Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of standardized global marketing and adapted global marketing.

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Case: Venture Capital Deal Sourcing and Screening (E-447)

  1. What are the main deal screening criteria that VCs use in initial project selection? How are these criteria different from the ones angel investors may use?
  2. How do VCs evaluate project opportunities? What questions do they seek to answer in deciding whether to explore the project in greater depth?
  3. How would you describe the Fastforward Ventures experience to date? Its current (as of 2012) condition? How would you classify Fastforward Ventures relative to the universe of VC funds?
  4. You are Andrea Morton, a newly minted associate at Fastforward Ventures. How would you accomplish the screening task? What companies to recommend to the partners? To which partner? Which companies to drop? How to present information to the partners?
  5. You are Ellen Chang and/or Daniel Stephenson, a partner at Fastforward Ventures. What qualities are important for you in an associate? How would you recommend screening incoming deals?

Most importantly Question 5 , first.

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·       Discuss under what conditions a company might consider using price cuts or price increases.

·       Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of standardized global marketing and adapted global marketing.

·       Why should a mission statement be market oriented instead of product or technology oriented?

·       Marketers can obtain needed information from internal data, competitive marketing intelligence, and marketing research. Compare and contrast each of these.

·       Explain why, according to the authors of your text, the four Ps concept of the marketing mix takes a seller’s view of the market, not the buyer’s view. How should marketers consider the buyer’s view?

What if technology made marketing obsolete, what if technology enabled all 4 P’s of the marketing mix to happen with very little intervention from us marketing folks?

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What if technology made marketing obsolete, what if technology enabled all 4 P’s of the marketing mix to happen with very little intervention from us marketing folks? We are not at that point today, but marketing technology is moving us closer to that point.  We already have the technology to support monetary transactions (price) at any time or place.  Services like Boku a mobile phone becomes a cash register, enabling users to tap a purchase that is charged to their mobile bill, no credit card or bank account involved.  A similar service connects your mobile purchase right to your credit card Phoneswipe.  SIM cards can even be used to transfer funds without a mobile device.  In fact this technology in combination with cell phones is used by Givedirectly to send funds directly to individuals in Kenya and Uganda while keeping their marketing costs extremely low. Goodventures is a new foundation that just matched Give Directly’s campaign with a $5million dollar match of funds.

In combination with price (place) is also no longer a physical entity.  We can purchase items at GAP while driving down the New Jersey Turnpike, okay that is my example.  But the same goes for nonprofit’s.  While riding on Amtrak I read an article in their branded magazine Amtrak Arrive, and immediately decided to donate to the cause, Oklahoma Humane Society.  So at any place, anytime a nonprofit now has the ability to send a message and receive a response.  Social media like Facebook and Twitter have made this possible as conduits of direct-feed information, real-time information and taking word-of-mouth (promotion) to a whole new level.  One last marketing-mix P to mention is Product.  When it comes to nonprofit’s most offer products in the form of a service, providing aid, support, learning a skill, caring for animals, children, homeless (vulnerable populations), or encouraging a change in behavior such as quitting smoking.  One organization we mentioned in a previous conference is Blackbaud which manages to deliver solutions for all aspects of the marketing-mix.

The internet has allowed people to come together in many ways, one pertaining to nonprofit’s it the ability to volunteer.  No when the mood strikes you to help out it is easier than ever to find a nonprofit that is looking for your help!  One such site is Volunteer Match it provides the opportunities to find volunteer situations at some of those very nonprofit’s you found locally in the first conference.

What about those databases used in marketing, how is that data gathered?  Here is an excellent Wall Street Journal article about data Gathering that data for databases.  If you are not in the mood to volunteer, perhaps you are in the mood to donate money to a charitable organization. And now the decision to support or even create a charitable source is easier than ever thanks to crowdfunding.  The technology that has enabled target audiences and the general public to support a cause, makes donating funds an efficient and easy process.  Here is additional information on this subject that you should know about Market research and crowdfunding.

I could not resist ending this Topic on the discussion of social media and how it has affected one aspect that students might find meaningful, college admissions, this is a very interesting discussion of that subject Social media and college admissions.

Vocabulary

Technology – the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science. The application of tools and methods: the study, development, and application of devices, machines, and techniques for manufacturing and productive processes.

Database – a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.

Market research – the gathering and studying of data relating to consumer preferences, purchasing power, etc., especially prior to introducing a product on the market. Also includes focus groups, interviews, data analysis, and surveys. Research can be qualitative (behavioral – attitudes and beliefs about an organization) and quantitative (numerical – using quantifiable information that can be mathematically manipulated to predict future results or quantities).

