This document outlines the requirements for a networking interview PowerPoint presentation assignment with two parts. For part one, students will choose and present on a person in a related sports field, answering questions about their career path and advice. A minimum 10-minute presentation with 10-20 slides is required. For part two, students will be assigned a person to present on with information on their job, career path, advice, and a LinkedIn profile. The presentation must be emailed by the due date noon to receive full points and will be graded on following criteria and technical requirements.

1. NETWORKING INTERVIEW
This assignment has 2 parts:
1. Your choice of person (choose someone in a related sports field to study)
2. Assigned person (see Roster and Due Dates Spreadsheet for your assigned
person)
** You will create a PowerPoint presentation containing a TOTAL of 10-20 slides.
** Minimum time of presentation to class is 10 minutes and maximum time is 20
minutes. Any longer or shorter and points will be deducted.
***PowerPoint Presentations must be emailed to me by noon of due date so I can have
loaded for class. Any later and you will have points deducted from your grade.
PART 1: YOUR CHOICE OF PERSON
*** Email me choice of person ASAP. If nobody has chosen that person already, I will
confirm this with you. First come, first serve!
For this assignment you will present on a person who has a similiar position that you
would one day want to have. For example, if you want to be the General Manager of the
NY Rangers, you will be looking at a person like Glen Sather. In this day, there is so
much information in journals and online about high level people in sports. The format
will be that of an interview where you are providing information to us about what you
found out about this person, their career path, advice, etc......
The purpose of this assignment is to learn more about WHAT you want to do in sports
and HOW you can attain this level of professional success.
FOR THIS PART OF ASSIGNMENT
- You will create a PowerPoint Presentation to present to class.
- The presentation will include the answers to the following questions below.
- The presentation will contain images and links to video.
- Find some type of MEDIA about this person. Check Youtube and other online/offline
video sources. Check podcast and radio archives that highlights this person. We will
view part of the video and/or audio in class. This is a requirement, so make sure you
choose someone that you can find some MEDIA on. The clip should be career/tips/advice
focused. For example, if you are doing your presentation on Glen Sather, find an
interview where he is talking aobut the coaching profession, his daily duties, etc......What
I DONT want is just video of him at a post game press conference. I want more substance.
- You will also be graded on the quality of presentation. Points will be deducted for too
much reading from slides, so prepare and present to us.
PART 1 INFORMATION TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PRESENTATION:
Name of person you are interviewing and current position: Insert Image
1)Vitals: Birthday and where from?

2. 2)Present Timeline of career from college to present.
3)Why did this person choose this career path?
4)What is the biggest challenge of the job?
5)What does an average day at work entail?
6)How many hours per week and how much travel does the job require?
7)Any advice from this person for someone looking to get into this area of sports?
From here you can shape the presentation how you wish. The purpose is to have us learn
about what this person does and what it took for him to get where he is. Some questions
to help guide you(not required, just some ideas on information to seek out).
**** Please note, if you are unable to find this information, you can refer to any other
information you find on someone in a particular field. For example, if you choose Glen
Sather and cannot find how many hours he works a week, then you can possibly find
another GM interview somewhere that the reveals this information. For example, Donnie
Walsh is the GM of the Knicks and you found a quote that he works 60 hours a week. You
could refer to this in your presentation.
PART 2: ASSIGNED PERSON
You will be assigned a person to learn about. The purpose is to learn about a professional
working in sports.
Go to the course Roster and Due Dates spreadsheet to find out about your assigned
interview to report back on.
For this part of your presentation, you will:
Slide 1: Name, Title, Organization
Slide 2: Research more about their job title and tell us more about what a person with
their title does.
Slide 3: Tell us about the career path of this person and how they got to where they are.
Slide 4: Tell us about any advice they are giving to people who want to follow a similar
career path.
Slide 5: Tell us something else interesting about this person from the interview or a

3. particular question that you think would help us learn more.
Slide 6: Find someone on Linked In with a similar job title.
GRADING RUBRIC FOR ASSIGNMENT
**** 25 TOTAL POINTS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, BREAKDOWN BELOW
Email Complete Presentation by NOON of your due date---------------- 5 points
Follow Criteria above and below----------------------------------------- 20 points
- Technical requirements (listed above)
- Media included (with substance!)
- Presentation Quality(voice quality, minimal reading of slides, slide quality)
TOTAL: 25 POINTS