...------------------------------------------------- GS2745: Unit 2, Team Assignment – Optimism Optimism is a word that many people use but few people define. Here is a definition: hope, future-mindedness, future orientation Most of us have a fairly set attitude toward life that may or may NOT be optimistic. This is a team exercise—buddy up and share your answers with your team. Optimism: Are you a glass half-full or glass half-empty kind of person? Why? | 1. How does your current attitude help or derail you in your everyday life?2. How do you feel about being around people with the opposite attitude? Is it helpful – or irritating? Why?3. Give an example of an instance in your life that was a learning experience for you about optimism. Either where your personal attitude served to make things work out better…. Or worse. | ------------------------------------------------- GS2745: Unit 2, Team Assignment – Optimism Optimistic people can be seen to be unrealistic, but here are 3 valuable attributes that are also grounded in reality: 1. SEE THE BIG PICTURE: Goal-oriented thoughts 2. SEE HOW YOU GET THERE: Plausible pathways to achievement 3. FEEL CONFIDENCE: Emotional connection to success Please fill out and respond to the following 3 questions. Work in groups. 1. Goal Oriented Thoughts: Goals should be attainable yet challenging. If you give yourself too big a goal, it can be overwhelming. a. List a big, long-term goal for yourself Example...
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...MEMORANDUM TO: Dr. Green FROM: Benito Suave DATE: 11/21/10 RE: Tax Memo #1/Gambling Activities 1. Dr. Green is a practicing physician in Chicago who, as an avid blackjack and slot machine player, travels to Las Vegas every other weekend to gamble. He would like to know what criteria are used to determine whether his gambling activities constitute a trade or business for federal income tax purposes and whether or not you think his gambling activities qualify for trade or business status. The fact that Dr. Green's gambling activities constitute a trade or a business depend on the examination of the facts in each case. The stipulation is that if the gambling activity of Dr. Green is pursued full time, in good faith, and with regularity, for the production of income for livelihood and is not a hobby, it is a trade or business. In other words, Green must carry out the activity in good faith and for the purpose of making a profit, the gambling is carried on with regularity, the gambling activities are carried out on full time basis or in case of Green's case carried out to the fullest extent possible since Green is practicing physician, Green is not a bookmaker and maintains adequate records including the accounting of tax wagers, winnings and losses. (See Publication 525 (2010), Taxable and Nontaxable Income) Since Dr. Green does not carry out gambling activities to the fullest extent since he gambles on every other weekend and Dr. Green does not seem to maintain accounts of...
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...Unit 2 Assignment 1 William Schnatz GS2745 – Advanced Strategies 4/3/15 Julio Birman ITT-TECH Unit 2 Assignment 1 Jim few options in this situation. First he can give the presentation without the slides and hope it is strong enough without them. Second, he could ask to reschedule the presentation. There are not any real other options. What Jim actually knows is that Sara has called out today and did not send him the slides. What Jim thinks he knows is that Sara didn’t do her part of the presentation and blew off work today. Does it matter? Yes it does matter because he cannot confirm that the girl he saw was Sara or not. He can’t tell anyone because if he is wrong it could hurt Sara’s career. Also if Sara is really sick he could look bad on saying she was faking and did not do her work. Jim needs to use self-control here in this situation. His first instinct in anger maybe to throw Sara under the bus. This does not solve or help with the problem at hand. He must focus on what to do. He should be optimistic that his part of the presentation will be strong enough on its own, without Sara’s slides. Jim must be persistent as he reviews his part of the presentation before giving it to make sure it was done right. His enthusiasm as well as optimism must shine through during the presentation to help sell his point. If he goes in there defeated and down because he does not have Sara’s part, the presentation as well as the CEO’s view will both be negative. With his back...
