Exercise 10:
Agricultural Presentations
Agricultural Presentations
This Exercise will serve to build communication and professional presentation skills related to the world of work. In completing this Exercise students should continue to draw upon "real-world" applications and are encouraged to integrate work-related activities into the application.
The presentation should be developed using Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows 95 or 97. The presentation should be an Agricultural Sales presentation for a particular commodity/good/product/service. Examples could include a presentation to sell: cattle trailors, feed, chemicals, extension programs, farmland, farm machinery, etc.
The sales presentation should follow the outline below:
Introduction Page - Personalized with picture
of product/service
Operation Analysis - tell key numbers and data
of customers operation or business
Present Program - present the program/service
or product your are selling
Performance - tell the performance of your product
or service
Problems/Challenges - state the problems or challenges
a customer might entail if they used your product/service
Show Efficiency it will give them, how it will
bring about better yields, how it will make life easier, or how it will
save them
money
Show Comparison Data to other products/services
on the market
Show Expected Results
Tell your committment to service the product
Pricing & Terms of sale -- and discounts
for volume sales
Summarize the benefits
Show spreadsheet cost
The following minimum guidelines should be met:
1. A minimum of 20 slides
with customized background from the web (Includes an introductory slide
and ending slide)
2. Animated or moving
text or pictures
3. Two graphs or charts
(two different types) showing real data within the presentation
4. Two ag pictures drawn
from the internet or another source other than powerpoint showing actual
product
5. A consistent theme
throughout the presentation
6. Hyperlinks to a simulated
or actual budget of the product or service in Microsoft Excel
(make sure Excel spreadsheet is on disk as well)
7. Hyperlinks to two
internet ag web sites that go along with your product or service
8. Logos and custom
graphics on each page applicable
Upon completion the final copy should saved on disk (zip disks are fine) and brought to the mid term exam to turn in.
Click here to Download
an Example of PowerPoint Presentation
(this
not an ag sales presentation, but a good presentation)
Save to your Electronic Notebook Disk and Label the Presentation - Ex10pp (last name)
Grading: See syllabus page
Due Date: At Mid Term Exam Time