...Although the long-running comedy show Saturday Night Live has countless memorable sketches, the ones often most beloved by fans, are the ones in which the characters “break”. In acting, “breaking” is when an actor breaks character (due to laughing or messing up a line), and it can often lead to a calamitous disruption of the whole scene. It is curious, one might notice, that the most revered sketches of this TV show are the ones in which the writing, acting, and premise of the scene go completely off the rails. This strange positive reaction to a major deviation in expectations is not just present in the world of late-night comedy, but also the service industry, and the first two chapters of this text provide an understanding of why it happens,...
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...Reading Comprehension Alexis Garrett GEN/105 Marilyn Hofer The main point of the reading material is how to turn a presentation from nap time to a presentation that people actually want to listen to. It covers eight points that will help turn your presentation from boring to interesting. The eight points are dig deep, avoid information overload, practice delivery, forget comedy, pick powerful props, minimize you, speak the language, simple slides. Using these steps properly can help you succeed in a proper presentation. Zahorsky, ). Covering each section; Dig Deep: in other words don’t drop all the normal boring facts on a slide and call your work done. Look deeper and find some more interesting facts that are not so common to be unexpected. Avoid Information Overload: this step includes taking out any irrevelvent information. This means all text that does not to be there as well as all pictures that do not pertain to the subject that is being discussed. Practice Delivery: To gain confidence and remove all nervous tics while presenting practice is the key. Practicing the delivery will also help with removing any pauses in the speech. Forget Comedy: This does not mean that no one can laugh, just don’t overdo it. This is not a standup comedy show. This is a business presentation. Pick Powerful Props: Props do not need to be over the top they can be simple and still get a point across. Minimize You: do not make this a story about what you can do or what...
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...Search About 2,080,000,000 results (0.20 seconds) Everything Images Maps Videos News Shopping More Colorado Springs, CO Change location Search Options Show search tools Search Results The Story of Stuff Project www.storyofstuff.org/ A 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard, to view online or download. Includes footnoted script, credits, blog, and resources. Story of Stuff - Movies - Story of Bottled Water - Story of Citizens United v. FEC Stuff.co.nz - Latest New Zealand News & World News, Sports News ... www.stuff.co.nz/ National news, world news, sport, technology, entertainment and business news from Fairfax Media. Dad vows to fight Starship slur - 59 minutes ago FBI says child porn found on Dotcom's Megaupload servers - 59 minutes ago We're sick of wasting time - 59 minutes ago National - Sports News - The Press - Quizzes Stuff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff A colloquialism whose very generic scope implies imprecise word usage, stuff may refer to items, things, or matter. Stuff may also refer to: Stuff (cloth), woven ... Stuff www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html I have too much stuff. Most people in America do. In fact, the poorer people are, the more stuff they seem to have. Hardly anyone is so poor that they can't afford ... How Stuff Works www.howstuffworks...
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...Joseph Pechulis Kennon Rice Social Stratification 10 December, 2015 Extra Credit Solutions Assignment To briefly summarize my actual solutions assignment: I love stand-up comedy and movies. I actual perform stand-up comedy on occasion and I am a huge movie buff. I have always seen racist and sexist acts and jokes but never really thought of the impact on society they had. Sure, from a stand-up perspective, I thought that people just realized it was a joke and somewhat true. In movies I thought that most people realized that it was just a movie and a movie is scripted and staged. I now know, that as stupid as those jokes and scenes can be, they actually contribute to a large portion of the social inequality that occurs every day all over the world. So my main goal over all of my journal entries was to do as much as I can to not watch any movies or stand-up comics that played on the idea of racism or stereotypes. It was honestly easier than I expected to do. I have not watched any movies that play on these stereotypes. I was having a movie night with friends. They wanted to watch the movie “12 Years a Slave.” It won a few Academy Awards. I suggested that we shouldn’t watch it because it plays on the typical stereotypes that white men have the most control in society white black people usually take the role of some sort of domestic work I movies. They then asked me, quoting here, “Joe, you love movies. This is a great movie. Who cares what the subject matter is. Why are...
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...In try to make up for by reciting phases from movies that he had played in. And to me that, is just a waste of money because I don't want to come to your show just to hear you repeat something you said in a movie. I don't think being stupid funny make him good enough for stand up. Because when I go to Kevin shows I know I'm going to hear some new material or a continuous of his pervious stuff. Like his material is mad funny it will have you driving home from the show still laughing in repeating something he had done said. In on top of that Kevin sold out Madison Square Gardens I don't even think Mike came close or could even come close to that. To think about it, I can't even tell you the last time Mike Epps sold out a...
