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To what extent is organization XYZ utilizing funding towards programming versus administrative costs and how can the ratio be improved? What does a successful answer to this evaluation question result in for the organization or the surrounding served population?

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Method Section

For the purpose of the evaluation, do NOT list a generic definition. You are being asked to explain the purpose of the evaluation for your chosen organization. Why does your organization care if an evaluation is being conducted and what benefits may it provide them and their population?

Below is an example you can utilize when adding your content. An efficient ESW should only include 5-7 members total (not including yourself) as each will eventually be assigned evaluation questions to help collect data.

Evaluation Stakeholder Workgroup

Stakeholder Name, Title, and Contact Information (Internal/ External)

Rationale for being part of ESW

Nikia Sankofa, Executive Director of staff team

712 H. St. NE Suite 1738, Washington, DC 20002

773-359-1549

(Internal stakeholder)

The Executive Director leads the staff and has a direct stake in how effective the organization is, and hence would be vested in the overall performance of the organization, such as assessing the USBC’s impact on outcomes.

Amelie Psmythe Seger, Deputy Director of staff team

712 H. St. NE Suite 1738, Washington, DC 20002

773-359-1549

(Internal stakeholder)

The Deputy Director leads the action-based constellation group collaborative and has a stake in what topics they are focused on, and hence would be vested in the evaluation question of how effective the constellation workgroups are.

Emily C. Taylor, MPH, IH-IA, LCCE, CD(DONA)

Board of Directors Chair

712 H. St. NE Suite 1738, Washington, DC 20002

773-359-1549

(Internal stakeholder)

As the chair of the Board of Directors, this position has a key role in the strategic vision of USBC, and as well as financial and legal operations, and would be interested in the evaluation results of outcomes and financial viability.

Cheryl Lebedevitch, Senior Advocacy and Communications Manager

712 H. St. NE Suite 1738, Washington, DC 20002

773-359-1549

This position has a stake in what advocacy efforts are focused on, and hence would be vested in how effective the USBC’s advocacy is, and what future directions to take.

Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC

Board of Directors Treasurer

712 H. St. NE Suite 1738, Washington, DC 20002

773-359-1549

 

(Internal stakeholders)

This position has a key role in maintaining the financial viability of USBC, hence would be vested in evaluation findings of the USBC’s revenue stream and expenses.

Camille Abbe, Campaign and Convening Manager

712 H. St. NE Suite 1738, Washington, DC 20002

773-359-1549

This position has a stake in what the content of the conference is and plays a key role in maintaining funding for USBC, and should be vested in the evaluation results of the educational offerings as well as financial viability.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

1 Michigan Ave. East Battle Creek, MI 49017

(269) 968-1611

(External stakeholder)

They provided a foundation grant as funding, hence they would be interested in how the grant funding is being utilized.

 

For the “…focus of the evaluation through the lens of the logic model” question you need to explain how a logic model is a necessary tool to make certain the evaluation remains organized. How can an evaluator (you) utilize a logic model to make certain the evaluation researchers and assess the most critical content related to the organization?

For ‘credible data sources’ do not just list the program website and Annual Report. You will need to highlight external sources that can be used to validate the organization’s data. No organization is going to outright say, “we are failing at our mission and are poor at managing money.” This means that you will need to utilize local new outlets (find them and list them) paired with federal financial reports to confirm that the organization is caring for the population claimed and operating effectively.

The Evaluation Methods Grid is also a common area of confusion, to assist a sample is below in addition to the examples provided in the CDC reading.
Evaluation Methods Grid

Evaluation Question

Indicator or Performance Measure

Methods

Data Source

Frequency

Responsibility

List your Evaluation questions in this column (five rows in total). Also, if your questions required revision from Week 3, make certain those changes have been made prior to this submission

Ex: To what extent is organization XYZ utilizing funding towards programming versus administrative costs and how can the ratio be improved?

What does a successful answer to this evaluation question result in for the organization or the surrounding served population?

 

Ex: With an accurate assessment of expenses and revenue, the organization can make efficiency changes to push more funding towards program efforts.

What methods are required to obtain the needed information and/or data to address this question?

 

Ex: Financial Audit

What are your potential sources of data? E.g. Served population, internal records, IRS, etc.

 

Ex: XYZ Annual Report, Charity Navigator, Pro Publica, Local News Outlet

How frequently should this evaluation question be examined going forward for the organization to remain successful? *In the paragraph that follows the table explain how each frequency was chosen*

 

Ex: Close of Fiscal Year

List assigned ESW member by name and if the lead evaluator (you) will also be involved. *In the paragraph that follows the table explains how each ESW member was assigned to their question*

 

Ex: Jane Smith (ABC Foundation) and Lead Evaluator

 

Close with a summary paragraph or two on how the above content will help you to form a more complete opinion regarding the effectiveness of the organization.

Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg – which measurement is the systolic pressure and which is the diastolic pressure? What is a sphygmomanometer? What artery is commonly used to take blood pressure? What is the clinical term used for high blood pressure? What is the clinical term used for low blood pressure?

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Circulation and the Blood Vessels

13.4 General Information about Blood Vessels  (View Talon Tutorial:  Blood Vessels) (Lab Act. #2)

Objective –c13bob02 – List the order of the following blood vessels and state their function:  (1)

  1. Use the terms to complete the following:

away, capillaries, capillaries, exchange, oxygen-rich, towards, valves, veins,

  1. Arteries – elastic vessels that carry blood ___ from the heart.
  2. Arterioles – smaller arteries that contain mainly smooth muscle in their walls. These are the ones that are capable of dilation and constriction.  These carry _____blood from the arteries to the __
  3. Capillaries – are built for _____. Filtration, osmosis and diffusion are the main mechanisms for movement through the pores and cells of the capillary.
  4. Venules – venules connect ___ to ____.
  5. Veins – carry blood ___ the heart. These blood vessels contain __ in their wall that prevent backflow of blood.
  1. Place the following in order of systemic circulation beginning with arteries.

_ arteries
_ capillaries
_ venules
_ arterioles
__veins

  1. Regarding capillaries
    1. Composed of ___cells and a basement___. Thus very thin.
    2. Why do red bloods cells need to “squeeze” through capillaries?
    3. What is the function of precapillary sphincters?

 

13.5 Physiology of Circulation 

 Objective (c13bob08) – Define pulse, blood pressure, systolic pressure and diastolic pressure. (1)  Define normal blood pressure, hypertension and hypotension. (1)

  1. Blood pressure is the __ exerted by blood on a vessel wall.
  2. Systolic pressure =
  3. Diastolic pressure =
  4. Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg – which measurement is the systolic pressure and which is the diastolic pressure?
  5. What is a sphygmomanometer? What artery is commonly used to take blood pressure?
  6. What is the clinical term used for high blood pressure?
  7. What is the clinical term used for low blood pressure?

What did or can you do in your job to make other people (your coworkers or boss) listen to you? have you ever felt powerless in an organization? What made you feel such powerlessness?

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Question1) Power and Politics in Management).

Identify an episode in which two or more people (e.g., peers, superiors, subordinates, clients, etc) are involved in an organization/ company with the same or different objectives, hidden or revealed; and closely follow through the process in influencing each other. Present the objectives, process, tools used in the process, and ultimate outcome in detail, so that we can analyze and learn from the episode about the social and organizational dynamics. Discussion question 1) what are reasons (sources of power) that you and many others listen to your boss? Or not listen to your boss? Show some examples. & who has the most power or potential of influence among people you know? What does he /she has that other people do not?

Question 2) Strategic contingency at work)

One of the classic theories of power is the contingency theory, which suggests you to place yourself in the strategically important position in your company to gain power, to be brief. Study the theory closely (Pages 316-318); and present how you can use an element (or two, like centrality or so on) to build power in your workplace. If you do not work, use any company you are familiar with. Offer some details of the work context.

Question 3) What did or can you do in your job to make other people (your coworkers or boss) listen to you? have you ever felt powerless in an organization? What made you feel such powerlessness?

Write an essay of at least 600 words explaining to me why Descartes resorts to what has been called the “evil demon hypotheses.” What is it attempting to do? What is Descartes’ goal by using it?

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Evil demon hypotheses

Write an essay of at least 600 words explaining why Descartes resorts to what has been called the “evil demon hypotheses.” What is it attempting to do? What is Descartes’ goal by using it?

Do you think that we in fact have duties of solidarity to our political community even though we (or most people any way) were not given a choice to be here? If so, why? If not, why not?

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Solidarity

Duties of solidarity are duties that individuals have toward the community, what Wadell calls “social justice.” These would be duties to pay taxes to fund programs to help the poor or to support laws that help reduce the impact of luck (the natural lottery) in enabling people to live good lives.

Here is the question: Do you think that we in fact have duties of solidarity to our political community even though we (or most people any way) were not given a choice to be here? If so, why? If not, why not?

How do these classroom arrangements help children learn to be independent? In what ways do these classrooms create a homey and welcoming feeling to the classroom? How do the teachers use nature? color, softness to create this feeling?

