Business managers use written communication every day. Opportunities for
written communication in the business world include everything from reports,
memos, and documentation to emails, instant messaging, and social media.
Effective written communication can help build and grow business relationships, accelerate results, solicit input and feedback, and rally personnel toward
shared goals. Your ability to write messages that are clear and concise, while
positioned strategically and presented professionally, will distinguish you
in your field.
In this assignment, you will develop a written communication for the challenge
or opportunity scenario you have identified. The written message needed to
fulfill this assignment will depend on your scenario.
INSTRUCTIONS
Compose a written communication based on your Strategic
Communications Plan.
WEEK 1
IT’S A DIGITAL WORLD
ASSIGNMENT 2
PART 1
1. Develop Your Written Communication
a) State your key message clearly
i. Do not “bury the headline” — the main point should be
presented directly
ii. Your key message must be clear and concise
b) Provide the necessary information and build credibility
i. Provide an appropriate amount of background
information for the audience, given the type of
communication
ii. Get to the point without unnecessary verbiage
iii. Build your position as an expert or trusted colleague
c) Support your key message with three or four supporting
points/reasons
i. Supporting points should be appropriate for the context
and needs of the audience
ii. Reasons should be compelling and relevant
d) Employ either the Consult/Join or Tell/Sell techniques
e) Clearly relay to the audience an actionable request
2. Write Professionally
a) Communication should be clear and concise
b) Communication should build logically
c) Sentences should flow smoothly, using appropriate
transitions and varying sentence structure
d) Employ appropriate formatting for ease of reading and clarity
of message (headers, bullet points, etc.)
3. Demonstrate Professional Presence
a) Be authentic and genuine in your communication
b) Use the appropriate tone and vocabulary for your audience
c) Establish rapport to connect with your audience and
grow the relationship
PART 2
4. Channel and Style
a) Explain why you chose the specific channel you used for the
written communication
b) Explain what style you employed in your written communication
and why (Sell/Tell or Consult/Join)
5. Use Feedback to Refine Your Communication
a) Describe or list the feedback you received on your written
communication from the week 5 Discussion Board
b) Explain how you used the feedback to revise and
improve your message

https://gtlcenter.org/sites/default/files/SelfAsse…

This week we continued our journey into becoming the Whole Teacher. The fifth pillar of the Whole Teacher is focusing on teaching happiness and joy in learning as much as skills. This is directly related to social and emotional development. In order to meet the needs of our students, it is critical that you understand where you are at in terms of helping children to grow socially and emotionally. For this assignment, you will begin by completing the Self-Assessing Social and Emotional Instruction and Competencies: A Tool for Teachers (Links to an external site.) self- assessment developed by the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at American Institute for Research. This tool focuses on five teacher social and emotional competencies, including self-awareness, self-management/emotion regulation, social awareness, relationship/social skills, and responsible decision making, (Yoder, 2014, p. 8).

Assignment Directions:

After completing the self- assessment:

• Discuss which social and emotional competency you scored the highest. Conclude what might have influenced your score in this area. (1 point)
• Discuss which social and emotional competency you scored the lowest. Conclude what might have influenced your score in this area. (1 point)
• Explain whether you agree or disagree with your self-assessment scores. Make sure to support your explanation with specific evidence or examples. (1 point)
• Explain the leadership skills you possess that support the self-rating you received on the different social-emotional competencies (i.e., self-awareness, self-management/emotion regulation, social awareness, relationship/social skills, and responsible decision making) (1.5 points)
• Propose at least two professional learning experiences that could facilitate improvement in areas in which you scored lowest. (1.5 points)
• Summarize how you will use your self-assessment to design a classroom environment that incorporates evidence-based and developmentally appropriate strategies to promote social and emotional development. (1.5 points)
• Explain how completing this self-assessment activity has further helped to shape your philosophy of teaching and learning, and will further assist you in becoming a 21st-century educator. (1 point)

Research and Resource Expectations:

• Source Requirement (.25 points):

  • At least two scholarly peer-reviewed or reliable sources

Writing and Formatting Expectations:

• Title Page: Must include a separate title page with the following:

  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

• Academic Voice (.25 points): Academic voice is used (avoids casual language, limited use of “I”, it is declarative).
• Purpose and Organization (.25 points): Demonstrates logical progression of ideas.
• Syntax and Mechanics (.25 points): Writing displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• APA Formatting (.25 points): Papers are formatted properly and all sources are cited and referenced in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
• Suggested Assignment Length (.25 points): This assignment should be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages).

