...Individual or Small Group Student Projects Contacting Community Partners When contacting an outside organization about a service-learning project, you want to make sure to maintain a professional attitude. So how do you make the first call? Below follows a possible introduction to use when calling and making that first contact with an agency of your choice. Hello, my name is _______________________. I am presently enrolled in a ___________course at [name of campus]. My [instructor or Student Success Lead] gave me your name and number. I am very interested in doing a service-learning project for your agency. I want to apply the _________skills I am learning in my _________class to the volunteer position. When can I meet with you to discuss this further? If you have to leave a message, don’t be discouraged. Because many nonprofit and community agencies are understaffed, they might not return your call right away. Persistence is important in regards to making contacts and starting your service experience. More Communication Tips: When speaking to the site supervisor… * Ask about the organization’s volunteer policies and training guidelines. It is possible that you need to fill out additional paperwork with their agency as well as the GU/MSB/UCC paperwork. * Explain the course objectives (provided in your course syllabus) and tell them that you have __ service-learning hours to fulfill for your course. * Tell them your availability. What times are best...
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...Unit 5 Individual Project Abstract This paper will discuss Microsoft and its company’s practices and project management. Unit 5 Individual Project The Microsoft Company started by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who just started out by writing a computer program for many businesses. In 1975, they had an inspiration from popular electronics magazine, that featured an Altair microcomputer and they developed a BASIC, computer programming language for it (Microsoft Company History, 2008). So began the company of Micro-soft (Microsoft Company History, 2008). Microsoft believes that their social responsibility is to “To help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential” (technnet.com, 2012). Microsoft is committed to serving communities and working responsibly. Through their partnerships, technology innovations, people and resources Microsoft is proud to help solve social challenges and create economic opportunities on both a global and a local scale (microsoft.com, 2012). Microsoft has an organizational structure that is efficient and effective. The organizational structure consists of the Board of Directors, executives, senior leaders, and technical executives. If compared with other companies, it will show the importance of organizational structure as well as, find things that are common and differences. If Microsoft is really looked at, the findings will show the impact of organizational functions is to the organizational...
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...Phase 4 Individual Project: This assignment has 3 steps Step 1: Review the information on SMART goals from the following websites: http://www.101-smart-goals.com/smart-goals http://topachievement.com/smart.html http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/goal-setting-tutorials/smart-goal-setting Step 2: Determine one specific long-term career goal as well as two short-term goals that will assist you to meet that career goal. Fill out the template below then delete this page and save the document. Post your assignment by clicking on the Submit Assignments link. Long Term Career Goal Specific: What specifically do you want to accomplish? I want to be working for a computer company in 5yrs, making about 80,000-100,000 a year. I want to be living in a nice big house for my family in a nice subdivision or on my own land. But I know I can’t have all that without the right education. I must accomplish this goal so I can provide for my family and we can have nice things. Measureable: How will you measure if you are successful? I went to the military to learn about computers and networking and now that I am at a job that I deal with computers, networking and others things. But now that I am also going to school to further my education and get a degree in this field. I can now say I am on the right track at accomplishing my goal. Attainable: What plan will you put in place to ensure you can attain your goal? The plan I will put in place is to keep sharpening my skills in...
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...Phase 3 Individual Project MPM210 The purpose of this project is to help Baylor Regional Medical Center of Grapevine increase its overall revenue without laying any of their employees off. By cutting a percentage of the wages and putting a freeze on raises for one year will help the organization to move forward and expand with the community. Also with a little cooperation from each department with cutting out some of the added amenities, no jobs will have to be cut. Organizational Chart Purpose of Each Role The purpose of the role of CEO is overseer of the entire organization. Each final decision that is made has to have the approval of the CEO. Before any cuts are made the proposal has to be signed off by the CEO. The position is the most important position in an organization like a health care facility. The person with this position has to know what is going on at all times. It was the decision of the CEO to appoint a project manager to work closely with the financial manager to create a way to cut the spending and Baylor Regional Medical Center without having to lose any employees. The project manager’s role in this particular project was to first meet with the financial manager to get a sense of where the most money was being spent that could possibility be cut. After that meeting, the project manager would meet with each affected department and give them an overview of what needs to happen in the next 30 days. A report detailing what is spent a month on everything...
