Category: Communication

Read a the chapter being a persuasive writer and a write a 5 paragraph persuasion essay on the topic.
Topic: Are Award Shows Relevant?
My position is that it is not relevant.
– Write with ethos, pathos, or logos in mind complete message, be clear, concrete, and courteous identify a lead, satisfy the need. Please make you points clear and have extensive research to support your points.

Write a memorandum addressed to your instructor: (Prof. Page)
(I work in a restaurant) (The decision maker is my supervisor Mr. Wade)
(1) describing an actual problem in your office, school, church, or volunteer organization that you do not have the authority to correct;
(2) identifying the specific decision maker (by name and position) who can act on a researched report (3) proposing your solution;
(4) including a list of research sources in American Psychological Association (APA) format of at least three of your required eight specific sources (not just generic statements such as, “I plan to use articles from the newspaper and the web”); and
(5) a Gantt Chart depicting the timing of your expected progress on the problem-solving researched proposal you are asking permission to pursue as the final paper in this course. (For guidance on how to create a Gantt Chart, review this resource on Gantt Charts in the Course Resources)
Use the underlined words/phrases in the numbered list in this paragraph as the headings in the body of your memorandum to your instructor. As always, you will also include an introduction paragraph explaining why you are writing, and a conclusion with a clear call to action or request. Grading criteria:
Describes the problem or project you want to work on, and explains its significance
Explains your proposed solution in detail
Describes the benefits of your research to your organization
Describes the specific steps the decision-maker must take to implement the solution
Uses at least three appropriate sources in APA format
Summarizes research from your cited sources
Includes correct Gantt Chart with adequate detail tracing your next steps in producing the proposal
Uses emphatic, concise, fluent sentences
Contains no proofreading errors
Sample Topics for Final Project (Paper 7)
Here are a few topics for which students have written successful final reports in the past. Hopefully, they will help give you some ideas for your own topic. Please note that each of these topics deals with a specific problem or issue in a specific school, church, organization, etc. with which the student is personally involved. Again:
The issue or problem you address should be a LOCAL problem for which your report might actually do some good in your workplace, school, church, educational institution, non-profit organization, etc. You cannot solve the national debt crisis or issues such as immigration, abortion, or climate change with a brief class project. Again, look around you and find a LOCAL problem to research and analyze and propose a solution for — one that has a SPECIFIC decision maker (not the Congress, or the “Government” or “our company/community should”). Examples
Problem:
Many students at YOUR school are financially “illiterate” and often make unwise choices and decisions about money.
Proposed solution:
Implementation of a Personal Finance Education Workshop at XXX University
Intended audience:
Student Development Director, Counseling or Career Center Director
***
Problem:
Children at a SPECIFIC school or daycare center are vulnerable to predators.
Proposed solution:
Develop policies to help children be more secure and help parents feel better about leaving their children at the facility.
Intended audience:
daycare director, principle of school, school board, etc.
***
Problem:
Hackers have accessed personal data of employees and/or customers at YOUR company or organization. Proposed solution:
Develop or find an existing tool (software and/or hardware) to make data more secure.
Intended audience:
President of company or organization.
***
Problem:
Employee productivity (at YOUR company) is being reduced by dropping off kids at various daycare centers around town, and they are spending large amounts of money on daycare.
Proposed solution:
Create an onsite daycare center.
Intended audience:
President of Company, Human Resources Director
***
Problem:
Military dependents (on YOUR base/post) are struggling, emotionally and financially, while service members are deployed overseas.
Proposed solution:
Create a support group on/near XXX military base or post.
Intended audience:
Base Commander, Dependent Liaison Officer
***
Problem:
Employee productivity (in YOUR company) is being reduced because some employees are abusing internet access by shopping online, using Facebook, etc. during work hours.
Proposed solution:
Create a fair internet usage policy that works for everyone.
Intended audience:
Human Resource Director, Company President
***
Problem:
Students (at YOUR school) are joining a specific student club, fraternity/sorority,etc., but many are not participating in activities and functions. (Could also apply to “grownup” volunteer organizations, civic clubs, church-related ministries, etc.)
Proposed solution:
Propose ways to help members remain interested/involved in the organization.
Intended audience:
President/officers/board of directors of club or organization. NOTE: These sample topics are presented to give you an idea of the types of problems that would be acceptable for this assignment. The problem that you address will of course be different. If you still need help deciding on a topic, contact your instructor immediately (not the day before or the day that the proposal is due) for help.
I have attached some examples of what is expected

Short Paper #3: 500 (min)-600 (max) words; 12.5 points.
Prompt: Write a short paper on Machiavelli’s thesis and its relevance today.
Critically evaluate Machiavelli’s thesis that the on-going struggle between elites (patricians) and common people (plebians) and the periodic tumult of the people are indispensable for preserving republican liberties, institutions, and solidarities against the predations and transgressions of the elites. This thesis is primarily based on Machiavelli’s reading (via Livy) of the history of the Roman Republic and is drawn from practical experience with the Italian city-republics of his time (review Skinner’s essay).
On the other hand, it is conceivable, as attested by the history of the Roman Republic (review the slide on the Lessons of the Roman Republic), that the constant struggle between elites and masses paves the way for the emergence of an authoritarian figure (often popular), who promises to end civil strife and to ensure peace and stability, leading to a weakening, if not the end, of republican liberties and self-rule. (Please note that Machiavelli was aware of this danger, but it is not discussed in the reading assigned to you)
What do you make of these two contradictory propositions and possibilities (outcomes)? Is there any way of managing the conflict between elites and common people that can avoid the emergence of an authoritarian figure or solution? Does this problem/challenge resonate with and relate to our experience of democratic crisis today?
Descriiptive Part of Assignment: Please give a descriiptive/analytic summary of the two propositions (paragraph 1 and 2 of the prompt). To complete this part of the assignment, draw on the assigned readings by Machiavelli and essay by Skinner, on The Italian City-Republics.
Interpretive Part of Assignment: Here, you should address the questions posed in paragraph 3 in the prompt and answer them to the best of your ability drawing on class lectures in which those questions have been a recurrent theme since the beginning of the course.

