Goal & Organizational Pattern
Identify a TED Talk that uses a persuasive presentation. As you watch, try to identify the speaker’s goal and organizational pattern.
Based on the descriptions in Chapter 12 of various types of persuasive presentations:
- Would you consider the presentation successful?
- Which of the speaker’s strategies did you find effective?
- Which strategies did you find ineffective?
- Did the presentation illustrate ethical persuasion?
- How did the speaker establish credibility?
- Explain your answers and provide examples.
**Read: Adler, R., Maresh-Fuehrer, M., Elmhorst, J.M., & Lucas, K. (2023). Communicating at work (13th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
- Chapter 1: Communicating at Work
- Chapter 9: Type of Business Presentations and Their Audiences
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Submission Instructions:
- Your initial post should be at least 200 words; formatted and cited accurately in the current APA style with support from your textbook and at least 1 other academic source. Remember to include the TED Talk in your references.
- You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts.
- All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.