Planning and Strategy Entry Level How do you plan your work? What is the importance of planning your work? Advanced What are the elements included in strategic planning? How will you insure that the implementation of a plan is consistent with the objectives of the plan? What are the steps involved in developing goals and objectives? What is the relationship between goals and planning? How would you go about establishing a mission statement for the organization that you supervise? Presentations What experience have you had in making presentations? You have been asked to address a citizens group regarding a particularly sensitive environmental issue. What steps will you take to ensure your success? What steps can you take to insure a successful presentation? Your assignment is to present a technical presentation to lay people. What steps can you take to insure that your presentation is easily understood? Name the characteristics of an effective presentation? What techniques do you use when faced with a hostile audience? What factors influence the success of a presentation? What is the purpose of audiovisual aids in a presentation? Which audiovisual aids have you found to be the most effective and why? Tell us about the most difficult presentation that you have made? To what extent have you used presentation software such as PowerPoint in preparing and presenting presentations? What steps do you take to handle reporters effectively?