Benchmark: Presentation – Communicating and Sustaining Change

Prepare a 12-15 slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines your proposal to the stakeholders who would approve or deny your plan. Include the following:

1. Present the prevailing pressure that threatens organizational success.
2. Summarize your strategies for successfully implementing the change plan in order to address the internal or external pressure.
3. Propose strategies for effectively communicating to internal and external stakeholders. Identify what information needs to be disseminated and to which stakeholders. Discuss the communication skills and language necessary to be effective with both internal and external stakeholders. Describe the communication process and the strategies used to disseminate information throughout the implementation process.
4. Present a strategic plan for sustaining the change after the plan has been implemented.
5. Predict potential obstacles or unintended consequences and recommend strategies to overcome or respond to them.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.