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Public Speaking

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Discussion responses should be on topic, original writing, contribute to the quality of the Discussion by making frequent informed references to course materials and the course textbook (include proper APA in-text citations), and be a minimum of 200 words in length. Please refer to your Discussion Rubric for grading details.

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Intercultural communication entails both the verbal and non-verbal components of interacting with others (Pipas and Jaradat, 2014). The aspects of intercultural communication that I am deeply versed in is always asking for feedback. Whether the audience is responsive, I tend to engage my audience to obtain a direct and honest response. However, I need to work on my non-verbal communication, such as body movement and maintaining eye contact with others. Besides, some gestures or actions may have different interpretations of cultures.

The strategies that I will apply to be culturally competent in public speaking are learning critical verbal and non-verbal communication among different cultures. Each ethnic group has rules that govern how they interact with one another. Elements such as body movements, facial expressions, tone, eye contact, and gestures can be received differently due to the varied meanings in cultures (Pipas and Jaradat, 2014). Therefore, I will be thoughtful about the cultural background of my audience to avoid presenting confusing messages.

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Fund Development Plan

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Using your fund development (approved nonprofit organization) and your course book (Fundraising Basics: A complete guide, Chapter 8, Page 138 – 139 | See Exhibit: 8-3 which is an actual example of a Stakeholders Prospect File and the format you should use), create a profile of the stakeholders or types of individuals and corporations which you would include on the following prospect lists:

Submission Requirements:

  • Cite at least one source per stream and provide an example from your Fund Development Plan Organization of each activity. Include in-text reference at bottom of the page AND be sure to list on Reference page.
  • Use the Week 2 Stakeholder Profile APA template provided. You are to create one profile per type above: Fundraising Committee, Major Donor, Special Event Participant, Corporate Partner.
  • Also required are: Cover sheet, abstract, narrative ONLY IF NEEDED to clarify/explain information in the chart, citations, and reference page.
  • This assignment is worth 5% of your total grade.

Resources for Assessment:

This activity is matched to the following Learning Outcomes: Students will examine critical fund development issues facing today’s nonprofits. Review and evaluate an agency’s existing fund development program elements with their fellow classmates. Discuss past elements and their success of an agency’s overall fund development plan. Create a return on investment model for future elements of a development plan for longevity and relevance of the programs to an agency’s mission. Prepare and submit various special events, direct mail/online and leadership giving elements for class review and evaluation. The student will review historical funding sources and determine future interest areas and niche development opportunities to support a nonprofit agency. Students will us appropriate writing and oral skills. Prepare written work using the appropriate APA style.

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Position and Firm

Swimmer, North Baltimore Aquatic Club, Baltimore Maryland; Assistant coach volunteer Arizona State Sun Devil

Residence

Paradise Valley Arizona, 2003

Education

Towson High School, Attended University of Michigan

Personal/ Family History

Born June 30, 1985, in Baltimore Maryland, married Nicole Johnson former Miss California USA (2010), children Boomer Robert Phelps, four years, Beckett Richard Phelps (2 years) and Maverick Nicolas Phelps (10 months)

Professional/ Financial Information

Olympic gold medal champion, endorsement deals, net worth $ 80 million

Nonprofit Affiliation

Philanthropist, Michael Phelps Foundation, focused on promoting swimming and fitness among the young ones through Boys & Girls clubs.

USMS Relation

Michael Phelps is an icon of assimilation for fitness swimmers (USMS, n.d.).

USMS Giving

Currently, Michael Phelps does not donate any funds to USMS since he is focused more on supporting swimming activities in Girls & Boys clubs.

USMS Interests

As the greatest Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps promotes the course of fitness through swimming.

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Psychological and Behavioral

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I need a college level research paper describing the psychological and behavioral factors of individual terrorists ( for example recruits and suicide bombers; not terrorist leaders such as Bin Laden).

I’m not looking to address different radicalization processes/models such as Moghaddam’s Staircase, so you only need to research and discuss individual psychological and behavioral factors in this paper. Also, “psychological” does not mean “psychotic” and we are only supposed to address those of sound mind who deliberately choose violence for a political purpose, or retribution or to instill fear (not crazy mass shooters).

