Assignment: Policy Proposal Presentation
Assignment: Policy Proposal Presentation
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Assignment: Policy Proposal Presentation
Question Description
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GRADING RUBRIC MUST BE FOLLOWED
Continuation of Assignment 2
Prepare a presentation of the policy proposal you developed in Assessment 2 for one of the stakeholder groups identified in your proposal. Inform the group about the future of organizational policy and practices, the current performance shortfalls, and the rationale for why the new policy and practices are needed. In addition, explain how the group will benefit from this change in order to obtain their buy in and support.
Preparation
The policy proposal you developed was well received by senior leadership. As a result, they have asked you to put together a presentation for one of the stakeholder groups that you identified in your proposal.
Your deliverable for this assessment is a slide deck to support your presentation. You may use Microsoft PowerPoint or any other suitable presentation software. Please use the notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and reference your sources, as appropriate.
If you choose to use PowerPoint and need help designing your presentation, a link to Microsoft tutorials is provided in the Supplemental Resources. An additional PowerPoint guide is linked in the Resources.
The design and organization of your presentation will determine how many slides you need. However, in this instance, senior leaders have suggested that 8–12 slides is a reasonable expectation for this presentation.
Presentation Requirements
Note: The tasks outlined below correspond to grading criteria in the scoring guide.
In your presentation, in an order that makes sense for your presentation, senior leaders have asked that you:
Interpret for stakeholders the relevant benchmark metrics that illustrate the need for a change in organizational policy and practice.
Provide a brief review of the metrics you are trying to improve for this stakeholder group, based on the dashboard benchmark evaluation you completed in Assessment 1.
Be sure to interpret the dashboard metrics in a way that is understandable and meaningful to the stakeholder group to which you are presenting.
Explain your proposed change in policy and practice guidelines and how it relates to applicable local, state, or federal health care laws or policies.
What specific changes are you proposing?
Assignment: Policy Proposal Presentation
Assignment: Policy Proposal Presentation
How will these changes help drive performance improvement?
Why are policy and practice guidelines important, from an organizational standpoint?
What is the overall goal of the proposed policy or practice guidelines?
Explain how your proposed change in policy or practice guidelines will affect the tasks and responsibilities of the stakeholder group to which you are presenting.
How might your proposal change what tasks the stakeholder group performs or how they currently perform them?
How might your proposal affect the stakeholder group’s workload?
How might your proposal alter the responsibilities of the stakeholder group?
How might your proposal improve working conditions for the stakeholder group?
Explain how your proposed change in policy or practice guidelines will improve the quality of work and outcomes for the stakeholder group to which you are presenting.
How will your proposed changes improve the group’s quality of work?
How will your proposed change improve outcomes for the group?
How will these improvements enable the stakeholder group to be more successful?
Explain your strategies for collaborating with the stakeholder group to implement your proposed change in policy or practice guidelines.
What role will the stakeholder group play in implementing your proposal?
How could the stakeholder group collaborate with you and others during the implementation of your proposal?
Why is the stakeholder group’s collaboration important to successful implementation of your proposal?
Design your presentation to be persuasive and effective in communicating with the stakeholder group.
Is your presentation logically organized, clear, and professional?
Presentation Design
Being able to effectively address any audience is a necessary leadership skill. Remember that you are the speaker, not a projectionist. Your purpose is not to present a slide show. Your audience is there to listen to what you have to say, not read your slides—or worse, listen to you read them. Design your presentation slides to compliment and reinforce your message and engage your listeners.
The following tips will help you create presentation slides that work to your advantage:
Focus on the content of your presentation and the development of your main points. Remember that your purpose is to deliver a message on ethics that is clear, well organized, and engaging.
Consider your intended audience and how best to communicate effectively with them.
Create slides that support your presentation. They should not be your presentation.
Use a professional presentation template, or one used in your organization.
Ensure that your slide background provides sufficient visual contrast for your text and graphics.
Avoid filling your slides with text. Use speaker notes to record the details you want to communicate to your audience.
Be judicious in your use of bulleted lists. Consider a separate slide for each point.
Use images and graphics, when appropriate, to illustrate information and make your points. Presentation slides are a visual medium. Images are more effective than text at capturing viewers’ attention.
Avoid using images that are simply decorative. They can be a visual distraction and do not contribute to your message.
Avoid using flashy slide transitions and animations. They can be both distracting and annoying. Keep your slide transitions consistent throughout the presentation.
Add a slide to the end of your presentation to prompt questions from the audience.
Questions to Consider
How would you ensure that a policy proposal you are presenting to stakeholders is effective for obtaining their support?
What strategic planning model would you adopt for setting compliance, quality improvement, and implementation goals for your proposed policy?
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Communicating and Collaborating With Stakeholders
This media simulation provides information on the preparation and communication steps that should be completed prior to delivering a presentation to a group of stakeholders. It also provides an opportunity to reflect on stakeholders’ wants and needs, as well as how to craft a message that will resonate with specific stakeholders.
Building Buy-In and Communicating with Stakeholders | Transcript.
This article explores Health in All Policies (HiAP) as a framework for stakeholder collaboration in the public health sector to help leaders incorporate the principles of health, well-being, and equity into policy development and implementation.
Pepin, D., Winig, B. D., Carr, D., & Jacobson, P. D. (2017). Collaborating for health: Health in all policies and the law. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45(S1), 60–64.
This study showed that there are different degrees of stakeholder acceptability between policy interventions and future funding options as well as perceptions of their feasibility.
Tordrup, D., Angelis, A., & Kanavos, P. (2013). Preferences on policy options for ensuring the financial sustainability of health care services in the future: Results of a stakeholder survey. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 11(6), 639–652.
This study advocates for the use of research implementation strategies for promoting evidence-informed policy and management decisions in health care.
Sarkies, M. N., Bowles, K.-A., Skinner, E. H., Haas, R., Lane, H., & Haines, T. P. (2017). The effectiveness of research implementation strategies for promoting evidence-informed policy and management decisions in healthcare: A systematic review. Implementation Science, 12(132), 1–20.
Leading Policy Creation and Transformation
These resources explore leadership models in health care settings:
Trastek, V. F., Hamilton, N. W., & Niles, E. E. (2014). Leadership models in health care—A case for servant leadership. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 89(3), 374–381.
Vestal, K. (2014). Change fatigue: A constant leadership challenge. Nurse Leader, 11(5), 10–11.
National Center for Healthcare Leadership. (2016). NCHL health leadership competency model. Retrieved from http://nchl.org/static.asp?path=2852%2C3238
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Assignment: Policy Proposal Presentation
Assignment: Policy Proposal Presentation
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.