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...Individual Project Since childhood I have been fond of scents. Perfumes fascinate me, how one scent sets a personality and gives each person their own distinct smell. I truly wish to be a perfumist one day. The career I believe I will most likely have in the forthcoming future will be the owner of a small perfume and cosmetics business. The idea of the business is to let the customers pick their own scents and mix and match with other preferable aromas, therefore creating unique perfumes for themselves. Section 1: The leadership requirements for a business owner would be being able to balance micro and macro management. The skills that are required are sales experience and customer service. In order to please the customer one has to have sufficient knowledge in engaging with customers. Once you are able to engage enough with your customers you can build trust and after you have built trust, your sales will reach heights. Section 2: Strengths that my leadership would have, would be the balance between micro and macro management. Such as time, inventory and schedule. The weakness would be the atmosphere, how the upper management controls the staff. Sales quota not being reached is also a weakness. To over come the weakness, many different methods would be used such as incentives that would come out from the profit of the inventory sold. Section 3: Career is a lifelong relationship and to me a career holds the ability...
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...The Healthcare Organization Colorado Technical University HCM367-1304A-01 Phase 3 - Individual Project Lately, there has been an increase in patients being diagnosed with chronic debilitating diseases here at the healthcare facility, and I believe that Senior Management, Departments Heads, Supervisors, and Stakeholders should come together and discuss a few topics concerning chronic diseases and the aging population. The crisis is clear. Chronic diseases are having a major impact on healthcare. Chronic conditions, unlike acute diseases, cannot be cured and can last for years, limit activitis, and require continuing medical attention. In the United States, chronic illnesses impact millions of people and are the leading cause of sickness, disability, and death. As more and more people age and develop chronic illnesses the number of doctors and nurses needed will go up. Therefore, the availability of well-trained doctors and nurses is imperative in order to provide the best possible care. By communicating and collaborating with doctors, nurses, and the community to treat patients and their illnesses we can possibly cut costs, make programs for patients more readily available, and help the patient improve their overall health. In preparation for this meeting I researched Alzheimer’s disease which is a major issue affecting the aging population. Alzheimer's disease, first described by the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer, is a physical disease...
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...IT190-06 Introduction to IT Individual Project Sandy Hosch 10 June 2015 Table of Contents: Section 1: Information Systems Overview…………………………………………………….1 Organization Overview……………………………………………………………..1 Process for New Systems or Software.......................................................................1 IT Job Functions………………………………………………………………….....2 Determining Effectiveness…………………………………………………………..2 Section 2: Information Systems Concepts………………………………………………….....4 Overview……………………………………………………………………………..4 LAN vs. WAN………………………………………………………………………..4 Wi-Fi………………………………………………………………………………….5 Telecommuting……………………………………………………………………….5 Section 3: Business Information Systems………………………………………………………7 Overview……………………………………………………………………………..7 Transaction Processing Systems……………………………………………………7 Management Information Systems…………………………………………………8 Decision Support Systems…………………………………………………………..8 Artificial Intelligence………………………………………………………………..9 Section 4: System Development………………………………………..………………..……10 Overview…………………………………………………………………..…...…..10 Waterfall Method…………………………………………………….……………10 Prototype Method…………………………………………………………………10 System Design………………………………………………………….…………..11 Section 5: Information Systems and Society…………………………………………………13 Section 1: Information System Overview Organization Overview USA is a medium size credit union that...
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...Misdemeanors: Misdemeanors are going to deal with fewer crimes. A few examples are minor thefts, certain traffic offenses (like DUI or driving on a suspended license), and many minor drug offenses. Dealing with misdemeanors you will either be hit with a fine or jail time that is usually less than a year. In addition, dealing with misdemeanors depending on the charges if you have multiple charges they can be structured to run consecutively (rather than concurrently) meaning that when one sentence ends the next one begins. In that way, multiple misdemeanor charges can equate to years in jail. With the jail term, you may receive from the misdemeanor it will either be local or county jail. A defendant does have a right to an attorney, and one is appointed if the defendant cannot afford one, or the defendant can choose to represent himself, though that is highly unrecommended and the court will likely try to change the defendant's mind. Jury trials can be available, depending upon the type of misdemeanor alleged, though it is often a smaller jury (frequently just 6 members) as opposed to the familiar 12-member jury. Felonies: Felonies are definitely the most serious types of crimes these types of crimes will definitely land you in prison for either years or life. Examples of felonies include murder, aggravated or grand theft, rape, etc. If convicted of a felony, an inmate will most likely serve their sentence in a state or federal correctional institution, more commonly referred...