Assignment Specifics:

  • The body of your report is to be at least four FULL pages in length (not counting title page and references) and is to contain the following:
  • A brief introduction, with the topic and your thesis
  • A main body, containing the “meat” of the paper, where you provide the requested information supported by class readings and with your analysis
  • A conclusion, summarizing your information clearly and concisely

Technical Requirements

  • Your paper must be at a minimum of 4 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
  • Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content.
  • Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
  • Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
  • Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
  • All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.

Due to the nature of this question, make sure that you provide a written answer with very strong content and grammar. Failing to do so could result in withdrawn questions and bad ratings.

I attached an example essay to reference if you’d like. All the requirements are stated above, but I would just like to stress this is more of a paper of why people join terrorist groups rather than focusing on the leaders of the terrorist organization. If you need anything else let me know. Thanks!

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Perceived threats of beliefs and situations considered unfair and inconsistent with one’s religious teachings is one reason that motivates individuals to join terrorism. Perceived threats drive one to use suicide bombers with the ultimate goal to improve the situation and bring happiness to others and become a bride in heaven (Takdir, 2020). The indoctrination process of the terrorism ideology plays a significant role in influencing individuals’ mental states to carry out the terrorism acts by giving them confidence about the outcomes. The process alters the mental-state level processes and meanings of reality to embrace violence and hostility. That is, the ideology changes the cognition and behaviors of the participants.

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Community Outreach

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What Is Community Outreach?

In the studies, you are presented with a description and two applications of community outreach. As a human services leader, your organization may regularly be mandated to engage in some community outreach. What are some of the community outreach activities of your agency or an organization that you are familiar with? Present at least one with a rationale as to how it meets the criteria as community outreach.

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Amazon’s gold campaign meets the criteria of community outreach because it focuses on educating the communities on childhood cancer and how to enhance self-care and financial support to ensure cancer research continues to improve the welfare of communities. The community Kaizens program meets the criteria because it focuses on imparting knowledge to organizations that directly serve people to optimize their efficiency. In other words, it is a form of social planning for the community. Finally, the Camp Amazon program meets the criteria because it focuses on educating the young generation with technical-based skills to become creative thinkers and improve community welfare.

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Long run effects of economic policies

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Use the data, discuss the Long run effects of economic policies of the country.

Now I need an analysis of the long run effect of the country.

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The average unemployment rate before the recession was 9.06 compared to 13.4 after the recession. This was after the economic progress of the private sector deteriorated. The different economic policies after the recession, which is contractionary fiscal policy combined expansionary monetary policy and expansionary fiscal policy and expansionary monetary policy, have advantages and disadvantages in the long-run economic growth of Greece. Contractionary fiscal policy tends to fix the economy by siphoning money in the private sector through raising taxes or cutting government spending, to regulate unstable production. The advantage of this fiscal policy, combined with expansionary monetary, will control the long-run inflation of the country. Another advantage is that the contractionary fiscal policy will result in control of the GDP-to-debt ratio of the country (Hayes, 2020). The disadvantage of these policies is that it will result into a slow growth rate of the private sector and low recovery from unemployment. Expansionary fiscal policy and expansionary monetary aims at increasing money sacculation in the economy to enable carrying out economic activity. The advantage of this will revive the economy faster and create a sustained revenue generation in the long run. Continue increased government spending and tax rate reduction can result in inflation in the long term.

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The Code of Switching- Bilingualism

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Often bilingual speakers talking to each other will code switch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching (Links to an external site.)) – they will go back and forth between speaking both of the languages they are fluent in.

Please provide an example of where you have seen this (describing it, asking a friend who does it, or showing a clip/video is fine) and try to come up with reasons why you think bilinguals often do this. What contexts do you think it is most likely to occur in? When do you think it is less likely to occur? Can you think of any social implications for code switching?

When commenting on classmates’ posts comment on how it is different or similar to the examples and reasons you provided.

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You can do the discussion board first. And then I will give you the questions to an

this is the material you can read for discussion. About chapter 9

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I believe code-switching phenomena usually happens in uncontrolled environments where there is less supervision. Furtherly, Harley (2010) opined that code-switching is most likely to occur during a series of explanations between two or more bilingual people of the same language. Likewise, code-switching happens during unmarked language choice, which is used mostly during comparisons. Clarification and emphasis are other factors that influence the code-switching model during communication.