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Chapter 8 Discussion: Environment

After reviewing the PowerPoint Slides and room arrangement video write a discussion post responding to the following questions.

1. How do these classroom arrangements help children learn to be independent? Give some specific examples.

2. In what ways do these classrooms create a homey and welcoming feeling to the classroom? How do the teachers use nature? color, softness to create this feeling?

3. Describe how the teachers have arranged the spaces considering traffic patterns and supervision.

4. What’s one idea you want to try in your own classroom?

Using a two-sample t-test, test if pain scores (a numeric variable that you create) are different between men and women. Which other variables in this dataset can you use to test for differences between groups?

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Creating new variables

-Transform the Variable “Sex” into a Numeric Variable and rename it as “Sex_recode”. Use 1 for females and 0 for males.
-Transform the “Painscale” variable into a Numeric Variable
-Rename all “Unknown” into -1 and “Blank” into -9.
-If values are in the following ranges, give them the following values:

  • Unknown [0] if pain values are -1.
  • Mild [1] if pain values are in the range of [0-3]
  • Moderate [2] if pain values are in the range of [4-7]
  • Severe [3] if pain values are in the range of [8-10]

-In order to test if Pulse [Col L] is statistically different between men and women, run a two-sample T-test using the Data Analysis ToolPak {Use a two-sample T-test assuming unequal variances}.

Hint: You may need to re-organize the data in order to run this test.

-Using a two-sample t-test, test if pain scores (a numeric variable that you create) are different between men and women.
-Which other variables in this dataset can you use to test for differences between groups?

-Estimate the correlation coefficient between “Age” [Column E] and “Total Number of Chronic Conditions” [Column P].

Why are positive margins so important? Provide at least two examples.

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Space Operations Structure and Design

This course is a graduate level space course titled Space Operations Structure and Design. The course is about the effective and efficient operation of a space program, space missions, and space projects both government and commercial. The assignment is as follows: Why are positive margins so important? Provide at least two examples.

Textbook for this course is Book Title: Cost-Effective Space Mission Operations, 2nd Ed Author: Squibb Publication Info: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 9780073313214.

In international relations theory, realism helps explain state behavior. It holds that the international system is an anarchic, self-help system in which “might makes right,” in which “the strong do as they will and the weak suffer what they may.” Use an example from current events that supports this argument, and explain how and why this is so.

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Theoretical approached in IR to actual contemporary cases

This is an open book, do-at-home (or work) examination. There are two, relatively open-ended questions. You must answer them both. The objective is to apply theoretical approached in IR to actual contemporary cases. You should use your textbooks and a reputable news source or sources to answer the questions.

1. In international relations theory, realism helps explain state behavior. It holds that the international system is an anarchic, self-help system in which “might makes right,” in which “the strong do as they will and the weak suffer what they may.” Use an example from current events that supports this argument, and explain how and why this is so. (No more than 750 words)

2. In international relations theory, idealism or liberalism suggests that we can achieve greater cooperation and peace if we support ways to increase interconnections among people of different countries. Use an example from current events, and from a different part of the world than in Question 1, that supports this argument, and explain how and why this is so. (No more than 750 words)

Should the Constitution be amended to limit Congress members to 12 years of total service? Should the Constitution be amended to give voters the right to recall federal officials before their terms expire? Should the Constitution be amended to protect the right to have an abortion?

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U.S Constitutional Amendment

Assignment Content

Constitutional amendments exist to correct a perceived problem with the existing document. In previous weeks, you examined the Bill of Rights and the process for constitutional amendments. For this assignment, you will consider a possible constitutional amendment.

Choose 1 of the issues listed below. Some are noncontroversial issues for the general public, while others are more controversial. Regardless of the option you choose, your assignment must be based on constitutional and legal arguments—NOT on opinion.

Issues:

Should the Constitution be amended to limit Congress members to 12 years of total service?
Should the Constitution be amended to give voters the right to recall federal officials before their terms expire?
Should the Constitution be amended to protect the right to have an abortion?
Should the Constitution be amended to legalize marijuana?
Should the Constitution be amended to give the president a line-item veto (instead of being required either to sign an entire bill) or veto the entire bill?
Should the Constitution be amended to include the right to health care?
Should the Constitution be amended to remove the birthright citizenship clause currently contained in the 14th Amendment?
Should the Constitution be amended to include Washington, D.C. as part of the statehood?

Create 1 of the following:

A 700- to 1,050-word letter to an editor
A 700- to 1,050-word change.org petition

Identify your issue for amending the Constitution. Your assignment should:

  • Provide a brief history of the topic.
  • Discuss why you think the topic should or should not be posed as a constitutional amendment.