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Communication is essential in every aspect of life. To research career paths and potential positions, network, and share your skills, you need to use both verbal and nonverbal communication skills. The following are three different activities for you to complete with your family or friends. Please follow the instructions provided within the description of each exercise. After you have completed these activities, summarize your findings in an APA-formatted paper.

Your paper should include the following:

• A description of each exercise
• A discussion of the results of each exercise
• Research on the importance of listening skills in the communication process, using at least 3 non-course-related sources
• APA formatting

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Selective Listening Exercise: You will need to complete this exercise with another person. Create a list of like items (e.g., a list of fruits). This list needs to be at least 15 words long (the longer the better). In this list, you will repeat certain words. For example: Banana, Orange, Apple, Peach, Banana, Figs, Pear, Plums, Figs, Berries, Melons, Figs, Cherries, Limes, Pear, Tangerine, Lemon, Pear. Give the other person 30 seconds to write down as many of the words as possible. What were the results? What conclusions about listening can you draw from this exercise?

Vacation Exercise: You will need to complete this exercise with another person. One person will tell the other person that he or she would like to go on a vacation somewhere. While that person has an idea of what he or she would like in this location, they do not know where to go. They will then tell the other person aspects of the location in as vague a way as possible. This conversation should last at least 5 minutes. At the end of the conversation, the other person will suggest a place for the first person to visit. Discuss how a listener can pick up on the queues from the speaker to understand the intended message. Discuss how being vague in your message can lead to misunderstandings. 

Poor Listening Habits: Everyone is guilty of not listening effectively from time to time. Below is a list of 5 poor listening habits. Look through this list. Which of these habits are you guilty of? How would you react if someone you were speaking to committed one of these bad habits?

• Jumping to conclusions
• Interrupting the other person before he or she has finished what he or she wanted to say
• Thinking about your reply instead of listening to what the other person is saying
• Changing the subject to something you want to talk about
• Providing advice when it is not asked for

As an IT professional, you’ll often be required to communicate policies, standards, and practices in the workplace. For this assignment, you’ll practice this important task by taking on the role of an IT professional charged with creating a memo to communicate your company’s new security strategy. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Analyze the importance of network architecture to security operations. • Apply information security standards to real-world implementation. • Communicate how problem-solving concepts are applied in a business environment. • Use information resources to research issues in information systems security. • Write clearly about network security topics using proper writing mechanics and business formats. Preparation 1. Review the essential elements of a security strategy A successful IT administration strategy requires the continuous enforcement of policies, standards, and practices (procedures) within the organization. Review these elements to see how they compare: Policy The general statements that direct the organization’s internal and external communication and goals. Standards Describe the requirements of a given activity related to the policy. They are more detailed and specific than policies. In effect, standards are rules that evaluate the quality of the activity. For example, standards define the structure of the password and the numbers, letters, and special characters that must be used in order to create a password. Practices The written instructions that describe a series of steps to be followed during the performance of a given activity. Practices must support and enhance the work environment. Also referred to as procedures. 2. Describe the business environment You are the IT professional in charge of security for a company that has recently opened within a shopping mall. Describe the current IT environment at this business. You can draw details from a company you work for now or for which you have worked in the past. You’ll need to get creative and identify the details about this business that will influence the policies you’ll create. For example, does the company allow cell phone email apps? Does the company allow web mail? If so, how will this affect the mobile computing policy? Describe all the details about this business environment that will be necessary to support your strategy. CIS333 – Assignments and Rubrics 2017. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission CIS333 Faculty Version 1178 (03-22-19) Page 2 of 7 3. Research sample policies Familiarize yourself with various templates and sample policies used in the IT field. Do not just copy another company’s security policy, but rather learn from the best practices of other companies and apply them to yours. Use these resources to help structure your policies: ● Information Security Policy Templates ● Sample Data Security Policies ● Additional Examples and Tips Instructions With the description of the business environment (the fictional company that has opened in a shopping mall) in mind and your policy review and research complete, create a new security strategy in the format of a company memo (no less than three to five pages) in which you do the following: 1. Describe the business environment and identify the risk and reasoning Provide a brief description of all the important areas of the business environment that you’ve discovered in your research. Be sure to identify the reasons that prompted the need to create a security policy. 2. Assemble a security policy Assemble a security policy or policies for this business. Using the memo outline as a guide, collect industry-specific and quality best practices. In your own words, formulate your fictional company’s security policy or policies. You may use online resources, or other industry-related resources such as the National Security Agency (NSA) and Network World. In a few brief sentences, provide specific information on how your policy will support the business’ goal. 3. Develop standards Develop the standards that will describe the requirements of a given activity related to the policy. Standards are the in-depth details of the security policy or policies for a business. 4. Develop practices Develop the practices that will be used to ensure the business enforces what is stated in the security policy or policies and standards.

Please write 2 paragraph reflection paper on Chapter 4 of Make it Stick: Embrace Difficulties Your reflection paper must include the following materials. PLEASE READ THE BOOK!!!! I will attached some of the pages that is in the book. Or if you can able to find the book online? Will link the book below to see how it looks like. 

https://www.worldcat.org/title/make-it-stick-the-science-of-successful-learning/oclc/859168651

• Brown, P. C., Roediger, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University. 

1. The main topic of the chapter (Answer these questions in the first paragraph):
   1. What is the main topic of the chapter?
   2. Define this topic in your own words;
   3. and provide an example of that topic from the chapter .

2. Applying what you learn to your own life (Answer these questions in the second paragraph)

          a. How will you apply what you learned in this chapter to your own life? This could include things that you could do to better learn class material and/or things outside of the class room. Make a specific commitment to try out the learning strategy for at least a few weeks.

        b. Finally, how do you think this learning strategy will help you ?

xpanding Cultural Knowledge

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.

Pick a cultural group (different from yours) that you commonly care for at work. Research the answers to the following…

• Health Beliefs and Practices
• Family patterns
• Communication style
• Space orientation and Time orientation
• Nutritional Patterns
• Pain Responses
• Childbirth and perinatal care
• Death and Dying
• Spirituality, religion, and faith (include holy days)
• Prayer and meditation
• What knowledge did you gain about this group that you were not aware of?
• How will this knowledge change the way you care for this cultural group?

1. Title Slide (1 slide)
2. Objective Slide (1 slide)
3. Health Beliefs and Practices (1-2 slide)
4. Family patterns (1-2 slide)
5. Communication style (1-2 slide)
6. Space orientation and Time orientation (1-2 slide)
7. Nutritional Patterns (1-2 slide)
8. Pain Responses (1-2 slide)
9. Childbirth and perinatal care (1-2 slide)
10. Death and Dying (1-2 slide)
11. Spirituality, religion, and faith (include holy days) (1-2 slide)
12. Prayer and meditation (1-2 slide)
13. What knowledge did you gain about this group that you were not aware of? (1-2 slide)
14. How will this knowledge change the way you care for this cultural group? (1-2 slide)
15. References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 15-27 slides

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, reference slide in APA format. 

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.

Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft PPT document (.pptx) or a PDF document (.pdf)

File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.docx”)