When Do you think Code Switching is Less Likely to Occur?

Code-switching is less likely to occur in a controlled environment whereby the first language is commanded, such as in official meetings. Secondly, code-switching is less likely to happen when there is no group identity. It means that no one can understand the second language of the bilingual, limiting the use of code switch.

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Managed care organization

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What is a managed care organization? Based on your reading, discuss how managed care organizations attempt to control costs. What are the benefits and disadvantages associated with these cost controlling measures?

Assignments are to be a minimum of 2 full pages of text and 3 reputable references in proper APA format.

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There are various ways in which MCOs control cost.  First, MCO reduces the amount of money paid to health providers like hospitals and physicians.  The amount of money paid to health providers is the leading cause of increasing health costs in the country. Secondly, they reduce costs by limiting access to care.  According to Shmueli, Stam, Wasem, & Trottmann, (2015), MCOs reduces the cost of health services by limiting services that a subscribed client may access within the provider network.  Alternatively, they shift to cheaper care than it would have been provided outside the network.  Lastly, MCOs encourage efficiency in health provision.  They encourage physicians to spend less time with the patient, undertake less elaborated tests, and use less expensive drugs, thus reducing the cost of service provided.

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Constitution of the United States

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Find and read the Constitution of the United States, specifically the articles dealing with war powers. After reading the Articles of the Constitution that pertain to war powers, do you feel the executive branch should have as much power as it seems to have regarding war decisions? Do you feel the Supreme Court has taken an active enough roll in the war power debate? Justify your reasons.

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The Supreme Court has been marginally involved in war power debates for a significant period. In 1863, the court gave a 5 to 4 ruling that President Lincoln’s blockade at the ports was legal. Debate by the court on whether authorization of the use of Military forces in 2001 was part of the executive’s mandate, which contradicts with counterterrorism policy, shows that the court’s interpretation and involvement in counteract resolution in different (Burns, 2017). The court involvement in resolutions for example in 1983, when it ruled that the 244(c)(2) veto was unconstitutional,

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Cloud Infrastructure Mechanisms

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Write a discussion on the following topic: List and briefly discuss some of the Cloud Infrastructure Mechanisms. In your opinion, why are these important in cloud computing services?

Note: Please use APA 7 (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html) format for references and in text citations. Content should be minimum of 250 words.

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These mechanisms are essential to cloud computing due to several reasons. The primary reason is the security and confidentiality of data. Many companies are impressed by the benefits of cloud computing but concerned by the possible security issues of storing their data in the cloud (Dai, Qiu, Wu & Qiu (2016). Mechanisms like logical network perimeter assist in boosting cloud computing security by limiting access from multiple physical locations. These mechanisms are also crucial in offering alternatives to users. For instance, those who lease or install virtual servers get the option of storing their data either physically or in the cloud where they can access it easily. These mechanisms also provide a much-needed structure to utilize cloud computing effectively. In conclusion, cloud computing offers numerous benefits to users.

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Verbal and nonverbal behaviors

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For this discussion, you are going to observe a conversation between two people and comment on both their verbal and nonverbal behaviors during the interaction.

First listen to either a conversation you observed outside of your home, such as at school, a grocery store, an elevator or on a bus. Do not make it obvious you are listening to their conversation, just casually observe. While you are observing, try to answer the following questions and report back about the conversation in your original post.

  1. What do you think the relationship between the two people was?
  2. What do you think they were discussing?
  3. What nonverbal actions occurred in the interaction?
  4. What paralanguage did you pick up on and how did it influence the conversation?

Keep in mind these responses will all be conjecture because you will not know what the true answers are. The point is to see what information you can obtain by simply watching people converse.

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I think the relationship between the two people was that of a couple who engaged in a fight. It seems like they were either dating partners or married, but I could not tell the state of their relationship. However, they were not in good terms because they appeared to conflict about the pregnancy based on their non-verbal communication. All I heard were people shouting and calling each other names. I could tell there were emotions involved in the conversation, and they were couples who had argued about an issue revolving around the pregnancy.

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