Does the project itemize both requested funds and in-kind contributions? Do the total requested funds not exceed $300,000? Do the requested funds not exceed $100,000 per year? Is the budget understandable and accurate? Does the budget account for personnel and other direct costs? Is the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) listed for each personnel in both budget narrative and budget table?

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XYZ Foundation Request for Proposals

Adapted from http://hvcaa.macrointernational.com/AppGuide.aspx (website currently unavailable)

What is the Mission of the XYZ Foundation (XYZ)?
XYZ’s mission is to improve the quality of life of individuals who have disabilities. XYZ funds projects that 1) operate on a local or regional scale and 2) are delivered by non-profit
organizations. Awarded funds may not be used for political lobbying or organizational fundraising efforts. Projects addressing low vision rehabilitation are especially welcome.

Am I eligible to apply for an XYZ grant?
XYZ awards grants to non-profit organizations working with individuals who have disabilities. The Project Director of the grant must work for the non-profit organization.

How much does XYZ award through its grants?
XYZ typically funds five projects per year. Requested funds are to be spent across a three-year period, beginning June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2025. XYZ will award up to $300,000 per each three-year project. While a project’s total budget may exceed $300,000 per three years, annual requested funds should not exceed $100,000. There will be no carry-over funds from one year to another. Grantees must report annually to XYZ on their progress toward goals and expenditures.

How will applications be reviewed and awarded?
Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria (for 100 total points).
Applicants must use the following headings for the structure of their proposals:

1. Needs: Project Approach and Activities (30 points)
A statement of why your project is needed in your community. Describe in detail the unmet needs in your community and how your organization intends to address them in
a new or innovative way through the grant project. Describe your organization and why it is fit for the grant. Describe your Project Goal and Project Objectives.

Peer Review Criteria for Needs Section:
• What is the name of the organization requesting funds?
• Are the project goals and objectives stated clearly?

• What community or region does this proposal intend to serve?
• What are the unmet needs of the community or region and was this described in detail?
• How is the project new or innovative to the community or region?
• How will the project be sustained once funding ends?
• How does the proposal match up with the mission of the XYZ Foundation?
• Does the project exceed three years?
• Does the proposal include direct quotes from letters of support?

2. Personnel: Project Director and Collaborations (10 points)
A brief description of who will direct the project, including a resume of his/her skills and experience. Please list the names and contacts of community groups collaborating with you on the project. Provide a detailed description of the unique role and contributions of these collaborators on your project. The number of collaborations is not limited. Letters of support from your collaborators that specifically outline how you will work together are required.

Peer Review Criteria for Personnel Section:
• Who will direct the project?
• Is there a resume for the project director in Appendices?
• Who are the names and contacts of community collaborators for the project?
• What are the roles of the community collaborators?
• Are there letters of support from the community collaborators?

3. Management Plan (20 points)
A description of your key activities plus timeline of key activities. Assign personnel and deadlines to activities. Activities must be linked to Project Objectives. Project
activities must conclude by May 1, 2025, and a final evaluation report must be submitted to the XYZ Foundation by June 30, 2025.

Peer Review Criteria for Management Plan Section:
• Are the project tasks clear and valid for the project?

• Are personnel assigned to tasks?
• Are deadlines indicated?
• Are there any goals/objectives that are not addressed by the management plan?
• Are there any personnel not assigned to tasks?

4. Project Evaluation (10 points)
A description of your project measurement processes. Describe how you will meet
the objectives listed in the Project Approach and Activities section of your
application. Describe how you will measure the effectiveness of the proposed
strategies, the effectiveness of your collaborations, and the sustainability of your
program once XYZ funds have ended. Describe how you will report the status of your
project to XYZ each year.

Peer Review Criteria for Project Evaluation Section:
• How will the project’s effectiveness and outcomes be measured?
• Are all goals/objectives linked to an evaluation measure?
• How is quality of life being measured?
• How and when will project status be reported to the XYZ Foundation?

5. Budget (20 points)
A detailed, line-item budget and justification of the funding amount requested. Budget expenses must be broken up by Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3. You must provide details on
direct and indirect costs and in-kind contributions for this project. Applications that do not have an accurate, complete budget will not be funded.

Peer Review Criteria for Budget Section:
• Does the project itemize both requested funds and in-kind contributions?
• Do the total requested funds not exceed $300,000?
• Do the requested funds not exceed $100,000 per year?
• Is the budget understandable and accurate?
• Does the budget account for personnel and other direct costs?

