Introduction

Welcome to the Presentation Style Assessment.

Instruments which take a "Situational" perspective generally use a four quadrant grid format to help an individual to determine which style he or she seems to favor the most, once known the person can access how readily he or she may be able to "flex" into their styles in order to match the different circumstances or "Situations" that may be encounted on a day to day basis.

Presentation Style Assessment

Rather than focusing on the preparation steps and methods that people should develop ahead of a presentation, the Presentation Style Assessment is a self-scoring instrument to determine your style preferences when presenting to a group. This then allows individuals to learn how to “flex” their style to do the best job possible for a given audience. Based on the wider and popular Situational Communication® model, this assessment describes four very different presentation styles that should be matched with audience readiness levels. These are the styles of Informing, Persuading, Exploring and Enabling. The instrument gives individuals 12 presentation scenarios (in presenting approach rather than content terms) with four alternatives to choose from.

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