...Communication and Crisis Janelle Ovunda HCS/320 January 28, 2013 Kimberly Foster Introduction Being the director of a regional Emergency Management Office during a crisis I will have to have control. Without control the crisis will turn into a catastrophe. With an effective contingency plan in place this will help me to stay in control of the situation. I will also have alternate plans put in place just in case my key plans do not happen as expected. It will take everyone involved inside and outside of the Emergency Management Office working together to make sure the crisis is worked through and that the public remains calm. Individuals or Groups That Will Be Communicating Inside and Outside the Organization during the Crisis Anyone who communicates inside and outside the organization should be key to the crisis. There should be one person assigned to each role in my crisis communication team. In a large crisis there might be a need to go outside of my main office for support from volunteers or a nearby college [ (Services, 2006) ]. The people inside the communication team will consist of the public information officer, content and messages coordinator, media coordinator, direct public outreach coordinator, partner coordinator, and the rumor control coordinator. Each one on these will have a role to follow. The public information officer will activate the risk communication plan and direct the work related to the release of information [ (Services, 2006)...
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...Cory P. Britt 443 Englehart Road APT 4 – Ballston Spa, NY 12020 (631) 566-2834 Cbritt111@email.itt-tech.edu Summary To obtain a position that will allow me the room to grow professionally while obtaining more knowledge in my field of study. I work well in a team environment; I’m flexible, depedable, and courteous. Have the ability to multitask and time management. EDUCATION ITT Technical Institute, Albany, NY 9/2009 – 3/2011 Associates in Occupational Studies, Information Technology- Computer Networking Systems Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, NY Associate’s Degree in General Studies, 2009 TECHNICAL SKILLS Hardware: Dell, Compaq, HP Software: MS office suite 2007 Operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP, vista, Linux Red Hat Fedora operating systems, Windows server 2008 Networking: Network standards and protocols, LAN/WAN technology EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Service desk level one support 5/2011-8/2011 Department of correctional services, Albany, NY ▪ First point of contact for incoming calls from correctional facilities requiring IT assistance ▪ Password resets, reactivate printers, troubleshooting IT Assistant Internship Environment One, Niskayuna, NY 11/2010 –12/2010 ▪ Install backup programs and PCC confirmations ▪ Reformat computers Sales Associate...
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...Vehicle Accident Prevention Using eye Blink Sensor Abstract: Now a day’s accidents are increasing at a large pace, and various technologies are being introduced to reduce the accidents. In this project we provide means of accident prevention using eye blink wherein the vehicle is stopped immediately and intimated wherever needed. In this project we have two sections. One is transmitter section which is located in the vehicle and another one is Receiver section located in remote place (Police station, near ones, etc). In the transmitter section the eye blink sensor is placed near the eye to sense the blink count and this information is transmitted in the form of pulses and is given to the Microcontroller. The Microcontroller uses this information to compare with the normal eye blink programmed in the chip and if any abnormal situation arises the vehicle is stopped with an alarm indication, this operation is enabled by means of the driver circuit connected to the vehicle motor and the signal is transmitted via RF-transmitter at the frequency of 433.92 MHz. In the Receiver side the transmitted signal is received and the signal is decoded and given to the Microcontroller, which uses this information for displaying the alert message in the LCD as programmed, simultaneously a buzzer alert is given. Block Diagram Transmitter[pic] Receiver [pic] HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS • Microcontroller Unit and Power Supply • LCD...
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...Verizon Communications, Inc. : Implementación de un Cuadro de Mando Integral de Recursos Humanos Después de la aprobación de la Ley de Telecomunicaciones de 1996 , las principales empresas de telecomunicaciones en los Estados Unidos encontraron compitiendo en nuevos mercados, así como frente a una mayor competencia por los clientes . J. Randall MacDonald - Vicepresidente de Recursos Humanos de GTE, una empresa que fue en el año 2000 para convertirse en parte de Verizon Communications dio cuenta - de que lo que se esperaba de su departamento también estaba cambiando. GTE emplea a 100.000 personas . Tradicionalmente, el departamento de recursos humanos en el GTE - como en la mayoría de grandes corporaciones - define lo que hizo en cuanto a las actividades escueto (por ejemplo , el número de personas contratadas durante un cierto período de tiempo, el número de sesiones de entrenamiento realizó ) , pero no en términos de la eficiencia o la calidad de las actividades o de los logros que de ellos dimanan . El director general de GTE había arrojado el guante a MacDonald. Señaló que la empresa gastó un montón de dinero en las actividades llevadas a cabo por el departamento de recursos humanos . Quería saber más, sin embargo , acerca de lo que la empresa era realmente conseguir para ello. Ley de Telecomunicaciones de 1996 En febrero de 1996 el Congreso de EE.UU. aprobó la Ley de Telecomunicaciones de 1996 . Reconociendo los enormes cambios que se han venido produciendo en las tecnologías...