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...Jokes * “If toast always lands butter-side down and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast to the back of a cat and drop it?” -Steven Wright * “I like rice. Rice is great when you’re hungry and you want 2,000 of something.” –Mitch Hedberg * “A friend will help you move. A best friend will help you move a body.” –David Attell * “It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.” –The Great Jerry Seinfeld * “According to most studies, people’s No.1 fear is public speaking. No.2 is death. Death is No.2. Does that sound right? This means, to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” –The Great Jerry Seinfeld * “Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there’s no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.” –The Great Jerry Seinfeld * “If we’re all God’s children, what’s so special about Jesus?” –Jimmy Carr * “Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m a schizophrenic, and so am I.” - Billy Connolly * “God gave men a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time.” - Robin Williams * “I’m not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.” - Richard Pryor * “A woman told her doctor, ‘I’ve got a bad back.’ The doctor said, ‘It’s old age.’ The woman said...
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... Amazon was a highly professional business when it came to the managers and crew leaders relaying messages to the staff and listening to the staff as well. At Amazon every morning we arrived to work we would have what is called a standup meeting. At the stand up meeting the manager of each section would relay information for the staff. The information that would be relayed would be information pertaining to what happened the day before, overtime for the following week, the number of items to be packed and sent out for that particular day, and weekly changes made throughout Amazon. Amazon also has an all employees meeting once a month. Those meetings included Amazons general manager, supervisors, and all the staff member. At these all employees meetings, employees had the opportunity to discuss any and everything that they wanted with whomever they wanted to discuss it with. These meetings also was a opportunity for employees and staff to converse with one another for a longer period of time, providing more information for staffs and more time for employees and the general supervisor time to talk one on one which is something most jobs do not allow very often. All of these things are essential for a business. The stand up meetings prevent misunderstandings, and...
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...customers. Another disadvantage is the company internal systems which are not up to date, but the company still has sales quota that has to be met. Another advantage is the refund on the franchise fees and support from the company 2. 1-800-Got-Junk should change the size of the territories to increase their revenue. By having smaller territories this company limits the potential earnings that could be achieved. 3. Yes, I do think that there is a better way to communicate the change to their staff. There are better ways to communicate change to a organization other than having a quick stand up meeting. A meeting of this magnitude should not have the CEO arriving late and should not be down in this meeting setting. A stand up meeting gives a shock factor which would lead the way for chaos and confusion. I think this type of information should be communicated down management first then through paper. 4. 1800 Got Junk should update their systems and use an interactive tool that will update their reports and other requirements automatically. The old word excel sheet are to manual and there is clearly room for error in the way things are being presented. I would advise the company to come up with a new system to tracking their data. They need to start completely over and make things a little easier for the employees through better technology. 5. I think that 1 800 Got Junk is capitalized by the their start up cost and also based on how the area is performing. Also, I would think that...
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...1. | Question : | Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below: “To thine own self be true”, says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play. | | | Student Answer: | | “To thine own self be true” says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play. | | | | “To thine own self be true,” Says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play. | | | | “To thine own self be true,” says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play. | | | | “To thine own self be true”, Says Polonius to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragic play. | | Instructor Explanation: | For information on how to correct a mechanical error with a quotation, visit the Ashford Writing Center https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-punctuation-quotation-marks.html | | | | Points Received: | 0 of 1 | | Comments: | | | | Question 2. | Question : | Please choose the best mechanics correction for the sentence below: In The Writer in All of Us, author June Gould (1989) tells writers that the process of revising an essay allows them to “see with new eyes.” (p. 121). | | | Student Answer: | | In The Writer in All of Us, author June Gould (1989) tells writers that the process of revising an essay allows them to “see with new eyes (p. 121).” | | | | In The Writer in All of Us, author June Gould (1989; p. 121) tells writers that the process of revising an essay allows them to “see with new eyes.” | | | | In The Writer...
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...someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ then when you see him again; it’s like the asthma an’ you can’t breathe,’’ (103-104), resulting in a constant reminder of the horrible fear Jack Merridew enforced in Piggy. Although he was faced with the anxiety affiliated with being around Jack, Piggy continued to construct more fears the more he was on the island. Piggy was faced with the fear of the beast, but he eventually realizes that there is no beast and that he should not be scared of it, yet he still kind of is. The beast was commonly enforced as a fearful being by the littluns in which Piggy would announce at the assemblies what the boys were saying about it. Piggy attempted to stand up and explain how he was not scared of the...