Social media – forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.

Electronic data capture -Use of point of sale terminal (or a specialized software for online transactions) for submitting and validating credit card transactions to a merchant account provider, or some other credit card transaction processor.Digital mapping – a method of preparing maps in which the data is stored in a computer for ease of access and updating spatial solutions.

Content marketing – Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to attract, acquire, and engage a clearly defined and understood target audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action. Basically, content marketing is the art of communicating with your customers and prospects without selling. It is non-interruption marketing. Instead of pitching your products or services, you are delivering information that makes your buyer more intelligent. The essence of this content strategy is the belief that if we, as businesses, deliver consistent, ongoing valuable information to buyers, they ultimately reward us with their business and loyalty. Content Marketing Institute

Respond

1. Please provide us with one example of how a nonprofit (your choice) might use Snapchat.

https://www.snapchat.com/

2. Go back to the lecture and visit volunteermatch.  Share with us an example of a volunteering opportunity near you that interests you.  After all, marketers have to try out their ideas to make sure they work!

3.  Is there a technology that works best for you? And why?  Is it social media?  Is it traditional direct mail?  Is it visiting a website?  In other words, work it backwards, assume your chosen nonprofit is trying to reach you.

analyze the communication strategy of your chosen organization, and c) explain how you would integrate the communication strategy into the current organization where you work or into a former organization where you have worked.

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For this assignment, you will write a case study analysis that focuses on the communication strategy of an organization of your choice.

In this assignment, you will need to a) summarize the communication strategy of your chosen organization, b) analyze the communication strategy of your chosen organization, and c) explain how you would integrate the communication strategy into the current organization where you work or into a former organization where you have worked.

A. Summarize the Communication Strategy

Locate an article that discusses the communication strategies used by your chosen organization. After reading your chosen article, you may find the exercise below to be helpful in developing a summary paragraph. Identify the author(s) of your chosen article, and complete the following exercise:

[Insert author’s name here] discusses how innovative communication processes have helped [insert name of the organization here] resolve [insert issue here].

The top reason [insert author’s name here] holds that position is __________.

A second reason [insert author’s name here] holds that position is __________.

A third reason [insert author’s name here] holds that position is __________.

After filling in the blanks, you should have a list of the positions and claims made by the authors about your chosen organization. Shape your notes into a summary paragraph. (Do not simply include the list that you completed in the exercise above.)

Remember that the summary paragraph is where you will present information from the source. You will provide your analysis and interpretation in the following section of the paper.

B. Analyze the Communication Strategy

Be sure to include how the communication strategy impacts the organization on multiple levels. Feel free to use the four levels of sales, services, value chain, and continuous improvement as a model, which was discussed in the case study on the Dell Computer Corporation in the Unit VI Lesson. (Note: Your categories may be different.)

In the analysis portion of the assignment, discuss any problems (or potential problems) with the communications in your chosen organization, and provide potential solutions based on your research. Include ways that effective management could help to provide a solution.

C. Explain Integration Techniques

Finally, explain how this communication strategy could be integrated into your current or former workplace.

You will need to reference at least two academic sources.

Use the standard five-paragraph format (introduction/body/conclusion). APA format should be used. The assignment should be a minimum of three pages in length. Content, organization, and grammar/mechanics will be evaluated.

The link below provides some helpful tips for writing a case study analysis: http://college.cengage.com/business/resources/casestudies/students/writing.htm

Describe why the short period from 1905 to 1910 was crucial to the development of modern art and modern physics.

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3.Rodin’s Influence

Explain why Rodin had such an important influence on modern art.

4.1905 – 1910 Development

Describe why the short period from 1905 to 1910 was crucial to the development of modern art and modern physics.

5.Total Architecture and Machines for Living

Explain the meanings of “total architecture” and “machines for living.

6.Conceptual Art

Explain why some critics explain Conceptual art as an attack on the economics of art.

7.Contemporary Art

Why must contemporary art now be considered on a worldwide or global basis?

****3.Changes in Art

For this week, answer all three of the following questions. Cite at least one example in your response for each question. You should reference your book to help you answer these questions. If you use additional sources, you must cite them. Your answers should be in essay format, be a minimum of three-five sentences each, and include at least three terms from our glossary for each question.