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...Unit 9 Lab 1: Creating a Professional Profile Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes Compare and contrast various networking strategies for making professional contacts. Identify strategies for avoiding the pitfalls of social networking. Develop strategies for benefitting from social media and networking activities while avoiding the pitfalls. Create a plan for regularly updating a résumé as skills, ability, and experience change. Create an error-free professional résumé and sample cover letter. Required Setup and Resources Skills for Living a Rich Life, Chapters 21 and 24 Computer with Internet access Printer Recommended Procedures Unlike many other social media websites (Facebook, MySpace, message boards, etc.), LinkedIn is primarily a professional networking and job search tool. As a future professional in your career field, it will be highly beneficial for you to have a professional profile that future employers can search for, see, and use to vet you for potential employment. Additionally, ITT Technical Institute provides a service through ePortfolio that you can use in a similar manner. 1. Go to LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com) and create a professional social media profile. 2. Read through and then follow the tips for “Connecting with Business Colleagues through LinkedIn” on pp. 538-539 of Skills for Living a Rich Life. 3. The final product should look very similar to a résumé and should include at least the following information: ...
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...Final Paper 8/31/15 GS2745: Advance Strategies for the Technical Professional What do I plan on doing with my degree? Well, this first degree is an Associate’s in NSA which is Networking System Administrator. I would like to find a job in this field as an entry-level. The reason behind that decision is because; I really do not have the hands on experience as most of my classmates. I have always believed in the start of a good foundation, and I think I should start from the bottom and build myself up. An associate degree is just the start to my path in this future of technologies. I have struggled most of my life, and then I join the service after high school. Why did I do that? I really didn’t have any direction in my life. I was clueless when it came down to what career I really wanted to see myself doing and truly enjoying it. The hardest part was admitting that I had no interest in anything. So that’s when I decided to join the military thinking that with time I could figure out what is my passion and I truly enjoy doing. After completing four and a half years of active duty, being deployed to Iraq and going overseas to Honduras it opened my eyes. That’s when I noticed I love all about the computer Intel and secret missions. What is military intelligence? It’s the primary mission of military intelligence in the United States Army is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence and electronic warfare support to tactical, operational and strategic-level...
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...them. Using the Internet and ITT Tech Virtual Library, you will research how the credit score is calculated and what influences the credit score. Answer the following questions in detail. How is your credit score (FICO) created? Who reports your FICO score? What are the factors in determining the FICO score? What steps could you take to improve your FICO score? Required Resources Skills for Living a Rich Life, Chapter 12 Computer with MS Word and Internet access ITT Tech Virtual Library Printer Submission Requirements Prepare a two- to three-page typed paper, double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font. Please include appropriate references in APA format. This assignment is due at the beginning of Unit 8. GS2745 UNIT 7 ASSIGNMENT 1 How is your credit score (FICO) created? FICO Scores are calculated from several different pieces of credit data in your credit report. This data is grouped into five categories as outlined below. The percentages in the chart reflect how important each of the categories is in determining how your FICO Scores are calculated. Your FICO Scores consider both positive and negative information in your credit report. Late payments will lower your FICO Scores, but...
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...FICO Credit scores and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) 1. The most widely used credit score is the FICO Score, the credit score system created by the Fair Isaac Corporation. 2. Lenders use the FICO Score to help them make billions of credit decisions every year. 3. Fair Isaac calculates the FICO Score based solely on information in consumer credit reports maintained at the credit reporting agencies. 4. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion (credit- reporting agencies) to provide you with a free copy of your credit report once per year. 5. FICO Credit scores have five factors Payment History, Outstanding Debt, Length of your Credit History, Recent Inquiries on Your Report, Types of Credit in Use. 6. How to improve your fico score Request a free copy of your credit report and check it for mistakes, such as incorrect late payments and balances. 7. Make sure that you pay your bills on time. 8. Consider setting up automated payments or payment reminders if you continue to have problems paying your bills on time. 9. Stop using your credit cards and start paying them off. 10. Don't close credit cards once they are paid off and don't apply for credit cards unnecessarily. 11. Refrain from using your credit cards again until they are paid off and you know how to use them. 12. Learn how to manage your finances in a positive way that increases your FICO Score and gets you into a more positive position. ...