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...Personal and Professional Healthcare Communication xxxxxxxx HCS/350 Health Care Communication Prof: xxxxxxx Date: 1/02/2011 “Communication is the process of sharing information using a set of common rules” (Northouse & Northouse, 1998, p. 2). Health care communication is a specific and narrower form of communication that takes place between the health care professionals and patients regarding health. Communication Human Communication Health Communication Figure One: Relationship among three kinds of communication (source: Northouse &Northouse, 1998, p. 2) Many organization has defined health care communication in different ways. Just like any other human communication, it is person specific. This is a skill health care professionals need to learn by practice. According to The United States Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010), "the art and technique of informing, influencing, and motivating individual, institutional, and public audiences about important health issues. The scope of health communication includes disease prevention, health promotion, health care policy, and the business of health care as well as enhancement of the quality of life and health of individuals within the community" (Terminology, para. 4). Communication is a skill that professional needs to learn and practice to be an effective communicator. While practicing, they should employ the four...
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...Business Communication Trends Paper LaTonya Beeler COM 285 November 21, 2010 Annie Moats Communication is the foundation of a successful business. High-quality communication is the quintessence of a business because organizations involve people. The people in organizations need to communicate to hire, manage, train, and promote products. Lack of communication can be very costly and time consuming to an organization. The communication of a business can determine the success or failure of a business. The current trends in the workplace are changing allowing employees to gain easy access to improve work performance. The following paper will explain the role business communication play in my daily work activities, the trends in the workplace and what message types are results of these trends. “Communication takes many forms: face-to-face or phone conversations, informal meetings, presentations, e-mail messages, letters, memos, reports, blogs, text messaging and Web sites” (Locker & Kienzler, 2008, p. 5). I work in the local school district in the city I live in. I am a substitute, so I work when the schools in the district need an extra body in the classroom. I do not have to do much written communication however; I do have to communicate orally with the teacher, students, and human resources at the district office. Whenever there is an assignment open either someone at the district will call to ask if I want to accept the assignment or someone at the district will input...
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...DAY | TIME | WHO | WHAT | CHANNEL | LENGTH | RESULT | +/- | Sat | 10:00 | Father | Told him good morning | In-person | :15 | He told me good morning | + | Sat | 10:20 | Father | Talked for awhile | In-person | 6:00 | I learned about the neighborhood | + | Sat | 10:35 | Friend | Called to see if I wanted to hang out | Telephone | :30 | Told her I was too busy today | +/- | Sat | 11:00 | Father | Asked him where the tissue box was | In-person | :10 | Found the tissues I needed | + | Sat | 11:03 | Boyfriend | Told him I didn’t have much time to hang out today | Texting | 1:00 | He said ok/good luck | + | Sat | 11:10 | Pet Meds Business | Asked why meds haven’t arrived yet | Telephone | 2:00 | Found out that they’ll arrive on Wednesday | +/- | Sat | 12:00 | Boyfriend | Talked for awhile | In-person | 10:00 | Told him I was sick | +/- | Sat | 12:20 | Boyfriend’s cousin | I introduced myself to him | In-person | :10 | I got to meet my boyfriend’s cousin | + | Sat | 12:25 | Boyfriend | Told him what to buy for his niece’s birthday party | In-person | :20 | He bought 2 coloring books for his niece | + | Sat | 1:05 | Boyfriend | We got in an argument | In-person | 5:15 | He apologized | +/- | Sat | 1:55 | Boyfriend | Told him goodbye | In-person | :25 | He kissed me goodbye | + | Sat | 3:00 | Friend | Told him he could use my laptop | In-person | :05 | Friend was able to finish work | + | Sat | 3:25 | Father | Told him to have fun tonight at the Demolition Derby...
