Speaking and Listening

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Reflect upon your role as listener and audience member. Respond to the following:

Now that you have viewed some famous speeches and those of your fellow classmates, what qualities should a listener have?
Do you think that you listened/participated differently in real time and online?  If so, how?
As you go forward, do you think you’ll listen to speeches in a different manner?  If so, how?

Political Science Essqy

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Assignment Answer the following question:

Among Californias three branches of government, which do you believe is the most powerful, compared to the powers of the other branches?

Mid-Term Instructions

Length-5 pages double spaced-1-inch margins top and bottom

Elements:

Im looking for a thorough examination of the subject matter.

State your contention in the opening paragraph clearly.

The remainder of the essay should prove irrefutably that your contention is correct.

Remember to cite sources from the course to substantiate your contentions. five pages of your opinion is not an academically sound essay. five pages of your opinion that has citations from our course material proving your opinion is sound does make for a good essay. The more citations from a wide variety of our course material the better the grade.

MAKE SURE YOU USE EXAMPLES OF POWER BEING EXERCISED.  IF YOU SAY VETO POWER OF THE GOVERNOR IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS THE MOST POWERFUL, GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A GOVERNOR VETOING SOMETHING BIG!

You MUST use ONLY sources utilized from this course. Text, readings, documentaries, lecture videos etc. Regardless of what youve learned in other courses and life experiences the purpose here is to demonstrate your command of the material we cover in OUR course. Use many examples from as many of our sources as possible. Dont rely on examples solely from the text for example.

Potential sources to draw from include:

Text

Documentaries

Videos

Professor Cris Video Lectures

Grammar, spelling and syntax are important. Although I wont specifically down grade your essay based on grammatical errors, if I cant figure out what you are trying to argue because the essay is poorly written it will affect your grade. Find someone to proof your essay. Dont rely solely on spell and grammar check software. An extra set of eyes at a minimum will cut down on typographical errors.

So, to recap Im looking for:

Demonstration of knowledge of the material
Quality of writing
Quantity of examples to prove your contentions
Variety of sources examples are drawn from to prove your contentions

NSEC 501 Assignment 1

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Your political candidate won the election.  Now its time to make some changes.  Your job, as the national security advisor to your newly elected candidate, is to brief the policymaker on policy recommendations in one of the following areas:  (Choose ONLY one area below to complete Assignments.)

    Cyberthreats

    North Korea Nuclear Ambitions

    Threats from Islamic State

    Chinas Global Ambition

After choosing one of the area threats listed above, research and collect information to include:
1.  Historical data,
2.  Exploration of relevant policy questions,
3.  Political issues and a sticky situation,
4.  An up-to-date summary of recent events on your topic to help your new policymaker in his/her first day in office. 

Get creative. Choose a specific policy position – Senator, Congressman, or President..  (You could also use an appointed position, like Secretary of State or Ambassador to the UN etc.)
Although most policy backgrounders do not include citations, this one will.  You need to cite ALL of your information.

TECHNICAL GUIDANCE:
  Your submission should be at a minimum of 8 pages (not including the Title Page and Reference page).
  Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
  Follow the Turabian Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
  Use scholarly or other relevant sources.
  Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize: books, peer reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
  Your submission is be in your own words with minimal quotes and cited appropriately.

Evidence-Based Practice Model an Change Model

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Evidence-Based Practice Model and Change Model
Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) sources using APA citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to cite the sources using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

Part 1: Choose and explain one Evidence-Based Practice Model from Chapter 13 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Then, related to your research topic from Mod 1, describe in detail how you would utilize the model to implement an evidence-based practice change in your personal clinical practice environment. Models to choose from include: Stetler Model of EBP, Iowa Model of EBP, A Model for EBP Change, ARCC Model, PARIHS, Clinical Scholar Model, John Hopkins Nursing EBP, ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation

Part 2: Choose one Change Model/Theory from Chapter 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Then, related to your research topic from Mod 1, describe in detail how you would utilize the model/theory to implement an evidence-based practice change in your personal clinical practice environment. Models/theories to choose from include: Change Curve, Kotter and Cohen’s, Roger’s Theory of Diffusion of Innovations, The Transtheoretical Module of Health Behavioral Change

    Title Slide (1 slide)
    Objective Slide (1 slide)
    Choose and explain one Evidence-Based Practice Model from Chapter 13 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). (1-2 slides)
    Related to your research topic from Mod 1, describe in detail how you would utilize the model to implement an evidence-based practice change in your personal clinical practice environment (2-3 slides)
    Choose one Change Model/Theory from Chapter 14 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015). (1-2 slides)
    Related to your research topic from Mod 1, describe in detail how you would utilize the model/theory to implement an evidence-based practice change in your personal clinical practice environment. (2-3 slides)
    References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 9-13 slides
Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, reference slide in APA format. Title/Objective/Reference slides do not count towards the minimum slide count for this assignment.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.