Author: chris

The essence of presentation is making yourself known, along with your ideas. There are at least two reasons to begin the planning of any presentation with a consideration of yourself. The first is that your knowledge of yourself and what you are thinking about provides a solid foundation for elaborating on your ideas and your topics. The second is that your constant self-assessment means that you can define and communicate your own feelings and beliefs about a topic from a deeper level of metacognition, or self-knowledge, and can therefore think more critically and objectively about your topic.

Before building a presentation, consider the types of things that you have done and the types of things that are important to you. These things will be woven into every presentation you give, whether formal or informal, large or small, and regardless of the topic. Here, you will think about yourself as a primary topic and reflect upon your own academic and professional goals. This approach to preparation will influence the ways in which you present in the future.

Part A

In paragraph form, answer the following questions that may affect how you think about presentations, your topics, and your audience:

• What is your “story”? How would you summarize your life’s experiences?
• How have those experiences, overall, shaped you as a professional? How have they shaped you as a university student?
• What have you learned from your previous experiences in making formal or informal presentations to others?

Part B

For this part of the assignment, you will be preparing or updating your resume. Upon reflection of your answers in Part A, rethink your resume, and update it as appropriate to incorporate your experiences and goals. In addition, review your resume format. If you already have a template for your resume that works, that’s great.

If you would like to refresh your resume presentation, click here for a sample template.

Please submit your assignment as a single Word document, with your Part-A responses preceding your resume from Part B.

n April 9, 2003 the U.S. congressional Subcommittee on Health (part of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce) heard testimony from various witnesses on the topic “Strengthening and Improving Medicare.”

Since that time, the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA ) was passed to extend the life of Medicare programming. Part of this legislation involved the passage of Part D (Prescription Drug Insurance). Another significant part of this legislation involved various Pay For Performance (P4P) incentives. In this project you will read the short paper on Medicare Reform (I have attached the article). Then you will search the Internet for articles (2003 or newer) summarizing recent legislation/changes related to Medicare Part A-D programming.

Your job is to summarize and synthesize the most recent Medicare related legislation from the articles located  and analyze what impact this will have on the involved stakeholders (i.e., patients, providers, third-party payers).

reference in APA format. Must be at least one page with at least one reference.

6 questions need done in 4 hours. Questions are not related and should be answered separately with correlating question number on top. References are required.

 

Q1

In Doc Sharing, there is an article by Douglas R. Carmichael, “Hocus-Pocus Accounting.” Please read the article, then identify and discuss the issues related to revenue recognition. In your responses, give thought to what you have read in your e-book, lecture, and Becker material. Also, what types of tests would the auditor design to uncover some of these issues?

Q2

When assessing planned control risk for sales, the auditor is concerned about proper authorization at three key points. Please discuss each of these three points.

Q3

Please explore the Internet to locate a meaningful current event article discussing this week’s TCOs that considers the many economic transactions in which you participate on a daily basis. You may purchase a cup of coffee at a coffee shop, pay your telephone bill, purchase stamps at the post office, or so forth. In many cases, the transaction is documented using a “point-of-sale” system.

Using the Internet, find the definition of a point-of-sale system and read about the controls that have been established by the University of Toronto related to these systems to answer the following question: What is a point-of-sale system?

Q4

Auditing standards require the confirmation of accounts receivable in normal circumstances. What are the three exceptions to this requirement?

Q5

Let’s identify, explain, and justify effective funding strategies in the following areas:

• Cash management
• Investing excess funds
• Obtaining debt financing
• Obtaining equity financing

Q6

Welcome to Week 6. This week we will be discussing various effective funding strategies. Let’s begin by discussing effective strategies for Cash Management. Sharing examples or your own experiences would be fantastic. In addition, what would be several funding strategies regarding investing excess funds? Surely there are other options than the passbook savings account.

In a paper of about 3 pages (not counting a title page and bibliography) describe the major features of the issue. For example, for a bill you should describe the major provisions, as well as who will be affected and how. The paper should identify the major actors involved in the bill or issue and their efforts to support or oppose it. Those might be key members of Congress, organized interests, the President or others. Include the views of both proponents and opponents of the bill. Find out where your Representative or Senators stand on the issue. Conclude your paper by taking a stand on the issue. Explain and justify your position.

The library has databases of publications on its resource page that can help you find articles about your issue. Papers should include a bibliography with at least 3 sources used to investigate your issue. The bibliography and citations in the text should follow APA format.

Part 2

The second part of the assignment is to write a letter to your member of the House or Senate or to the editor of a local newspaper about the issue or problem that you researched.

Letter writing tips: 1) Know what you’re talking about. 2) Be respectful. Even if you disagree with someone’s position, you can do so in a courteous way, 3) Be brief. Staffers don’t have a lot of time to devote to each letter. Keep the letters to no more than a page.

 

How companies must put a strong emphasis on its IT security to protect their customers identity. (Included; examples of companies that have been affected, the best practices companies should do, effects and dangers of not having a good IT security).

Business Process Management and Efficiency of Organizations.

A quantitative Research Plan to determine why PhD graduates with Public Policy do not run for Public Offices.

Discuss the lack of black diversity in American Universities.

References has to be from 2010-2015. As updated as possible. Do not talk about the physiological aspect of HIV, only the social determinants aspect.

You have been asked to write a narrative piece for the Excelsior College magazine. The magazine is running a feature section on student stories with a focus on how you made the decision to begin studying at Excelsior. Your goal is to tell your story but also encourage students who might be considering going to college. The magazine requires an introduction, body, and conclusion in a traditional essay format. Your essay should have a clear thesis and should include narrative strategies to help engage your audience. If your essay is selected for publication, your writing will be read by thousands of readers.