• Is the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) listed for each personnel in both budget narrative and budget table?
• Does the project list indirect costs?
• Does the budget list a percentage for the indirect rate (%)?
• Is the budget accurate
• Is the budget complete?

6. Appendices (10 points)
Include at minimum the following pieces of documentation: resume of the Project Director, at least three letters of support from various stakeholders (consumers, professionals, etc.) supporting your project, and at least one budget table. Include any supplementary documentation that adds to the value of your proposal.

Peer Review Criteria for Appendices Section:
• Is the Project Director’s resume included?
• Are at least three letters of support from collaborators included?
• Is there at least one accurate and complete budget table?
• Is an APA References list included?
• Is supplementary information included?
• Is each appendix cited within the grant narrative?

What are the critical success criteria for the implementation to reduce its impact on small businesses? What are the pitfalls to avoid in scarcity of chips? What can benefit stakeholders when there are many resources to build semiconductors? How the Covid-19 pandemic affected the movement of production for all companies?

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Global Ship Shortage

This is a secondary research project that supports the development of a new business proposition for RIVIAN The research will provide the evidence to support an entrepreneurial opportunity for the module MOD007666 Entrepreneurial Action.

The market justification will be built through a thorough analysis of existing market reports and statistics plus relevant academic literature to explain the relevant issues and context behind the idea, explain the size and challenges within the market sector and establish the size and nature of the opportunity.

This research will seek to answer the following questions:

– What are the critical success criteria for the implementation to reduce its impact on small businesses?

– What are the pitfalls to avoid in scarcity of chips?

– What can benefit stakeholders when there are many resources to build semiconductors?

– How the Covid-19 pandemic affected the movement of production for all companies?

– When will the supply of semiconductors improve?

– How can small businesses profit in the midst of these shortages?

More instructions attached in additional materials

As a manager who would you select to layoff and why? What is the potential impact of this choice on organizational culture?

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Difficult Decisions

Step 1 – Read the Information Below

Organizations from time to time must make hard decisions (expand, lay off employees, or close a facility). As a manager, you will have to use work experiences, advice from supervisors, and the organizational culture to support your decision. Organizational culture is the sum of the values and beliefs shared among employees.

Suppose you are a manager who is faced with having to reduce headcount (lay off one of your two employees) in your unit. Sales within the company have declined due to the downward spiral of the economy and each department within the organization is faced with making the same decision. Fortunately, you only have to cut one job; others are reducing more.

Mary is in her mid-20s, single, college graduate, she is very hard working and was in the top 10% of the performance ratings this year, she constantly volunteers to travel, work weekends and evenings. However, she supports political causes that could be viewed as contrary to the goals of the company.

Alice is in her mid-40s, has two young children, her husband is a doctor, her performance is good, and she has above average performance reviews. However, she has limited availability on weekends and limitations on overnight travel due to her volunteer work with local charities.

Step 2 – Post a Response

Respond to the following:

As a manager who would you select to layoff and why?

What is the potential impact of this choice on organizational culture?

How does Dunn use poetic language and techniques to explore ideas of cultural hybridity in her poem?

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English

How does Dunn use poetic language and techniques to explore ideas of cultural hybridity in her poem?

In your answer, you need to refer to at least THREE different examples of poetic language/techniques from the poem, e.g. metaphor, imagery, symbolism. Try not to simply retell the story of the poem. Rather, try and show how the author is using specific kinds of language/techniques to explore her key ideas.

REMEMBER: the core focus of this assessment is on close reading skills and students do not need to include reference to any secondary/critical resources for this assessment.

What are the major consequences of Side 1 “succeeding”! getting what it hopes for? What are the major consequences of Side 2 “succeeding” / getting what it hopes for? Given these consequences, what are some proposed solutions or compromises you think might help solve the problem?

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Section 3 Research Exercise

Section III of the Integrated Research Essay is your FINAL section and asks you to outline the following:

1. What are the major consequences of Side 1 “succeeding”! getting what it hopes for?

2. What are the major consequences of Side 2 “succeeding” / getting what it hopes for?
3. Given these consequences, what are some proposed solutions or compromises you think might help solve (or at least alleviate) the problem?

Step 1.

Finding Consequences 11Start with an Internet search using the phrase: “Consequences OR Effects of (side l’s wish for your topic/conflict)” Example: Consequences of creating a path to citizenship for ‘dreamers’ Consequences of requiring ‘dreamers’ to use established methods of seeking citizenship. Repeat the process with the hoped-for result of Side 2. Try to find 2-3 major consequences and at least 2 sources for each side. Remember to use information only from sources you’ve scrutinized for credibility.

