Assessment: Professional Skills in Business and Finance Presentation

This assignment solution focuses on professional presentation skills within the context of business and finance. It addresses key aspects such as verbal communication, leadership, and persuasion, highlighting the skills needed for effective presentations. The solution details the information clients seek during investment pitches, emphasizing the importance of storytelling, proof, and innovation. It outlines key points for delivering group presentations, including content awareness, professional attire, division of responsibilities, and physical aspects like calmness and gestures. A critical appraisal of the student's presentation skills is provided, along with a development action plan addressing areas for improvement like leadership, motivation, and communication. The action plan includes specific goals, activities, and timeframes for skill enhancement. Finally, the solution suggests attending presentations and practicing to improve presentation skills, including videotaping oneself to identify areas for improvement. The document also provides a list of references used in the assignment.

Professional Skills for Business
and Finance

Contents
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Q1 Particular skills required while delivering a professional presentation.................................1
Q2 Information client would like to hear while pitching for an investment...............................1
Q3 Key point in delivering a group presentation.........................................................................1
Q4 Critical appraisal and development of an action plan............................................................1
Q4(a) listing two points which can be helpful in improving presentation skills.........................2
References....................................................................................................................................3

Q1 Particular skills required while delivering a professional presentation.
It is very important to deliver information properly and effectively while delivering a
presentation. To deliver a presentation appropriately, there will be a requirements of skills such
as verbal communication, leadership, persuading, adaptability and networking. The presence of
such skills assure that an individual is able to communicate the message across the audience and
people are ready to do as the person says (Van Emden and Becker, 2016).
Q2 Information client would like to hear while pitching for an investment.
The prospects like to hear that their intentions or objectives of either profit making or
social welfare is being fulfilled by this venture. Supporting presentations with powerful stories
supported by proofs, testimonials and market research will be helpful in turning prospects into
investors (Mitrovic and Mathews, 2017). The venture of undertaking by the business should be
able to solve existing problems in the market and is innovative.
Q3 Key point in delivering a group presentation.
Below mentioned are some of key points which are to be kept in mind while delivering a
group presentation.
1. It is essential that all the members are aware of the content of presentation and carries
appropriate information about the audience (Dolan, 2017). All the members must
consider wearing a professional attire at the time of delivering a presentation.
2. There should be a proper division of the presentation and each member must be aware of
their section in the presentation.
3. Every member must take responsibility of their section and must carry out research to be
aware of the all the related aspects.
4. Physical aspects such as calmness, hand gestures and appropriate facial expression will
make the presentation more appealing to audience.
Q4 Critical appraisal and development of an action plan.
I have decent communication skills which are helpful to me in communicating effectively.
Although there is a scope to improve more on such aspects. There is a lack of experience as I
have not given much presentations therefore there is a certain degree of nervousness and I tend to
break my sentences which seems poor. I have not been able to motivate people as I tend to
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possess insufficient leadership and motivational skills. I have good research and time
management skills which help in preparing a good presentation.
Action Plan for Development of Presentation skills
Skills Goals Activities to be
undertaken
Time frame
Leadership Skill To be able to lead in
front of audience
Through resolution of
conflicts, being a
listener, inspiring
others and reading
good books.
9 Months
Motivational skill Persuade them into
agreeing with me on
the given aspects
Recognising good
work, taking frequent
breaks, positivity and
taking feedbacks.
6 Months
Communication skill To be able to present
effectively in front of
audience
Watching
presentation, debates
and reading books
relevant to the topic.
6 Months
Q4(a) listing two points which can be helpful in improving presentation skills.
Below mentioned are the approaches through which professional skills could be improved.
1. I can attend more presentation which provides me with an opportunity to note down
positive aspects of the presenters. This also provides as an opportunity to grasp more
information about the audience and can be helpful in improving the presentation.
2. The second crucial aspect which I can apply is practice more as through rehearsing I will
be able to find more errors in my work and simultaneously improve the same.
Videotaping self and learning to be remain calm during presentation can help being more
professionally sound (Tsang, 2018).
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References
Van Emden, J. and Becker, L., 2016. Presentation skills for students. Macmillan International
Higher Education.
Dolan, R., 2017. Effective presentation skills. FEMS microbiology letters, 364(24), p.fnx235.
Tsang, A., 2018. Positive effects of a programme on oral presentation skills: high-and low-
proficient learners’ self-evaluations and perspectives. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher
Education, 43(5), pp.760-771.
Mitrovic, A. and Mathews, M., 2017. Using active video watching to teach presentation
skills. Christchurch: Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence.
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