Category: Communications

Assignment 4: IDEAs: Due Sunday 11:59 pm (EST)
Last week you narrowed your list to a specific few topics and you created brief elevator
speeches designed to elicit feedback from your colleagues as to the feasibility of each
prospective topic. For this week and with everyone’s feedback in hand, consider if you
want to keep, dismiss, or modify any of those topics. For each one, create an IDEA
paper. See attached for a sample IDEA paper from a different course and note the
headings and description for each section (below). In a separate document for each
topic, create corresponding IDEA papers that are about the length you see in the
sample.
– Title: This is a direct, engaging, and representative title, typically not more than 10-15
words.
– Problem Statement: This is likely to be the largest section, potentially taking up to
half of your paper. The first sentence should immediately grasp the reader’s attention.
Tell your audience immediately the core component driving the potential study. The rest
of the first paragraph should be a balance of basic reference material supporting your
assertion that what you said in the first sentence really matters. You will then use
another one or two paragraphs to go into some more depth about the topic with the
perspective that you need to convince your reader that this is an important topic. Keep
in mind that this isn’t intended to be a comprehensive literature review–just a highlight
of the main points with perhaps a small bit of historical context. In a full research
proposal, what you are putting in this section now will transform into a comprehensive
literature review.
– Project Goals: This section should be an itemized list of goals for the project. You are
conveying to your reader what you hope to get out of the process of potentially
conducting a study on this topic. If you can only come up with one goal, you probably
haven’t thought enough about the topic (or it’s a poor topic and you should consider
revising it). If you are identifying more than five or so goals, you might think about
combining goals that are similar or removing goals that might be valid, but not
necessarily helpful for the vision you are laying out for this potential study. When you
transition to a full research proposal, these goals can be used to help guide the formal
development of research questions and hypotheses.
– Relevance / Significance: Elaborating on the “why should I care” points for your
reader in this section and speak to how your itemized goals relate to a real-world issue
or concern. This should be about one, and not more than two paragraphs at most.
– Research Approach: This section is a brief statement that is likely to be a paragraph
at most that details how you might go about conducting a study on the topic you are
writing about and with the goals you indicated. This is not intended to be a
comprehensive overview of an entire sampling procedure and research methodology–
its purpose is to quickly explore opportunities to conduct this potential research. If you
cannot identify a research approach that seems valid and feasible now, consider how
difficult it will be to develop specific, objective, and measurable goals in the formal
research proposal.
– References: Format your references in APA format (according to the 7th edition of the
APA Publication Manual). Any in-text citation should have a corresponding reference in
the References section.

Complete the following items (A&B) within your project groups. These prompts are to help with the written part of the assignment (see steps 1-3 below), but parts A&B do NOT need to be written up separately or submitted with the assignment. MY TOPIC IS BELOW:
Health Issue: Substance use is a public health crisis in our nation and rates of substance use are particularly high among sexual and gender minorities. In 2018, among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults aged 18 or older, 16.5% or 2.1 million had a substance abuse disorder involving illicit drugs or alcohol.1 The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data from 2018 reported higher substance usage among sexual and gender minorities compared to heterosexual adults. Higher usage patterns were seen in marijuana, opioids, and alcohol.
A) First, read through each team members’ individual assignments #1 in full. Pay particular attention to the quality of the evidence for each source. Discuss the “best” data sources among your group and determine which ones to include in your group project.
B) Discuss the cultural values and practices that each group member identified in their individual assignments. Discuss how these factors will influence your community assessments and eventual intervention design.
For the written part of the assignment: 1) Describe your target population.
Define the needs, assets and capacities influencing the health issue described in your case study.Needs: These refer to the requirements, challenges, or deficiencies experienced by your target population concerning the specific health issue. Needs can encompass various dimensions such as physical, psychological, social, and environmental factors. Assets: Assets represent the strengths, resources, and positive attributes within the target population and its surrounding community. These assets can include individual skills, community organizations, social networks, cultural practices, and financial resources. Recognizing and leveraging these assets can enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of health interventions by building upon existing strengths within the community.
Capacities: Capacities refer to the abilities, capabilities, and potentialities of the target population to engage in health-promoting behaviors and activities. This includes factors such as knowledge, skills, attitudes, access to healthcare services, social support systems, and leadership structures. Understanding the capacities of the target population is essential for tailoring interventions that empower individuals and communities to take ownership of their health and well-being.
Explain at least 2 relevant cultural values or practices that you will likely incorporate into your intervention design.
This section should be ~700 words
2) Briefly describe the key secondary literature/data sources that you used in Part 1 case study assignment and justify why they are useful sources of information.
Please refer to specific indicators, data collection procedures, or deliverables from your data sources in your justification, and how this information aligns with your intervention Identify gaps in information about needs, assets and capacities that were not covered by the existing secondary data sources.
This section should be ~400 words 3) Community assessment: Propose at least one data collection activity (qualitative and/or quantitative data) that you would conduct to inform the design of the intervention in this community. Describe the focus and methods of this community assessment. Please address the following questions: What gaps in the existing literature are you planning to address? What types of information to you plan to collect? From whom would you collect this information? How will you collect this information?. Examples of community assessment methods include: conducting a needs assessment, asset mapping, capacities analysis Refer to the information and resources provided in Module 2 and 3. The Community Toolkit may also be useful: https://ctb.ku.edu/enLinks to an external site. This section should be ~300 words
4) Finally, put forth an idea for your initial intervention description. This will likely change over the course of the quarter as you develop your proposal. Articulate a concise problem statement and your intervention goals to address this problem
Describe your proposed interventionEnvision a project to be implemented on a 2 to 3-year time horizon.
Discuss what you plan to do, what level(s) of determinants of health the intervention seeks to change, what theory(ies) inform your intervention design, who will receive the intervention, what specific setting within your case your intervention will be implemented (e.g. geographic sub-region), and what the intervention is intended to change. Describe how your intervention will consider the cultural values and practices that you have identified in this population
Specify the short- and/or long-term health outcome your intervention aims to change
This section should be ~400 words
TIPS
Set Realistic Goals: While it’s important to aim for meaningful impact, it’s equally important to set realistic and achievable goals. Consider factors such as time (2-3 years), resources, and feasibility when setting your goals. Establish Boundaries: Clearly define the scope of your intervention and identify what it will and will not address. This will help prevent ‘scope creep’ and keep your intervention focused on its intended objectives. Be prepared to make decisions about what aspects of the problem you can realistically tackle.
Focus your Intervention: Be careful to avoid combining too many components and levels
Use section headers to help your reader follow your writing
SUBMISSION DETAILS Assignments must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and no more than 2000 words. Your reference list bibliography are NOT included in the word limit.