Next Steps: Review and Submit the Assignment

Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to ensure you have achieved the distinguished levels performance for each criterion. Next, submit the assignment for evaluation no later than Day 7.

This tells you some of the parameters you need to meet for the Marketing Plan. The following are other pieces you need to ensure you include:

• What is the PRODUCT you wish to introduce?
• What are the PRICES you want to charge and/or the including a discussion of what the profit looks like you intend to make
• What PROMOTIONS do you intend to use to get your Marketing message across to your target market?
• What PLACE/DISTRIBUTION methods do you intend to use to get your product to the masses?
  • Who is the target market? Why?
  • What specific methods of distribution do you want to use? Do you want to have a storefront? Online presence? Both? Direct Sales?
  • Depending on the International City/Country you plan to target, why did you pick that area for that particular product? Why that target market?
  • Where do you plan to be headquartered?

  Keep in mind that the products/services ideas have to come from one of the following categories:

  1. New-to-the World (new products/services that create an entirely new market)

  2. New Product/Service Line (new products/services that allow a company to enter an established market for the first time)

  3. Additions to existing product lines (new products/services that supplement existing brands and product lines)

  *In other words, you are going to be creating a NEW product. One that DOES NOT exist in any form currently on Earth.*
  
  instructions
  It should be 3 pages

this is the sample . You only need do the part 3

my topic is ( Global warming ).

PART 1: Words are important!

Good research requires some pre-planning, especially in selecting the words that you will type into a search bar to find articles. The reason is because if your words are not the precise ones or the types of things that you’re hoping to find, you are not going to get what you’re looking for. Remember: garbage in, garbage out.

Write down your topic, research question, or hypothesis

Global warming

Pick out 2-3 nouns from your topic, research question, or hypothesis that are key to your research:

Greenhouse effect, melting ice, atmospheric damage

Now type 1 synonym* or a word that the discipline might use** for each noun you detailed above:

Excessive carbon dioxide emissions, rising temperatures, melting of frozen regions, ozone depletion.

PART 2: Searching library databases

Searching a library database is not like searching Google; many databases are very unforgiving of typos and have many more features. They tend to, however, have the same searching mechanisms, look, and feel.

Find the database “Science Direct” by:

Going to http://libguides.sjsu.edu/biology

Click on “Find Articles by Topic”

Click on “Science Direct”

— Turn Over —

Type in your search terms (like shown below) – remember, these are your 2-3 nouns pulled from your topic, research question, or hypothesis:

Limit your results. Common limiters:

Publication years (generally last 10 years in the sciences)

Article / Source Type (research articles, journal articles, peer-reviewed articles, primary sources, etc.)

Change how the results are sorted: relevance or best match

How many results are left? ___256,658 results_
Are you getting too many results? Or maybe you’re getting too few results?

If too many:

o Try Boolean searching using the word “And” to get more specific results

o Try adding in another keyword

If too few:

o Try Boolean searching using the word “Or” in between your synonyms

o Consider a broader term for one of your keywords

Try the same search with the following databases below. Write down the words you used and how many results came up for your search:

Database name	What keywords did you search?	How many results?
Greenhouse	environment	152,768
atmospheric	Biological	24,654
rising temperatures	Human life	223,567

PART 3: Citing your sources

Write an CSE citation for an article that you found. Example can be found at: https://libguides.sjsu.edu/c.php?g=230082&p=152704…

PART 4: A few more questions to answer

1. What is the most important thing you learned from the library session?

2. One question that remains unanswered for you?

PART 5: To do

Create an ILLiad / Interlibrary Loan Account

o Why? To get materials not available at SJSU

o Free, but allow for 3-5 business days for articles, 2 weeks for books & theses

o Create an account! Go to:
http://library.sjsu.edu/ > CSU+/InterLibraryLoan > InterLibrary Loan > First-Time User?

Questions? Need to meet up? Email Yen Tran, Biological Sciences Librarian, yen.tran@sjsu.edu