10-1 Discussion: Looking Back, Looking AheadDiscussion Topic Available on Jul 6, 2024 11:59 PM. Submission restricted before availability starts.

As you advance in your career as a communications professional, it will become more and more important to develop a sense of brand identity. In this course, you have worked on establishing a brand identity as a purveyor of valid and reliable information. Take a look at the list of this week's resources and choose two that look interesting to you. After reviewing those two resources, discuss your opportunities to renovate and refine your online brand identity. Be sure to address any necessary changes, revisions, and additions you may want to make to your existing online presence. Discuss how these changes will allow you to continue on in your graduate degree by positioning your identity in a constructive manner and branding yourself as a knowledgeable communication professional.

In response to your fellow classmates, share a helpful tip for strong engagement in the classroom or success in refining their online brand identity.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.

 9-2 Final Project Presentation and Speaker Notes SubmissionAssignment

Submit the final draft of your interview presentation and corresponding speaker notes. They should be complete, polished artifacts containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course.

Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the guidelines and rubric.

 9-1 Discussion: Breaking News! The Need to Be FirstDiscussion Topic Available on Jul 6, 2024 11:59 PM. Submission restricted before availability starts.

Review the resources from your readings in this module. After reviewing the resources, select one of them and create a thread (include the event name in the thread title) and discuss the following points:

• The overall impact of media transmissions and their capacity to create public influence
• The opposing pressures of the media reporting news in an ethical manner and the drive to be first in sharing breaking news, even if it goes against their obligation to confirm news facts prior to reporting
• The instantaneous influence of media (Cite examples from your chosen breaking news example.)

In your responses to your peers, choose posts outside of your thread. Discuss your peers' posts and the ethical obligations of communicators. Explain the reasons why these ethical obligations are significant.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.

For this portion of the final project, your instructor will not be reviewing your work before the final submission, which is due next week. In the real world, many projects are independent work, and you may not have the opportunity to have someone review them before presenting them to a manager or stakeholder. At the conclusion of your communication program, independent work is a large component of the final capstone project.

Use this opportunity to have a rough draft of final project sections V and VI peer-reviewed by one of your classmates, and to ask questions for clarification in the discussion provided. Feel free to use this section V and VI template Word Document to ensure you cover all of the critical elements.

You will be required to post your rough draft of sections V and VI by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone. Once you post your initial post, you will be able to see your peers' posts and respond. Your two response posts will be due on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.

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This week, you will be asked to unplug from technology in a manner that makes sense for you. You will describe this experience in this module's journal assignment.

Part 1: Describe the impact of technology on your work and family life. How has technology changed your work environment (or another environment that you frequent)? Has your workload, pace of work, or stress level increased due to technology? If so, explain how this has occurred. Within your family life, has work technology or technology from other obligations (civic, volunteer, religious, etc.) caused the lines to blur between work and home?

Part 2: Choose one of the following experiences:

1. Unplug for one evening at home (when possible). Enjoy activities that do not include technology.
2. Leave your phone at home (as possible or appropriate) during a short trip or during a planned activity or work meeting.
3. Unplug for a set amount of time (when possible).

Upon completion of your unplugged experience, describe your feelings of insecurity, separation anxiety, relief, or freedom that resulted from removing yourself from technology. Express any realizations or insights that you may have gained via this experience and the opportunity to unplug, if only for a short period of time.

Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the guidelines and rubric.

 10-2 Final Project: Leadership Case Study Analysis: Final Professional PresentationAssignment

Submit your final professional presentation of the case study.

Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the guidelines and rubric.