Please review attached instructions Topic: School uniforms central idea: requiring school uniforms could help decrease bullying, promote safety within schools, and encourage professionalism.

YOUR CHOICE (Must try to PERSUADE AUDIENCE) USE THE OUTLINE EXAMPLE UNDER THE WEEKLY LESSONS TAB All 4 parts of your introduction (attention getter, general purpose, specific purpose, central idea statement) 10 POINTS There should be 3 main points regarding your topic (One opposing point and two pros). Each main point should have a minimum of 2 bullet points explaining that point in detail. USING FULL SENTENCES 10 POINTS Transition sentences should be used when switching points. 5 POINTS There should be a minimum of four intext citations in your outline please use proper citations (MLA or APA) Each piece of supporting material (example, statistic, analogy, quotation) 5 POINTS Conclusion should include a review of your main points and a Final Statement 5 POINTS 4 Reference/bibliography 10 POINTS OUTLINE SHOULD EQUAL 2-3 PAGES NOT INCLUDING REFERENCE SHEET 5 POINTS

Please write a press release analysis about the following press release: IT’S OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL: CHIPOTLE TO LAUNCH NEW FAJITA QUESADILLA INSPIRED BY VIRAL TIKTOK TREND ON MARCH 2
The analysis should evaluate the press release by taking into account the FOLLOWING FACTORS:
1. Does the release lead with the information most important to reporters—and put less significant
content further down? (Please explain why you have concluded this) In this question please use the concept of Inverted Pyramid Formula(in the doc below titled as “Reference”) to explain why in detail
2. What is this information and why is it relevant to this public (i.e., journalists)?
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3. Overall, does it aim to appeal to journalists or is it primarily only self-serving to the organization
distributing it? 4. What do the quotes add, if anything, to the release? 5. How is the release designed to help the organization achieve its objectives, if at all? (explain) 6.You do not need to review other material (e.g., photos, video, graphics) that may accompany the
press release; however, you may consider these items if you think it is important to your analysis. Do not consider the release’s length for your evaluation.
For question 2-6, please refer to basic PR concepts to explain if it is necessary. Please provide explanation to each point being made.
I have attached an example of a press release analysis. The Example is about a different press release, it is NOT the same as this one in content. Please just refer to the structure of the example.