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...8/1/2015 NT2580 Unit 7 Policy Definition and Data Classification Standard : NT 2580 : ITT Tech : Homework NT2580 Unit 7 Policy Definition and Data Classification Standard Home ITT Tech NT NT 2580 NT2580 Unit 7 Policy Definition and Data Classification Standard You have successfully unlocked this document. You have 24 more unlocks available. Was this document helpful? Yes Download Document https://www.coursehero.com/file/11610135/NT2580Unit7PolicyDefinitionandDataClassificationStandard/?timestamp=20150801105100 1/6 8/1/2015 NT2580 Unit 7 Policy Definition and Data Classification Standard : NT 2580 : ITT Tech : Homework Share and earn access CorporalStarViper9176 ITT Tech Follow 3 1787 302 https://www.coursehero.com/file/11610135/NT2580Unit7PolicyDefinitionandDataClassificationStandard/?timestamp=20150801105100 2/6 8/1/2015 NT2580 Unit 7 Policy Definition and Data Classification Standard : NT 2580 : ITT Tech : Homework VIEWS UNLOCKS 0 1 HELPFUL UNHELPFUL 0 0 About this Document SCHOOL ITT Tech COURSE NT 2580, Summer 2014 COURSE TITLE Introduction to Information Security PROFESSOR MR J TYPE Homework PAGES 1 WORD COUNT 206 Is this correct? Flag Get Help in NT 2580 https://www.coursehero.com/file/11610135/NT2580Unit7PolicyDefinitionandDataClassificationStandard/?timestamp=20150801105100 ...
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...Tuesday 3/23/15 GS2745 Max Hoel Week 2 Communicate Chapter 3 Chapter three is about communication. Communication is an important in all factors of life. This chapter tells how to communicate effectively in all forms of communication. I ‘m unable really tell what I learn from this chapter of communication for most of this information I already know, so this is a refresher course for me. I will cover what the information I feel is important to show that I did read the information. First part of this chapter of communication start off with the six elements of communication. These six elements of communication is the foundation bases of communication. They are the source, the message, the channel, the receiver, the barrier and the feedback. One of the most importance of communication is the first impression. First impression are really important in the thirty seconds because it really tells a lot about the person you are dealing with. Impression comes in all kinds of forms. These forms are what one wears, carries themselves, speak, written forms from electronic to paper and types of letters, and how they react to conditions they are introduce. The section of chapter of impressions also covers the important of nonverbal communications what they mean. Another part of the communication chapter three show example of how to address with written forms of letters, memos, email, and social media. To summarize chapter three is about the importance...
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...Eric Johnson GS2745 Strategies October 8, 2014 5:18pm The new technology in my field that I decided to summarize was electronic paper. This topic stood out to me because I actually work for a digital document management company. Although we service paper work (hard copies), we really bank on scanning documents, so that our clients can read those scanned documents onto a pdf. In my opinion, going paperless is the way to go. Going electronic, saves time and effort. I’d rather do things with a click of a button, then going through endless file cabinets and boxes to look for certain documents. In this paper I will summarize what I analyzed on the article that I chose. I really had no idea electronic paper was around for over 20 years. In fact, electronic paper was created in 1975 by Nick Sheridon at XEROX PARC. Since then companies such as Amazon and Sony have literally taken over the e reader market. One advantage to electronic paper is that it requires minimal energy to work. Also, the display quality looks just like a printed page. However, the biggest challenge for electronic paper now is to obtain better quality for color. The main reason is because of the cost. According to the article, current e paper technology cannot render moving images. (Kroeker, 2009) In addition Sheridon stated, “Color is not easy to do, and most of the monochrome technologies cannot be modified to do good quality color. New invention is needed (Koreker, 2009). Pia was the first color e reader...