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...Individual Project 4 Chandra Brown AIU Online 1/30/16 Do you think the project should be accepted? Why? The company should accept this project. The project payback period is between 2 to 3 years. Assume the company has a P/B (payback) policy of not accepting projects with life of over 3 years. This will be a perfect project to accept due to life span stay between 2 to 3 years. This will be within company’s policy. If the project required additional investment in land and building, how would this affect your decision? Explain Depending on how much additional investment needed and what will be the payback period. Another cash flow statement will be needed for further reviewing to decide whether additional funding will be a good investment. . A manufacturing company is thinking of launching a new product. The company expects to sell $950,000 of the new product in the first year and $1,500,000 each year thereafter. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 45% of sales. Indirect incremental costs are estimated at $95,000 a year. The project requires a new plant that will cost a total of $1,500,000, which will be a depreciated straight line over the next 5 years. The new line will also require an additional net investment in inventory and receivables in the amount of $200,000. Assume there is no need for additional investment in building the land for the project. The firm's marginal tax rate is 35%, and its cost of capital is 10%. Total Investment =...
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...Individual Project Proposal Sara Eisenhower CMGT/410 November 10, 2014 Chanda Sanders University of Phoenix Riordan Enterprises To: Senior management and department heads From: Sara Eisenhower CC: Branch managers Date: November 10, 2014 Re: Implementation of New Companywide Compliance System and Policies Comments: Since Riordan Manufacturing is showing such quick growing expansion potential and opening new branches worldwide it is imperative that we institute a new companywide compliance system. With that new compliance system new policies will also be introduced. It is imperative that all senior management and department heads are thoroughly trained in the new system and policies in order to properly train their staff. This project and the training it encompasses will henceforth be referred to as Icarus Project. Stakeholders While the Icarus Project will impact all employees companywide its main focus will be on the senior management and department heads. Management is affected directly as they will be the ones physically attending the training sessions. The branch employees will not immediately be affected as they will not begin being trained until the management have been fully trained in the new compliance system and policies. The CEO of Riordan Manufacturing will need to be kept in the loop and updated regularly on the progress of the training sessions and will provide feedback and constructive criticism when or if necessary. It will be required...
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...Individual Project 1 Kevin Hensley AIU Online PHIL201 July 25, 2013 Earl Barnett Individual Project 1 Over the years, I have asked myself many questions about life, its meaning and where I will or want to go in life. Many I have answered, and many which I have no answers to just more questions. In this paper I will try to express the times I have asked questions and come to what I feel are reasonable answers. Metaphysics When I was young, my Grandfather died quite unexpectedly. The night after the funeral I was lying in bed with my back facing the door to my room. I heard my Grandfather’s voice calling my name. When I rolled over, he was standing there in my room. He said, “Kevie, you be good and take care of your mother.” And then he was gone. After many more experiences of this kind, I have come to the conclusion a person’s soul does go on after death. How this is possible, however, I have not yet come to a reasonable conclusion other than our bodies are merely a vessel we use for time. Epistemology My daughter once asked me, “Dad, how do you know so much?” This question, for some reason, made me stop and think for a moment. How did I know or have the knowledge of the things I spoke of or acted upon? The conclusion I came to was I had the knowledge through several ways. Some knowledge was gained by life experience, while another bit of knowledge was gained by a teaching of some sort. My Grandfather teaching me about engines and how to work on them is an example. Ethics Over...
