Utilize the Topic 6 Readings to create a PowerPoint presentation of five to six slides on the Progressive Era. Be sure to cite and reference all sources.

Include slide notes in your presentation slides. Additionally, include a title, introduction and reference slide(s), which do not count toward five to six slide total.

Evaluate how each of the following topics was influenced by the Progressive Movement and the lasting impact each had on American Society (100-125 words each topic in the slide notes):

1. Regulation of Business
2. Greater Democracy
3. Conservationism
4. Rise of Professionalism
5. Prohibition

Use a minimum of three of the sources provided to support your assignment and be sure to cite the sources.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

As a financial advisor, you are assigned a new client who is considering investing in one of two stocks, A or B.

The table below shows information about the performance of stocks A and B last year.

ReturnStandard DeviationStock A15 %8.3%Stock B14%2.1%

1. As a financial advisor, are there factors other than return and risk that should be considered in making this decision?
2. Based on these factors, what stock would you recommend to the client?
3. What reasons will you convey to your client to justify your decision in recommending this stock?
4. How will this recommendation impact the client?

1.Sociological frameworks for understanding Racism. Garner,Steve.(2004).London:Pluto Press. Racism in the Irish Experience. 

2.Race and Ethnicity: Inequalities and Identities chapter 9 of Introductory to sociology. T.Bilton et al. (1996) Palgrave,London. 

3.Miles,R.(1989).Racism,London,Routledge.

4.How do Race and ethnicity impact on the formation of Identity. Woodward,K.(2003).Social Sciences:The big issues,Oxon:Routledge. 
Woodward,Know.(2004).Questioning Identity: Gender, class , ethnicity. London: Routledge. 

5.Back,L.and Solomos J.(eds.)(2008). Theories of Race and Racism, London: Routledge. 

6.Benedict,R.(1983).Race and Racism. London, Routledge & Keegan Paul (first published ,1942).

A major client of your company is interested in the salary distributions of jobs in the state of Minnesota that range from $40,000 to $120,000 per year. As a Business Analyst, your boss asks you to research and analyze the salary distributions. You are given a spreadsheet that contains the following information:

A listing of the jobs by title
The salary (in dollars) for each job
You have previously explained some of the basic statistics to your client already, and he really liked your work. Now he wants you to analyze the confidence intervals.

Background information on the Data

The data set in the spreadsheet consists of 364 records that you will be analyzing from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data set contains a listing of several job titles with yearly salaries ranging from approximately $40,000 to $120,000 for the state of Minnesota.

What to Submit

Your boss wants you to submit the spreadsheet with the completed calculations. Your research and analysis should be present within the answers provided on the worksheet.

As we near the end of the semester, think about which animals/ecosystems you’d like to explore further. Which do you want to see in the wild?

Plan a vacation for 2018 to go see a specific animal or habitat anywhere in the world (try something outside of the US, definitely out of CA).

Write this in a word document, inserting pictures as necessary. Save as a doc or PDF, then upload your finished work.

Include: 

• Best time of year to see the specific animal
• What behaviors you would expect to see (breeding, feeding, migrating, etc)
• In what way would you be able to interact with them? (SCUBA license needed? Boat, swim, cage dive, helicopter?)  
• Minimum budget needed for a three day, two-night stay, including travel and lodging expenses
• One example of research being conducted on the animal or ecosystem

Expected answers/points (40 points total):

• (2) Location: City, State, Country. Picture of map.
• (2) When will I go? Month, year
• (8) Purpose of trip: Why are you going here, at this time? 50 word minimum. Include a PICTURE
• (8) What research is being conducted on the animal/ecosystem you’re visiting. Name a scientist and describe their research. 50 word minimum
• (5) How will I get there? Give details, including mode of transport
• (5) Where will I stay? Give details
• (8) What activities will I participate in that involve the animal/ecosystem I’m visiting: Give details.
• (2) Budget required?

Where do you want to go?

• San Juan Island, WA over the summer to watch Orcas feed on salmon.
• Antarctica in February to see humpback whales feed
• Trinidad and Tobago to see Manatees during the wet season
• Interact with “friendly” Gray whales in Baja Mexico in March

Write a  blog post about stump removal and stump grinding. 

Title should be error free and contain between 6-9 words.   

Blog length :at least 250 words. 

Respond in 3 paragraphs to each topic individually. 

Your subject matter expert (SME) likely plays a role in the design and development of training. What role (if any) should the SME play in the implementation of the training? What factors might impact this role? 

Topic #2

What would you recommend an organization do to ensure that everyone receives equitable access to training opportunities?

1. Communications Strategy For The Organization Of Your Choice (25%)

Prepare a complex communications strategy for a real-life organization from a sector you have not used for Assignments 1 or 2. The emphasis in this assignment is on external communications and integrating the skills you have learned into a comprehensive plan.