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...Delhi - 110061 Amity School of Engg. & Technology, 580, Delhi Palam Vihar Road, Bijwasan, New Delhi - 110061 Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, P.S.P. 4, Sector - 17, Rohini, Delhi - 110085 Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, P.S.P. 4, Sector - 17, Rohini, Delhi - 110085 Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, P.S.P. 4, Sector - 17, Rohini, Delhi - 110085 Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, P.S.P. 4, Sector - 17, Rohini, Delhi - 110085 Computer Science & Engineering Electronics & Communicatio n Engineering Computer Science & Engineering OBGND SCGND STGND 1 Min Rank - 3036 Max Rank - 3391 Min Rank - 10524 Max Rank - 12078 Min Rank - 20768 Max Rank - 22204 2 Min Rank - 13238 Max Rank - 13238 Min Rank - 17571 Max Rank - 17571 Min Rank - 5902 Max Rank - 7219 Min Rank - 9706 Max Rank - 12654 Min Rank - 12214 Max Rank - 15552 Min Rank - 26066 Max Rank - 32587 Min Rank - 56413 Max Rank - 56413 3 4 Electronics & Communicatio Min Rank - 21772 n Engineering Max Rank - 24428 Information Technology Min Rank - 22469 Max Rank - 24225 Min Rank - 14616 Max Rank - 18252 Min Rank - 13247 Max Rank - 18660 5 6...
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...Kelsey Vanwey Jim Tanoos Consumer Behavior Saturday March 7, 2015 Chapter 9 8. Discuss the role of headlines in a print advertisement. What is the difference between a direct headline and an indirect headline and when might each type be used? “A headline has 5-7 seconds to get the attention of a reader. Not only that, but statistics show that only 2 out of 10 readers will read past your headline. That means if you’re going to hook your reader, you need to do it right away” (8 Types of Headlines that Compel Your Readers to Action, 2009). In addition to grabbing the reader’s attention, the headline must offer some type of value to the reader in exchange for them taking the time to read your piece. “Direct headlines are straightforward and informative in terms of the message they are presenting and the target audience they are directed toward. A direct headline may be used when someone or somewhere is offering a specific benefit, making a promise, or announcing a reason the reader should be interested in the product or service” (George E. Belch, 2014). For example, an ad “LandlordMax – 30% off today only” (8 Types of Headlines that Compel Your Readers to Action, 2009). “An indirect headline is not straightforward about identifying the product or service or getting to the point. However, they are often more effective at attracting readers’ attention and interest because they provoke curiosity and lure readers into the body copy to learn an answer or get an explanation...
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...1 Name____________ _______________________Student N o._________ ______________________________ 1 TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. _______ 1. Production workers usually do more communicating on their jobs than do their bosses. _______ 2. The work - related communicating that a business does with people and groups outside the business is external - operational communication. _______ 3. Because personal communication interferes with work it should be prohibited in the workplace. _______ 4. The formal, established channels of information flow in a business is not planned but results from the actions of the workers. _______ 5. As a rule, simple organi zations require more communication than do complex ones. _______ 6. The communication process concerns only written or spoken words. _______ 7. No two people have identical mental filters. _______ 8 . Because it involves less preparation time, spoken communication is likely to be more creative than written communication. _______ 9. There is likely to be more time between cycles of the communication model in oral communication than in written communication. _______ 10. The symbols we use in communicating (mainly words) do not have precise meanings. _______ 11. Through words we are able to communicate precisely the many variations that exist in reality. _______ 12. Because all people have had a home, the word home has the same precise...
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...buna ni eficiente, recaían mucho en el uso de “e-mail” mandando información a más personas de las que se necesitaban, se hacían viajes de trabajo innecesarios o ineficientes ya que la información que tenían no estaba organizada o simplemente no existían los datos suficientes para poder tener un reporte completo. P&G tenía que implementar el uso de los sistemas de información para poder seguir creciendo y con la ayuda de la Web 2.0, blogs pudieron tener un buen comienzo ya que con el uso de estas tecnologías pudieron crear un sistemas más eficiente de compartir información con sus propios empleados y consumidores creando una red más amigable y flexible a comentarios de sus productos. Tambien se implementó el uso de Microsoft Live communicatios, Web conferencing con Live Meeting, y SharePoint donde podían almacenar...