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...Individual Wellness Change Project The client I selected for this project is a 70 year old female. This client resides in a household with her husband, and adult son. Retirement has not equated with rest and relaxation for my client as she also takes care of two of her adult brothers in poor health. Three granddaughters have been the source of joy for her as they’ve grown from precious infants to teenagers. My client also assumes the role of family matriarch for her other nine siblings. With many demands for time and attention, I predicted the needs assessments to direct us towards stress management. The results we received sent out project in another direction. With my initial prediction of the focus needed being on stress management, I had my client complete the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale (Holmes and Rahe, n.d.) first. In spite of numerous responsibilities and various family members always seeking advice, her score was only a 16. Scores below 150 represent only a slight risk of illness due to stress. The one area where stress does affect my client is in her sleeping habits. Many nights she experiences insomnia while contemplating current family situations, and consequentially suffers from fatigue. My client’s concern over taking care of everyone else leaves little time for her to focus on herself. The remainder of our assessments helped to point out what she already knew about her nutrition and physical activity levels. The results of the LiveWell assessment...
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...Individual Project 2 English 206 Laquita Easter 5/8/11 The Cosby Show was a great show for African Americans in the early 80’s. I love one particular character from the show it was “Clif Huxtable” played by comedian Bill Cosby. The show most people thought it was not “real” enough. The reason most people will think this is because of “Cosby” family life on the show. Cliff and his wife Claire Huxtable were very successful, educated people. Cliff was a doctor and his wife was a successful lawyer. The two raised 5 children who needed much guidance and advice as any children would. The show was very interesting and funny but was the joke on how the whole series was played out? I don’t believe so, that made me adore and look up to Cliff Huxtable. He was fair, down to earth, and made his fatherly love & support for his children to broaden and make them choose for themselves. Bill Cosby character was the father of all fathers; he supported his wife and watch football on Sunday nights. He was still the all American dad, in one if my favorite episodes, it was when Theo wanted to stay out later. Theo: Dad, will it be too much to ask if U stay 30 minutes after curfew? Cliff: Well, Theo if I let you stay 30 minutes after your curfew, then you may ask for an increase in your allowance, and then you’ll want to borrow the car. Theo: Okay Dad, would a “no Theo” be too much to ask? I loved that episode and even use some of Cliff’s parenting when dealing with my own children situation...
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...American Intercontinental University Individual Project 1 Abstract Victims of crimes come in all ages, race, nationality, and sex. Studying the victims is important to determine why they were chosen, and how they were affected. Civil rights have come a long way in the past century, and continue to get better. Child rights groups continue to fight and win wrongful rulings in, so the kids can someday redeem themselves. First of all let’s take a look at what victimology is shall we. Victimology is defined as “the study of crime victims and the psychological effects on being a victim.” (Dictionary, 2013) Let’s take a look at why victimology is so important know a days. Here are some startling numbers from 2010. “The city of Detroit, Michigan literally looks like a war zone and violent crime is thriving. So far this year in Detroit, car thefts are up 83%, robberies are up 50%, burglaries are up 20% and property destruction is up 42%. Lawmakers in Illinois say that violence has become so rampant in Chicago that the National Guard needs to be sent in. In just one night last week seven people were killed and 18 were wounded – mostly by gunfire. In fact, there have already been 113 murders in Chicago this year. There are approximately 12 million crimes committed in the United States every single year. That is by far the worst in the world. No other nation has more than about 6 million reported crimes per year.” (Michael, 2010) With these types of numbers, there...
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...Howard Shepheard American Intercontinental University Unit 5 Individual Project HUMA215-1103B-01 September 24, 2010 Abstract This paper will explore the role that a cultural artifact played the part in the culture we live today. This paper will present a detailed description of this artifact. This paper will analyze how this artifact relates to the values, beliefs of the culture. We will discuss the deep cultural root of this artifact. What historical roots allowed this artifact to come into being? This paper will discuss the cultural periods that might have influenced its development. This paper will discuss how this artifact will be passed to future generations. This paper will discuss what evolutions might this artifact undergo. | | Introduction It’s 1980 and in the park in New City there is a crowd gathered. They are a mix of music that is both somewhat offensive and exciting. The music embodies the rhythm of the African Diasporas as well as added beats of artist of a bygone era. The people are both drown to this strangely intoxication music as well as the troop of dancers that are a kind of visual representation of the music that exist alongside the dancers. You see the dancers but you just barely saw this square box sitting on the small bench. You can just make out the lights flashing in the midday sun. It has two oversized speakers that seem to reproduce a sound that is far greater than its size. What is this strange new device...
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