...guide can be considered appropriate, but may not be complete. ------------------------------------------------- Tutorial Group 3 Susan Sun Words: 941 Introduction and background Emily and Ryan, undergraduates at VUW believe there must be a better way to meet people and plan activities, such as dates, and social events. They have noticed a possible opportunity in this area for people like them at university that Facebook and other SNS have not addressed directly. They particularly liked the idea of only targeting tertiary students in order to attract singles looking for a more defined friendship and dating network. They were also attracted to a mobile application for smart phones that could be used to set up events and activities on the go. In addition to allowing subscribers to connect and meet new people with common interests, the service (application) would help coordinate and plan group and personal events. This service would also provide planned structured events (e.g., week-long vacations, cycling or tramping trips) and personal services, such as body guards and background checks for personal dates. Secondary research summary The secondary research provided insight to the problem and context. In the New Zealand tertiary education sector there are eight universities, 22...
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...Preface / 2 Introduction to Washington DC for Singles / 3 Single and Successful in the City / 6 First Thing’s First: Decide What You Want / 7 Speed Dating / 10 How to Maximize Your Speed-Dating Success / 11 Typical Dating Instructions / 12 Types of Events Offered by Professionals in the City / 13 More Opportunities to Meet People / 14 Online Dating / 15 The Bar Scene in DC / 17 The Next Step: Assess Yourself / 18 The Outer Game / 19 The Inner Game / 20 Develop Strategy -- Get Most Out of a Conversation / 23 Advice for Men When Dating / 23 Advice for Women When Dating / 24 How to Keep Them Interested / 25 Washington Post Excerpt / 26 Author's Bio / 30 Guests gather for a Professionals in the City New Year’s Eve event Professionals in the City Washington, DC for Singles www.prosinthecity.com Page 1 Preface My name is Michael Karlan. I'm the founder and president of Professionals in the City, a social networking organization based in Washington, DC with branches nationwide. My knowledge of the singles scene comes from hosting more than 5,000 singles’ events over a period of more than 10 years. In that time, I have met tens of thousands of singles, and introduced hundreds of couples that are now married. Michael Karlan and Guest at a Professionals in the City Speed Dating Event in Washington, DC Meeting people and hosting events is my passion. But that wasn't always so. You might think it takes an extremely extroverted person to create this lifestyle, but for me it...
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...English 15 May 2015 Birth of the New American Gods: The Video Game God There are gods, old and new, among us and little do people know they are born by humans. The Video Game god is a new god because people spend time, money, and worship games in a new ways which allows this new god to exist. People can say it’s in the past where gods have been created through worship but the creations of these gods haven’t stop just because people just stop worshipping certain named deities, but only have been forgotten. These gods still live today and are still being created by human beings; in similar ways gods have been created in the past, but people subconsciously do it. A new god that can be seen today in our time can be the Video Game God, and this god has been created by people all over the globe. The Video Game God is a new god that people spent hours, days, even weeks on enjoying the entertainment, influences and effect the god has had on human, and what the god provides to his people. Before proving that there is a Video Game God that exists in the modern world, one needs to understand what a god truly is. After reading Neil Gaiman novel one can grasp a better understanding that religion isn’t needed for a god to exist and that, “Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many rooms[…]” (Gaiman). In this part of the chapter people can understand how religion isn’t needed and is rather non-existent...
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...media has changed the way people communicate with others. Self-disclosure is easier for those who use the internet to connect with the world because some people do not know how to communicate face to face. The plus side is that you can make friends with anyone across the country and create interpersonal relationships. Social media has changed the way people interact with each other because it transformed the way people communicate, as people are a lot more comfortable with self-disclosure, and this makes it easier to meet new friends. When were created they were initially used to do research and such but now that social networking sites have been produced that has changed. Multiple social networking sites has been made over time and now people are able to communicate in more than just one way. Technology has advanced a lot over time. Everyone has the ability to text, video chat, and more. Social media can either enhance or worsen a person’s social skills. There is a big different between face to face communication and chatting using Facebook instant messaging. There is a possibility that some people may get used to communicating online only that they forget how to communicate face to face. Social media has made a positive impact on friendship. Social networking has allowed hundreds of people to keep a steady relationship with those who are close by as well as those who are far away. It also allows each individual to meet new people. The internet is the new source of communication...