identify and profile the target audience, including demographics, interests, and social media usage
patterns of the CRA’s social media sites. I only need the analysis of Facebook, Instagram, and X/Twitter. Please ensure to have detailed demographics, psychographics, and social media
behaviour, Insights into audience needs, preferences, and content consumption habits.
Additionally, these components for analyzing the CRA themselves. (this section can be short, Please focus main content to the above instructions.)
d) Brand Voice and Visual Identity
i) Descriiption of the brand’s voice, tone, and messaging pillars.
ii) Overview of visual identity elements (colors, fonts, imagery style)

Language invisibility, what are the terms used to describe people making fashion: workers, petites mains, designers, labourers, what is the hierarchy?
Can you come up with new names and with a system that is fair credit to everybody?

Short Paper #3: 500 (min)-600 (max) words; 12.5 points.
Prompt: Write a short paper on Machiavelli’s thesis and its relevance today.
Critically evaluate Machiavelli’s thesis that the on-going struggle between elites (patricians) and common people (plebians) and the periodic tumult of the people are indispensable for preserving republican liberties, institutions, and solidarities against the predations and transgressions of the elites. This thesis is primarily based on Machiavelli’s reading (via Livy) of the history of the Roman Republic and is drawn from practical experience with the Italian city-republics of his time (review Skinner’s essay).
On the other hand, it is conceivable, as attested by the history of the Roman Republic (review the slide on the Lessons of the Roman Republic), that the constant struggle between elites and masses paves the way for the emergence of an authoritarian figure (often popular), who promises to end civil strife and to ensure peace and stability, leading to a weakening, if not the end, of republican liberties and self-rule. (Please note that Machiavelli was aware of this danger, but it is not discussed in the reading assigned to you)
What do you make of these two contradictory propositions and possibilities (outcomes)? Is there any way of managing the conflict between elites and common people that can avoid the emergence of an authoritarian figure or solution? Does this problem/challenge resonate with and relate to our experience of democratic crisis today?
Descriiptive Part of Assignment: Please give a descriiptive/analytic summary of the two propositions (paragraph 1 and 2 of the prompt). To complete this part of the assignment, draw on the assigned readings by Machiavelli and essay by Skinner, on The Italian City-Republics.
Interpretive Part of Assignment: Here, you should address the questions posed in paragraph 3 in the prompt and answer them to the best of your ability drawing on class lectures in which those questions have been a recurrent theme since the beginning of the course.

identify and profile the target audience, including demographics, interests, and social media usage
patterns of the CRA’s social media sites. I only need the analysis of Facebook, Instagram, and X/Twitter. Please ensure to have detailed demographics, psychographics, and social media
behaviour, Insights into audience needs, preferences, and content consumption habits.
Additionally, these components for analyzing the CRA themselves. (this section can be short, Please focus main content to the above instructions.)
d) Brand Voice and Visual Identity
i) Descriiption of the brand’s voice, tone, and messaging pillars.
ii) Overview of visual identity elements (colors, fonts, imagery style)

Language invisibility, what are the terms used to describe people making fashion: workers, petites mains, designers, labourers, what is the hierarchy?
Can you come up with new names and with a system that is fair credit to everybody?

For the first part of your assignment you will submit a complete sentence outline (NOT a topic outline or a written transcriipt!) You can review a sample outline on page 309 of your textbook. No other format will be accepted, so please use the examples listed to ensure your assignment is completed according to the requirements. All sources should be formatted using APA 7th edition style.
Remember that visual aids are required this time. You will need to show them when presenting the speech, as well as list them in your outline (after Conclusion and before your References section).
This speech requires a minimum of 4 credible peer-reviewed academic sources that must be verbally cited in the speech, as well as included in the APA formatted References section of your outline. Keep in mind that a variety of sources will be worth a little more on your speech, so look in books, magazines, online library, brochures, interviews, videos, etc.

After World War II, The United States never stepped down from its military mobilization, leading President Eisenhower, a war
hero General himself, to warn the public about the hegemony and entrenchment of the military industrial complex. It is little wonder,
then, that the methods of propaganda have continued to inform politics and support political candidates, in the United States and
beyond. From the perspective of people who considers themselves sophisticated consumers of discourse, the propaganda of authoritarian
states can seem almost comic, despite the rhetorical violence, because it is often so obvious and crude. However, even the most
sophisticated campaigns for candidates and issues in the United States uses elements of propaganda, including, of course, a grab bag of
American commonplaces! It is Morning in America, for the Man from Hope, or it is time to Make America Great Again?
For the second Image Analysis, select three related examples of political propaganda with a strong visual aspect. One way to
proceed is to gather three examples from the same campaign or supporting the same candidate, issue or regime. However, you may find
other patterns of connection: for instance, President Reagan is not alone from using the “morning” motif to suggest a new beginning;
tracing this strand in American politics would be intriguing. You may also find different examples from a single person or issue over a
span of time: for instance, how has “pro-gun-rights” political propaganda changed in recent years? As you develop your analysis, this is a
good opportunity to consider a question without an easy answer: when does advertising or public relations seep over into propaganda?
Are their lines that can be drawn, or is this more of a continuum? Are their qualities that establish certain motifs or ways of arguing as
propaganda that are beyond the usual political campaigns? The prompt for this paper is the same as in the first analysis paper, but for
political propaganda, rather than war. Build your critical acumen and refine your concept of propaganda. Enjoy and impress.