1. In your experience, what makes for a good story? You have read and listened to stories all your life. Some were engaging and others were not. What made the best ones the best? What made them interesting, engaging, and meaningful?
2. Describe briefly something important you know university life and academic success. I am looking for one example something that you didn’t know prior to entering a university, but learned along the way. What is something that you have learned in your university experiences that has helped you be a better student, more successful, or manage the university experience more effectively? plz make sure not to plagiarize or use ai if I see it is used you will have to do it again

“Some terrorist activities directly target people – mass shootings, kidnapping/hijacking. Other activities target infrastructure – agriculture/food, energy, and transportation. In most cases, the infrastructure is targeted to affect people, but the target is the infrastructure. What do you consider the most deadly – targeting people directly or targeting infrastructure?
Required:
Post a substantive initial response (300 words minimum not including citations) to the initial discussion question. Each reply post must be a minimum of 100 words not including citations. Your posts must be based on factual academic information (not personal opinion) supported with citations to at least two (2) academic references in addition to the course materials. This is to demonstrate that you read and understood the assigned readings and all prior postings by the instructor and other students. Please use the correct APA format in citing any source material you use. Refer to the APA Manual link posted in the Discussion area.

Over the course of the week, write down observations you have about nonverbal communication during three different conversations in which you participate. For each conversation, include your observations about eye contact and movement, smiles, other facial expressions, nods, gestures, posture, and touch.
Then, conduct independent research about nonverbal communication, empathy, and rapport. The research should support the position you take on the questions below. For example, if you were unable to build rapport with one of the parties you conversed with, your research should support the reason why you think you were unable to.
With your notes and research as references, write a two to three-page APA formatted paper that includes both an introduction and conclusion paragraph and that answers the following questions:
Based on the nonverbal communication you observed, how would you name the emotions the other party(ies) were feeling during the three conversations? (Include details of each conversation to provide context for your response.)
Were you able to build rapport (a form of empathy) with the other party(ies) in all three conversations? If yes, what tactics did you use to do so? If not, why? You do not need to cite your notes, but you must include both a reference section and in-text citations for the independent research you conducted.

Submit a critique of one of the published speeches listed below using the PQP method described in the course’s Assignment Expectations page. In addition to the PQP, be sure to answer the following questions in your response:
Was the speaker able to make and maintain consistent eye contact with the audience?
Did the speaker effectively use transitions to clearly move your attention from section to section?
Be specific in providing feedback about what worked and how the information could have been presented differently. Be sure to indicate which speech you are critiquing. When possible, reference ideas from the text in providing your feedback.
Respond to two classmates’ posts by Sunday.
Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies
Homelessness
Eating Healthy
Drunk Driving
Exercise Activity 5
This activity involves using a software application designed to monitor, evaluate, record, and report on Ethernet network performance. It provides a network dashboard that displays network performance updated each second. It provides details on bandwidth by IP, top URLs, port activity, and traffic flow, and allows you to capture packets based on type, address, size, TCP/UDP port, or data pattern. After completing this exercise, you will understand the tremendous level of network communication that occurs while using your device on a network.
TracePlus is a network monitoring tool that enables you to see how much network capacity you are using.
For this assignment, you will download and install the TracePlus network monitoring program and develop deliverables found in Hands-On Activity 7A located on page 215 in your textbook.
Warning: The TracePlus program is available in the course Content area, under the General Resources menu. If you plan to download the program from the Internet, follow the textbook instructions carefully, or you can mistakenly download a file that contains malicious code which can damage your computer software.
Develop a summary assessment of your observations and experience (300-400 words) and submit your assessment in the discussion area created for this activity.
Be sure to cover the following questions:
How many packets did your computer send and receive?
What is the total data rate on your network?
What is your network utilization?Preparation Outline 3
Write an outline for Speech 3, the persuasive belief speech, following the outline guidelines and formatting requirements. See the Assignment Expectations page in the course for details.

Read Chapter 8 in the course text, How To Improve Your Interpersonal Communication Skills.
PROMPT
In the digital publication, How To Improve Your Interpersonal Communication Skills, the author identifies 4 different types of listening skills as explained by the communication scholar Stephen B. Lucas in the text The Art of Public Speaking.
Watch the following video Hidden Civil Rights History: Marian Anderson Sings at the Lincoln Memorial:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TLx5S2wisTEI (Links to an external site.)
Identify at least two different types of listening you used in watching the video.
Explain why each type of listening was used. How did each type of listening help you understand the video? Is this video relevant to the current struggle for racial equality? Why? Or Why not?
Remember use quotations from the textbook to support your ideas.
Write at least 3 paragraphs.
Use a textbook citation for each paragraph. (Saba, Chapter 8)
Write in paragraph structure. (5-6 sentences, then start a new paragraph). PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ONE LONG RUN ON PARAGRAPH.
Textbook references should come from the chapter(s) specified in the assignment prompt and be clearly connected to your post and the assignment topic.
Be sure and include the chapter and page number from the textbook in your posts, for example (chapter 2, 59), just as you would do for any research paper/post!