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...Why Build an Awesome Professional Network? People do business with people they know, like and trust. Companies don’t make decisions, people do. Your professional network can open doors for you that otherwise could not be opened. For better or for worse, it’s not just what you know or are capable of doing, it’s who you know, that’s important for career advancement and business development. You can also learn a tremendous amount from people in your network who have experience and expertise. How to Learn How to Build Your Professional Network After realizing the incredible importance of professional networking, I began scouring the web, Amazon, and bookstores for resources. I found there were resources on related topics, such as interpersonal communication, but not many great resources on business networking specifically. I began asking everyone I know who has had a successful career, built a successful business, or simply knows a lot of people for their advice on how to build a professional network. After compiling the best advice I received, studying every relevant book and resource I could find, experimenting, and practicing, I learned a lot about how to effectively make new contacts and build relationships. After years spent practicing and testing new techniques and strategies, making a lot of avoidable mistakes, and meeting and building relationships with lots awesome people, I’ve learned a lot and decided to write a book on it to share my knowledge. Here’s just 10...
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...movie Friendship took place in New York. The main characters greet a train ticket sales man who greets them with a short, “Hi, how are you?” and the friends start to pour out an answer in detail about how they are feeling since arriving but then realize that the ticket guy is not really interested in a long answer, he is just waiting to sell them tickets. This is interesting because we have been taught that in Germany “How are you?” is a question that is really asking for a genuine answer, good or bad, and in the US the expected answer is a short “good” or “good, how are you?” in most casual situations. In the US, “how are you” is a polite phrase to say to strangers that adds some warmth to a greeting without prying for detail that might make anyone uncomfortable. Americans are supposedly more open to conversation and making conversation with strangers than they may be in Germany. Therefore, it is interesting that the East Germans in the movie are comfortable to share so much information so readily with a stranger in New York. I now wonder if people in Germany only ask, “How are you?” to close friends and not really to casual acquaintances in order to avoid sharing or hearing too much information? Although this American cultural difference is proven to be true in many casual situations, I find this situation especially true in a city like New York and less true in smaller towns like Houghton. For example, I’m always surprised when I meet someone who is from Europe that...
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...Title: social network Introduction: Hock: how t communicate with people nowadays. Background information: social networking and how it effects the world and what is social networking Thesis statement: How it changes the world and people’s life Main body: A. Body paragraph one: Topic sentence: introduction about social network B. Body paragraph two: Explaining stuff in the internet and talking about it and how to use it like: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Kik and Skype and many other programs. C. Body paragraph Three: Explaining what is the advantages and the disadvantages about the social networking and how it effects the people and the world and our lifes. D. Body paragraph Four: My opinion about social networking and the new technology. Conclusion: Social networking is about programs and meeting people and how you use it wither in a good way or a bad way and you should know what to use and which programs are useful and social networking is so good and helps people to learn new things and languages and meet new people. Social networking is a program in the internet helps people to communicate with each other easily just by chatting, and it also helps you to meet new people from other different countries, easy to learn and teach and you can also use it for free. “What is social networking? Kids probably do not even realize that they are “social networking” when they actually are. To them, they are just hanging out with friends using...
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...believe the reason for this available market is due to expensive costs, the highest profit margins is in Web development for large- and medium-sized corporations. By reducing the company costs but maintain great web developers this will allow chasenurdreams.com to offer the same high-end Web development services as larger companies receive at a much lower cost to the client. In this paper you will see how the proper Job Analysis, Selection, Orientation, and Training will help chasenurdreams.com in the long run. The Right People An expensive cost to any company is training. Companies, on average, spend around $1,202 per employee on training (Bares, 2008). This number includes man hours, supplies, and paperwork. This number is projected to rise due to the overwhelming unemployment rate in the United States at this time. The workers will go back to work slowly, as the economy gets better, which means more people to higher and more money to spend. The key to getting ahead of all this is making sure that chasenurdreams.com hires the right people. The right people are people that meet the core values of the company. It is your company and you should...
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...worldwide reputation for quality and precision. Coors' old information system took as long as two days to process new orders. Because of delays and inaccuracies in processing; there was no way a salesperson could track the exact status of a particular customer's order. With 1,500 orders coming in monthly, that was a huge problem. To compensate for the processing delays, Coors would produce more components than it had received orders for so that it could build up inventory to meet customers' desired delivery dates. Although it did help meet customer demand, this approach raised inventory levels, production costs, and overhead costs. Customer delivery was also a problem. The old system could track shipments only on a weekly basis. If a customer wanted an order on Monday, and Coors shipped it by the following Saturday, the system logged that order as being on time. When customers called to complain, the salesperson would get no valid data from the system other than an incorrect "shipped on time report". It was clear that improvements were needed; however, before investing in new information systems, Coors defined three key business goals that the new system must achieve: First, Coors had to increase customer satisfaction. Sales people were under tremendous pressure to get information for customers - which in turn prevented them fro developing new orders and selling products. Second, Coors wanted to reduce lead times. If work-in-progress, inventory and delivery schedules...
