6-minute podcast would be 200900 words.) For a concise and clear recording, preparing a transcript in advance helps!
Use this podcast as a “rough draft” or overview of the presentation you will create for next week, since that presentation also requires audio.
Thread 3: Blogs
Review the blogs specific to and . Before Thursday midnight, write a posting about the topic of your Week 8 presentation. This posting should be appropriate for publication on APU Edge. (Here is an example: .)
Use this blog as a “rough draft” or overview of the presentation you will create for next week. You can even submit your blog for publication to APU Edge, which would be something to add to your rsum!
Thread 4: Visual Aids
The Week 8 presentation requires an original created by you. This visual might be a pie chart, bar chart, line chart, infographic, flowchart, annotated model document, or something else. Before Thursday midnight, post an initial message that does both of the following:
- Provide the visual that you created. (Feel free to try out , which can assist you in generating a visual from text.)
- Discuss the development of your visual by answering the following questions:
- What source(s), if any, did you use to collect the information to be presented in the visual? Why is this information necessary to support the ideas of your presentation? (Cite the visual as explained in in the Week 7 lesson.)
- Why does the information need to be presented in a visual form? (For instance, why not just present the idea in text?)
- Why is the type of visual you used appropriate for the content? (For instance, why did you choose a bar chart and not a line chart?)
- What strategies did you use in your visual? (For instance, how did you employ ?)
Peer Reply Guidance:
Before Sunday midnight, respond to at least two other classmates in any of the threads by addressing two or more of the following questions relevant to each thread.
Thread 1: Social Media
Do you agree or disagree that the platform used is best for the purpose and audience of the message? What additional social media strategies might accomplish the same purpose for the audience? What additional examples from the real world demonstrate the social media strategies used? What are the pros/cons of social media advertising for professional purposes, such as this communications conference?
Thread 2: Podcasts
Which section(s) of the podcast stood out to you the most and why? Which ideas from the podcast should be removed or expanded upon for the Week 8 presentation? Which additional ideas relevant to the podcast topic should be addressed in the Week 8 presentation?
Thread 3: Blogs
Do you think the blog should be submitted for publication? What additions or revisions, if any, would you suggest before submitting for publication? Which ideas from the blog should be removed or expanded upon for the Week 8 presentation? What additional ideas relevant to the blog topic should be addressed in the Week 8 presentation?
Thread 4: Visual Aids
Is the visual really necessary, or would the content be better presented textually and why? Is the type of visual used appropriate for the content, or would a different type of visual be better and why? If research is used, is the visual properly cited in APA style? What design changes, if any, would you suggest?
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