SAGE Journal Articles

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Journal Article 1: Cyphert, D. (2004). The problem of PowerPoint: Visual aid or visual rhetoric? Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 67, 80-84.

Abstract: This article presents an assignment for students that challenges their choices in using PowerPoint as a visual rhetoric.

Journal Article 2: Calabrese, R. (1989). Designing and delivering presentations and workshops. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 52, 26-33.

Abstract: This article lays out how to plan and deliver presentations and workshops.

Journal Article 3: Sydow Campbell, K., Mothersbaugh, D. L., Brammer, C., & Taylor, T. (2001). Peer versus self-assessment of oral business presentation performance. Business and professional Communication Quarterly, 64, 23-40.

Abstract: Pedagogical practice related to oral business presentations has received little research attention despite the pervasiveness of oral presentations in business class rooms and their perceived importance to workplace success. This study collected data on three groups (self, peers, and instructor) to address four research questions related to (a) the usefulness of self and peer ratings as substitutes for instructor evaluation of oral business presentations and (b) the relationship between various content and non-content factors on overall perceptions of presentation quality. Data from this study suggest that (1) both holistic and analytical peer assessments are reasonable substitutes for instructor assessment when raters are trained; (2) self assessment does not closely reflect either peer or instructor assessments; and (3) peer assessment of delivery characteristics, command of material, and content strongly predict peer ratings of overall presentation quality.