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...technology business are often most successful when their products become industrywide platforms. The term “platform,” though, is used in many different contexts and can be difficult to understand. I am currently finishing a book on best-practice ideas in strategy and innovation, and include a chapter on how platform thinking has evolved.1 This column summarizes some of my findings. Most readers have probably heard the term platform used with reference to a foundation or base of common components around which a company might build a series of related products. This kind of in-house “product platform” became a popular topic in the 1990s for researchers exploring the costs and benefits of modular product architectures and component reuse.2 32 communicATio ns o f TH e Acm I was among this group, having studied reusable components and design frameworks in Japanese software factories, reusable objects at Microsoft, and reusable underbody platforms at automobile manufacturers.3 Product versus industry Platforms In the mid- and late 1990s, various researchers and industry observers, including myself, also began discussing technologies such as Microsoft Windows and the personal computer, as well as the browser and the Internet, as “industrywide platforms” for information technology. Most of us saw the PC as competing with an older industry platform—the IBM System 360 family of mainframes. It took a few more years to devise frameworks to help managers use the concept of an industry...
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...contributed articles Doi:10.1145/ 2330667.2330685 Trust between client organization and cloud provider is a strong predictor of successful cloud deployment. By GaRy GaRRiSon, SanGhyun Kim, anD RoBin L. WaKeFieLD Success Factors for Deploying Cloud Computing “a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (such as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be quickly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.”14 The emergence of cloud computing is transforming the way organizations purchase and manage computing resources,17 providing a fundamentally different IT model in which a cloud provider might be responsible for a range of IT activities, including hardware and software installation, upgrades, maintenance, backup, data storage, and security. The result is that organizations can lower their IT capital expenditures ClOUD COMPUTiNg iS 62 Com muniCatio nS o F th e aCm | S epteM Ber 201 2 | vo L . 5 5 | N o. 9 and operating costs by purchasing ondemand technology resources (such as increased data storage, bandwidth, and processing power) while eliminating the need to maintain outdated equipment. Cloud services also include environments for application development and access to key technologies, software, and skilled IT personnel that might otherwise be too costly and difficult to obtain and maintain (see Figure 1). Along with hardware...
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...V C viewpoints DOI:10.1145/1498765.1498778 Michael Cusumano technology Strategy and management Strategies for difficult (and darwinian) economic times How the axiom of survival of the fittest applies in the context of a global economic downturn. they disappeared. General Motors and other automobile makers that cannot efficiently operate at low production volumes and make money with small, fuel-efficient vehicles with tiny profit margins will face the same fate as vacuum tube producers that could not adapt to transistors. Let me say up front that I do not completely agree with the population ecologist view. I have worked with many companies since the 1980s and believe the actions of managers had an important impact on performance and survival. I also teach in a business school where, we presume, it is worthwhile teaching h a rle S d a rW in h aS had considerable impact not only on the field of biology but also on theories of industry evolution and management. Within sociology departments and business schools, for example, during the 1970s and 1980s there emerged a strain of “population ecologists” that continues to influence much of the research on organizations and industries today. These scholars see a Darwinian process of survival that occurs at the “population” (the industry) level and has little to do with the actions (or inactions) of individual managers and firms. The argument, in simple form, is that most companies are unable to adapt to major change and...
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...* American Sociological Review > * Vol. 15, No. 2, Apr., 1950 > * A Set of Categories ... You are viewing the first page/citation. Full-text access may be available if you are affiliated with a participating library or publisher. Check access options or login if you have an account. + Show full citation American Sociological Review © 195 SOCIAL GROUP In the social sciences a social group can be defined as two or more humans who interact with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity.[1] By this definition, a society can be viewed as a large group, though most social groups are considerably smaller. A true social group exhibits some degree of social cohesion and is more than a simple collection or aggregate of individuals, such as people waiting at a bus stop, or people waiting in a line. Characteristics shared by members of a group may include interests, values, representations, ethnic or social background, and kinship ties. Paul Hare regards the defining characteristic of a group as social interaction.[2] The members of the groups contact each other which Ackeema Johnson calls a "regular interaction." This group also should have, a common identity, rules, structure, etc Most researchers define a small group as having at least three and no more than twelve or fifteen members. A group needs to have at least three members, otherwise it would simply be a dyad. With three members, coalitions can be formed and...
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