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...Collaborative Communication Matthew Thomas ITT Technical Institute GS2745 Collaborative Communication Technology today has opened the door to a new modern, convenient and efficient way to network. With the use of professional business and social media sites, networking with potential employers and employees have drastically improved. With so many workers worldwide now working in virtual teams, many business relationships do depend on technology. We now live in a global workplace without time zones or office hours. You might be on a conference call with Europe in the wee hours and have to get your kids to a soccer game in the afternoon. You can do it working virtually, and there’s real value in accommodating that employee need. The better that mobile technology becomes, and the more employers embrace the “bring your own device (BYOD)” to work philosophy, the more deeply connected workers become to their workplaces, which exist on the same devices as their social networks and family photos. Also, collaboration used to happen in board rooms with whiteboards and bagels. Today, it’s on documents being edited by multiple people all over the world at the same time. It’s sharing screen data and chatting over video. Seventy-nine percent of people work on virtual teams. By leveraging video in a collaborative work environment, it can take what was normally a 90 minute call down to 60. That makes time for a more productive day. Another thing is the factor of “working from home”...
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...Tyrone Pendarvis GS2745/Wyndham Unit 2 Assignment 1: Left in the Lurch Jim showed up at work today and found out that Sara called in sick, but Jim thought he saw Sara at the gas station on his way to work this morning. It was a car like hers, and he’s pretty sure that it was her license plate. Jim and Sara were supposed to give a big presentation to the CEO today, and Sara never sent him her slides for the PowerPoint show. * What are Jim’s options? * Jim should call Sara to see if she would answer the phone check on her. If she answers he could then ask if she would send the power point slides by email. Or postpone the meeting to a later time till he can get the power point slides from Sara. * What does he actually know and what does he think he knows? Does it matter? * Jim knows that Sara called in sick, he really doesn’t have any proof that Sara was at the gas station. It doesn’t matter why she called out or if it was her at the gas station, she could have been there getting medicine. However Jim still needs to find a solution to his problem before the presentation. * How could he apply the character qualities you’ve learned about so far (persistence, enthusiasm, optimism, and self-control) in this situation? * Being positive in this state of affairs and having the determination to get through this presentation. Being optimistic will help him to give the performance without Sara. By Jim showing self-control by not getting upset and...
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...ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GS2745 Advanced Strategies for the Technical Professional Onsite Course GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Table of Contents Graded Assignments 2 Unit 1 Assignment 1: It Takes Courage 2 Unit 2 Assignment 1: Left in the Lurch 3 Unit 3 Assignment 1: Gratitude Journal 4 Unit 4 Assignment 1: Create a Business Letter 5 Unit 5 Presentation 1: Small Group Presentation: Leadership, Conflict Resolution, and Teamwork 7 Unit 5 Assignment 1: Compare and Contrast Effective and Ineffective Leaders 8 Unit 6 Assignment 1: Create a Long-Term Financial Plan 10 Unit 7 Assignment 1: Calculating Credit Scores 11 Unit 8 Assignment 1: Writing a Prospective Schedule 12 Unit 9 Assignment 1: Using Social Media for Job Searches 14 Unit 10 Assignment 1: Putting the Finishing Touches on Your ePortfolio 15 Laboratory Assignments 17 Unit 1 Lab 1: Personal Persistence Narrative 17 Unit 1 Lab 2: Grit Test 21 Unit 2 Lab 1: Optimism 24 Unit 2 Lab 2: Self-Control 25 Unit 3 Lab 1: Curiosity in Modern Times 27 Unit 3 Lab 2: Integrity Matters 28 Unit 4 Lab 1: Create a Research Summary Memorandum 29 Unit 5 Lab 1: Resolving Systemic Conflict: Scenario Analysis 31 Unit 6 Lab 1: Time Value of Money 32 Unit 6 Lab 2: Budget Exercise 33 Unit 7 Lab 1: Calculating House Cost 35 Unit 7 Lab 2: Delayed Gratification 37 Unit 8 Lab 1: Initiative Reflection 39 Unit 8 Lab 2: Time Management Reflection 40 Unit 9 Lab 1: Creating a Professional Profile 41 Unit...
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