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...Name : Rezah Yusniaroh Class : A2/5 NPM : 1188203075 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Introduction is needed when you meet new people or are in the new place. It could help you to know the other people and make a conversation. It will also help you to make a good relationship just by introducing yourselves. The problem, how to make a good introduction? How to make the addressee interested to make conversation? A. Varieties of Introductions There are two varieties of introductions. They are formal and informal introductions. Both of that varieties are needed in introduction self or other people. It depends on the situation and addressee. When the addressee is older, educated, or have higher status, you should use the formal introduction. Besides, the informal introduction is used when the addressee is your age or younger than you. For example, when you meeting a president of a university, it is advisable to say, “How do you do?” rather than “How ya doing?” Likewise, someone, who is your age or younger would probably say, “It’s nice to meet you” rather than “How do you do?” Here are the other examples of introducing yourself: Formal Introduction | Informal Introduction | * Let me introduce myself. * I am glad for this opportunity to introduce myself. * I just wanted to introduce myself, * I don't believe we've met before, * I don't think we've actually met formally yet, | * My name is... * I'm... * Hi, I’m… * Hello guys, I’m… | Here are the examples...
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...I Swipe Left to Tinder It was a Sunday night and my friends and I got together at the Cheesecake Factory for our weekly dinner out. There were five of us at the dinner table and we were discussing our lives and new relationships. Jacob, a twenty-year-old student and my previous neighbor when living in the dorms, says, “I met this great girl on Tinder the other day and we’re going to hang out tomorrow.” Jennie, my roommate, says, “Another Tinder girl? Why can’t you just meet girls in real life?” to which he responds, “It’s not that easy for some people. Plus, this way, I don’t have to deal with girls looking for something serious anymore.” This would be the fourth girl he was going to meet up with from Tinder within the school year. The first three turned into exclusive relationships, but he ended up dumping all of them, because each one ended up being crazy, or so he told us. When I got home, I began thinking about the app. From what I have been told, Tinder’s main audience was college students. I was not sure why we would need such an app, especially for people our age. I know that it can be difficult meeting new people sometimes, but I figured most college students in my age range, did not want to meet potential partners online. I figured only older people did that when they were lonely. Then I realized, this generation is so obsessed with technology, it makes sense why this app has become so popular. Then I began to wonder, why does the millennial generation rely...
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...on chat sites and du can find people in the same situation as you. In the text "Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda", there stay mention about the internet is a good place to find people. Friendship can be people in the neighbourhood, and friendships can be people who live in a completely different part of the world and meet...
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...When you first see or meet someone, we often stereotype them under different classifications. There are many different groups of stereotypes such as the geeks, the popular girls, cheerleaders, jocks, and so many more. We judge people based on what they wear, how they talk, what kind of phone they have, and there are many different groups to classify each individual under. Stereotyping is a very natural yet very dangerous situation. Stereotyping can often lead to bullying. If someone finds out that they were stereotyped into a “bad” or “lame” group, they could be offended. The same situation can occur on the internet or social media. If someone uploads an inappropriate photo or comment to the internet, it will stay there forever. Since it will...
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...Table Of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.0 Situation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1 Market Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1.1 Market Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1.2 Market Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.3 Market Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.4 Market Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 SWOT Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.1 Strengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.2 Weaknesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.3 Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2.4 Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.3 Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.4 Product Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.5 Keys to Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.6 Critical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0 Marketing Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.1 Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 3.2 Marketing Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.3 Financial...
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...that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an artist, the truth is in the details. Of course the devil's there too, everyone says so, but maybe truth and the devil are words for the same thing. It could be you know." I believe this statement describes both of these books. Stephen King’s The Gunslinger and Duma Key are two of my favorites. They are filled with action and adventure. They show how two men with completely different stories get through life and the obstacles they encounter as they try to do this. Even though these books are completely different they do have some similarities. I believe if a reader decides to read one of these books they will also enjoy reading the other one. Although they are completely different the similarities are intriguing. These books are written with exquisite details; you can almost feel the emotions of each character. The Gunslinger and Duma Key both have a male lead character. In Duma Key the leading male is Edgar Freemantle, and in The Gunslinger it is Roland. Edgar is the owner of a construction company and a considerably wealthy man with two daughters and a loving wife, until a tragic construction accident changes everything. Roland is alone; he has no family and no friends. This doesn’t matter to him because he has been trained to be a gunslinger, or outlaw, since a very young age. A gunslinger is the only thing Roland knows how to be. He is determined to get what he wants...
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