Communication measurement and evaluation has come a long way in just a decade.  Finally, measurement has become the watchword and “results, results, results” the mantra of executives. Instead of viewing an organization’s communication as a kind of mystical intangible — intangible methods, intangible effects and intangible results — we now measure everything in our effort to build strong relationships with key publics and contribute to […]

Since P4P has been around for a number of years, one would think that its effectiveness should be clearly documented. However, Peter Kongstvedt says that results have been mixed. He concludes that “positive results remain ambiguous, at least on a broad basis.” Review various P4P program results and effectiveness on the Internet or through your college’s Online Library, which you can access in the Resources tab. Write […]

You are going to take inventory of how many vitamins and minerals some foods and drinks you have at home contain. Select three food items and two drink items to analyze. Search on their nutrition labels and see what types of vitamins and minerals they contain.                 In your discussion post you must: Record the measurements for the vitamins and minerals of your three food […]

Please follow the directions below. The Dehew Health System is attached below.   Instructions Assessment #1:  Understanding an Income Statement  You are an intern in a health care organization business office. The calculations can be done for FY 2018 or 2019. Make sure to identify the year you used.  Use the Dehew Health System income statement in the attachment, please develop a 4-6 page paper […]

Instructions: Find an article or a web resource that discusses and illustrates an ecological web that includes a keystone species. Create your own version of the ecological diagram, showing the interrelationships between species. Be sure to cite your source of the material and include it with your submission. Include the following in your ecological diagram: • An ecological web that includes at least one (1) […]

Visual Analysis Essay Guidelines for Visual Analysis Essay Assignment Overview Your next major essay in this course will be a visual analysis essay.  In this essay, you will be expected to apply the concepts covered in Units 1-4 as you analyze an image to show some of its larger meanings.  This includes knowledge of the writing process, rhetorical situation, formal register, essay structure, and visual […]

Take the database that you created in the previous week, and expand your initial 3 tables to 8 tables. The additional tables you have created should include new tables to capture additional variables of interest that can be used to bolster the analytic horsepower of your database. Building off of the previous hypothetical example of a  database to understand relative pandemic effects on the textile […]

Discussion 1: Evidence-Based Practices: How Do You Know They Are Working? For this Discussion you will develop a working definition of “evidence-based practice” after reading different perspectives on what it means for practices to have a strong evidence base. This definition will assist with future modules as you explore what evidence-based practice looks like in academic and social-emotional instruction within special education. To prepare: Review […]

You have been asked to present your data findings and decision-making modeling to the leadership panel for feedback prior to the stakeholder meeting presentation. The panel wants to preview the charts and graphs that will be included in your presentation based on the research you have conducted. They would like to see how you will use the data to inform your recommendation, and how you […]

 Overview: Throughout Theme: Approaches to History, you have been guided through beginning your Project 1: Writing Plan assignment, which you will continue to work on in Theme 2 and formally submit for completion at the end of Week 4 of the course. This progress check assignment provides you with an important opportunity to get valuable instructor feedback on the progress you are making and to […]