3. Navigate a Database
After reading about consequences and possible compromises, go to the LIBRARY DATABASES tab in the ENGL 110 Library Guide. Use the ‘one search’ feature to find at least one article on your topic.

4. Consolidate Sources
Locate information in the database source(s) that aligns with what you discovered through your internet search. Add the quotes / paraphrases / summaries (and appropriate citations) to the listed consequences / compromises for each side. Use the answers as a framework for drafting Section 3.

Identify and expand on the evidence of how cancel culture plays into The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. Focus on how cancel culture is manifested in the text and how your perception of it has been impacted by the action.

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Expansion and refinement of original essay – how cancel culture is evident in The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess

Identify and expand on the evidence of how cancel culture plays into The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. Focus on how cancel culture is manifested in the text and how your perception of it has been impacted by the action.

The paper must include one primary text quotation per body paragraph and at least five secondary source references. The secondary resources listed in the first paper count towards the 5.

 

Write a post of at least 150 words that takes a closer look at one of McPhee’s experiences of organizing a story and clearly states how he decided to structure the story. Then offer your thoughts in response to that.

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“Structure” by John McPhee

It’s a long essay, and I hope you have read it until the end. John McPhee is a well-regarded American creative nonfiction writer. He’s considered a structure guru. In this essay he explores the topic of structure explicitly. He suggests that, after choosing a subject and collecting research material, and well before starting to write the text, that writers should first focus on structure. A solid structure is integral to a good piece of writing—like good foundations are integral to a house, or a skeleton to a body. Even more so, strong structure can also guide writers through the rest of the writing process. This means that if you can figure out a good structure for your essay, it will help prevent writers block.

In this essay McPhee provides examples for several stories he worked on. He offers suggestions on how to develop structure. And he discusses approaching structure chronologically and thematically. He the story about computer programs he used to help him organize his research material into a viable structure. Toward the end of the essay, he returns to his main suggestion for developing structure and encourages writers to settle on a strong lead and allow that opening to dictate the best possible form for their piece.

Write a post of at least 150 words that takes a closer look at one of McPhee’s experiences of organizing a story and clearly states how he decided to structure the story. Then offer your thoughts in response to that.

Also, make sure to thoughtfully respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Choose a poem and, write a few sentences saying what the poem says. Whats your perspective on how the poet’s language impacts the meaning and feeling of the poem.

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Response: Scorpion…: Auden, Bishop, Brooks, Césaire, Lowell

Each response should consist of two sections of writing that total roughly 250 words,

For the response, choose a poem (or section of a poem) and, for the first section, write a few sentences saying what the poem says. (In other words, if the poet wasn’t writing with rhymes or poetic language but instead was just speaking plainly, what would the words be? This portion is like “translating” the poem into plain and/or spoken language.)

Then the second section should be your perspective on how the poet’s language impacts the meaning and feeling of the poem. Try to use some of the terms we learn in class, like alliteration, or slant rhyme, or kinds of meter (like iambic, for example). Obviously, the more we talk about things in class, the more terms you’ll know. Just do your best for now!

Write a one-page reflection about Chibbi’s workshop. Briefly summarize the workshop and discuss how Chibbi uses poetry to share his story. What did you learn about sharing your own story through this workshop? For an extra 20 points added to your grade, write a poem inspired by one of the prompts Chibbi shared in the workshop.

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Paper & poem

Familiarize yourself with Chibbi’s work by watching “Lost and Found: An Oral History”

Register and attend Chibbi’s live Zoom poetry workshop at 2pm or watch the recording of the workshop which will be posted on this page by the end of the day on

Write a one-page reflection about Chibbi’s workshop. Briefly summarize the workshop and discuss how Chibbi uses poetry to share his story. What did you learn about sharing your own story through this workshop? For an extra 20 points added to your grade, write a poem inspired by one of the prompts Chibbi shared in the workshop. Include your poem in the submission.

video of the recording link-

Identify and expand on the evidence of how cancel culture plays into The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. Focus on how cancel culture is manifested in the text and how your perception of it has been impacted by the action.

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Expansion and refinement of original essay – how cancel culture is evident in The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess

Identify and expand on the evidence of how cancel culture plays into The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. Focus on how cancel culture is manifested in the text and how your perception of it has been impacted by the action.

The paper must include one primary text quotation per body paragraph and at least five secondary source references. The secondary resources listed in the first paper count towards the 5.

The first paper submitted received a “C” and I attached it below.