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...development (OD) practitioner. This paper will discuss the different strategies of change and how to adjust them to meet the organization’s needs. The strategies discussed are structural and behavioral and how to change these in order to get the most out of the organization. Discussed are the interventions that would be utilized like employee empowerment, team building, role analysis/negotiation, stress management and third party intervention and how they will affect the organization. Finally, how to determine the success or failure of the proposed intervention. This is determined by utilizing anonymous surveys, and team meeting where they can share their results with other departments. The Organization’s Diagnosis The first area analyzed was how the organization was divided and what their relationship was to each other. Simmons Laboratories is divided up by main project heads who then oversee several projects. Some of these sections have a project head/team leader who oversee, several scientists, lab personnel, mathematicians, and secretaries (Brown, 2011). The team leader reports all finding to the main project head. However, according to the textbook the organizations self-managed work team violates the principle of unit of command (Brown, 2011). This is the principle where the team is...
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...recommends that people and it also helps to improve your communication skills when put in a situation with others. This acronym is SOLER. use an acronym to help assess other people’s communication The S stands for sitting squarely – It is important to do this when you are interacting with an individual because you can look directly at them and it shows them that you are listening and are interested in what they have to say. The O stands for open posture – It is important to have open body posture when you are interacting with an individual. This means not sitting or standing up with your arms folded across your chest as this can give off signals that you are defensive or are anxious. Having an open posture makes the individual feel more welcome and comfortable to share their problems/concerns. The L stands for leaning forward when necessary - It is important that you lean forwards when necessary when communicating to an individual because it shows them that you are interested in what they are talking about and that you are listening. It may be possible that the person may be sharing personal issues so they may speak in a lower or quieter tone of voice. In addition you may also speak to them in a softer/quieter tone so that they feel more encouraged to share their issues. The E stands for eye contact – Eye contact is important as this shows that you are interested in what the person is talking about. You can also develop a sense of the persons emotional state by making eye contact...
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...girls from New England flocked to mills and factories in search of a better life and new opportunities (“At the Clang”). Although some may claim that factory life was a negative experience and hurt the mill girls, it is clear that the Industrial Revolution impacted the lives of American workers in a positive way, for they gained more independence, stood up for their rights, and, overall, were able to become more informed by working in factories and mills...
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...Communication Norms |Strategies to Increase Cross-Cultural | | | | | |Communication | | |Ireland |Meeting and greeting |The Irish are not very time conscious |The most important strategy to increase | | | |It is expected that men, women and children|and may not be punctual for business |cross cultural communication is knowledge. | | | |shake hands with eye contact upon arriving |and social meetings. They have a |The understanding that not all cultures are | | | |and leaving with everyone present at a |relaxed sense of time and may be a |the same, becoming familiar with the culture| | | |business or social gathering. |little late for meetings. However, a |and the business practice of the culture | | | |Body Language |foreigner should be on time for |will help the overall communication. Making |...
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...overview of everything we talked about at our meeting: 1. Meetings will be held every other Monday from 7 pm-8pm 2. We will have a brainstorming folder, so any ideas you have, write them down and place into the folder 3. We formed groups to target certain brainstorming ideas. Brainstorm and get together during the off week, and at the meeting present your ideas to Matt, so we can push them through the bosses. 4. Brainstorming ideas a. Happy Hour i. Joe wants 3-7, however we close at 7 ii. Matt wants 2-6***** iii. Happy hour could include 1. $5 combo meal or $1 off 2. These will mostly be targeted toward Serrano’s, but each restaurant will participate 3. We need to start this ASAP. We need to make an extra $500/ week to make up for the deficit b. Donnie would like to do breakfast at LND on April 1st. c. Breakfast? i. Maybe only a special (1 day/week) ii. Open an hour early 1. However we found that people are going to want breakfast before 10am 2. Cash/credit and combo d. Deli i. 6 inch sandwiches AND footlong subs e. Value menu i. Place all of our food items that are under $2 on a separate menu to grab people’s attention. ii. In deli 1. Sides, chips, fruit, dessert can all go on a separate menu. That way customers know they can just buy a side of potato salad if they want. iii. Serrano’s 1. Guac, chips, queso, dessert, fruit, etc. iv. Pizza 1. Breadsticks, pizza rolls, boscos, dessert, etc v. The stands that are used for combo exchange by each line...
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