The communications strategy must include, but need not be limited to the following elements:

· Executive Summary

· Communications Assessment (situational analysis)

· The present situation in which the organization finds itself. What is its reputation, has it received positive/negative media attention, who are its supporters and who are its critics? What needs improvement in its external communications?

· Communication Objectives

· Key Messages

· Key Audiences/target groups/stakeholders

· Who are you communicating with? What do they already know about the issue and/or the organization, and how do you intend to reach them? This list will obviously include the media, among others.

· Activities/tools/tactics for delivering your message(s)

· What materials will need to be developed?

· What events will you hold? Open houses, press conferences, opinion-gathering?

· How you will communicate with each important target group? Identify at least three channels you will use.

· Timeline/budget for implementation

· When will each activity in your plan take place? Next month, next year? In what sequence will you organize these activities and why?

· Include an estimate of the resources (human, financial, time) needed to create your communication materials or carry out your activities.

· Evaluation — how will you measure your success?

The plan should be appropriate for your sector and organization. This is NOT a budgeting exercise. In the Budget section, provide a ballpark estimation of the cost of putting your communications plan into action, and remember to take your organization’s resources into consideration.

Helpful Tips for Writing Assignment #3

1. You are writing this plan for a real organization, and in the real world it would be read by the owners/managers/CEO of that organization. These people obviously know how the organization works – don’t waste time describing it for them (location, number of employees, etc.). Concentrate on what you will do for them as a communications strategy, and why. Do not suggest operational changes, such as hiring more salespeople or reducing prices or training servers to ride unicycles.

2. Write the Executive Summary after you have completed the report. Use entire sentences you wrote elsewhere in your plan, if you choose. Ask a friend or family member to read the Executive Summary ONLY, not the whole plan. If they can read it, and then tell you what your main strategy is to improve the organization’s communications and why you choose that strategy, then your Executive Summary is successful.

3. Focus on the communications aspects. Your role is to examine how an organization communicates to its audiences, and suggest ways in which those communication activities should improve or change. The client already knows how to handle the business side (making money, serving customers, etc.) – you have been contracted to help him/her establish communication goals, craft key messages, and reach target audiences.

4. Please include at least two concrete, well-defined and measurable communication goals in the written report. Example: your goal is to increase your organization’s Twitter followers by 100% within six months. Each goal should be accompanied by one key message. Example for a non-profit/NGO: “We’re stronger together. Let your voice be heard as we advocate for Vancouver’s homeless and push for affordable housing. Join us in promoting #homesforthehomeless.”

Do not confuse goals with messages. See your instructor for clarification on this.

5. Evaluating your success means you have considered the ways in which the client will be able to determine if your communication goals have actually been met. This could include measuring the amount of media coverage generated after your plan is put into action (your strategy generates a certain number of articles in local newspapers or magazines, or 60 minutes of air time on local radio or TV programs). It might include measuring the increase in product sales or donations after the message has been sent out. It could involve counting the number of people who attend an open house or the number of new client names added to your email data base. You could suggest monitoring the number of “hits” on the company’s website, the number of likes on its Facebook site, or the number of followers added to its Twitter or Instagram accounts. Success might be immediate, or could be something you will measure over six months or longer.

Urban Economics.: the existence and growth of cities, land use theories, urban transportations, pollution. etc 

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Objective: Examine key concepts and applications of corporate social responsibility.

Introduction: Social responsibility is the obligation of any business to be a good corporate citizen of the community—both local and global—in which it operates. A business has the same obligations of any citizen, which is to act ethically toward its social and physical environments.

Deliverables: The essay for this lesson must be a minimum of 750 words (three pages) which clearly demonstrate your understanding of the activity. Essays should have a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (APAstyle.org). A minimum of three sources must be cited in-text and in the Reference list.

Activity Details:

Step 1: Read the following questions, and use what you have learned about this lesson's objective to summarize your responses.

Who are the primary stakeholders an international corporation must consider in undertaking corporate social responsibility activities? What are those stakeholders' interests? Who are the secondary stakeholders, and what are their interests?
What responsibilities do corporations have toward the physical environment?
What responsibilities do corporations have toward the social environment?
How do the obligations of corporate social responsibility impact a corporation's financial competitiveness?
Step 2: Write a paper. Please review the essay rubric prior to proceeding.

Use these writing guidelines:

Include a cover page and references in addition to your required word count.
Use correct APA format.
Double-space text.
Use size 12 Times New Roman.
Use section headings to organize. (optional)
Indent paragraphs.
Include in-text citations as appropriate.
Use correct spelling, grammar, sentence structure and verb tense.