  1. How did the subject matter of Symbolist art diverge radically from Realism?
  2. What types of behavior and interests does fin-de-siècle describe?
  3. What did Art Nouveau try to synthesize? ******4.For the midterm this week, choose two of the five questions below and answer them in essay format. You should reference your textbook to help you in answering these questions (look to chapters 28 and 29). Each of your responses should be a minimum of 300 words in length, include a minimum of three key terms from the course so far, and any outside references used must be cited.
  4. Contrast the work of Renoir and Laurtrec. How do the subjects’ styles of the artists reflect nineteenth century French society and the innovations of nineteenth century art? Use examples to support your essay.
  5. Describe the impact the Armory Show (1913) had on the American art scene. Use examples to support your essay.
  6. Describe Pablo Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon. How did this work re-shape the art of the early twentieth century? Include in your discussion the influences coming from Primitive art. Use examples to support your essay.
  7. Describe the development of sculpture at the end of the nineteenth century. Use examples to support your essay. To what extent did sculpture remain conventional? What painting movements did it take into account?
  8. Explain the development of Cubism and the artistic movements that it spawned. Use examples to support your essay.******5.Virtual Museum Visit

This week, answer all three of the questions below. You should reference your book as well as online materials for the answers to these questions (remember to cite outside resources). Your answers should be in essay format, be a minimum of three-five sentences each, and include at least three glossary terms per question.

  1. Visit the Google Art Project: https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/hopper-edward/hotel-room. Look at Hotel Room, a painting by Edward Hopper in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
    • Describe in formal terms how the strong verticals and horizontals securely hold the parts of the painting together. What does the diagonal of the bed provide? Now move close and examine the paint work. How do the near-architectural elements fit with the lush paint?
  2. Re-Read the article in this week chapter Art and Society, “Degenerate Art,” AND go online and watch the video “Art in Nazi Germany,” at SmartHistory (LINK: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/national-socialist-nazi-art.html?searched=degenerate&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1) After reading the article in the book and watching the online video, and based on your understanding of the threat that ideas generated by the arts can have to repressive governments, what are your thoughts on something like this happening in the United States? Do you think in our current information-saturated culture that the arts still have the ability to sway popular opinion?
  3. Identify and Detail:
  • Who is the artist?
  • Which movement does this represent and why?
  • What is the subject of this work?******6.Answer all three of the following questions per work of art shown below. You should reference your book to aid you in answering these questions. Answers should be in essay format, be a minimum of three-five sentences each, and include at least three terms from the glossary for each work.
  1. “Painting”
    • Who is the artist?
    • Which event does this respond to and what statement does it make?
    • What may have inspired the image of the male figure?
  2. “Flowers on Body”
    • What issues did this artist address in her work?
    • What series does this particular image belong to?
    • What themes does this image address?
  2. “Backs”
  • What materials did the artist use in her works?
  • How is this representative of her work?
  • What do the forms suggest in this work?***7.Postmodernism and Neo-Expressionism

For this week, answer all three of the following questions. Cite at least one example in your response for each question. You should reference your book to help you answer these questions. If you use additional sources, you must cite them. Your answers should be in essay format, be a minimum of three-five sentences each, and include at least three terms from our glossary for each question.

  1. Discuss Postmodernism. Provide examples.
  2. What aspect of the museum was exposed in the work of Hans Haacke?
  3. What is Neo-Expressionism? Explain your answer.***8.Final Project

For your final project, you will complete a virtual art museum visit and thoroughly discuss two to four works. Please pay close attention to the following assignment criteria.

Go to this “gallery” website for referencing your Final Project: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/

You should already be familiar with this website from your previous weeks’ work. As you may have remembered, the site is broken down by dates. Cruise the dates and artworks located in those eras of art influence and address the following final project guidelines:

  1. Be no less than three pages, but no more than four pages in length.
  2. Compare and contrast a minimum of two artworks (no more than four) in which you will relate specific terminology and facts from your textbook and glossary readings.
  3. Discuss the relevance and/or influence of each work to history/ art history (via historical context, i.e What was going on in the world at that time that influenced the works and/or vise, versa?).
  4. Include a minimum of three resources per work of art from the book and/or internet to support your claims.
  5. Include a citation for each source used.
  6. Incorporate correct art history vocabulary in your examination.

What are the new marketing challenges you face? Use the 4 Ps of marketing to make a preliminary marketing plan.

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Question:

If you are Margo. What are the new marketing challenges you face? Use the 4 Ps of marketing to make a preliminary marketing plan.

4Ps Product,promotion,price,place

Margo Switches Coasts

For 17 years Margo Williams owned a jewelry store called Margo’s Diamond Mine near the naval base in San Diego. The large majority of her customers were sailors and their families and her most successful items were wedding rings, inexpensive necklaces, and low-priced brand-name watches. Because her customers were often stretching their finances to make what they felt was a major purchase, Margo’s store provided lay-away plans that allowed her clients to pay for items over time.

Margo’s mother, who lived in Ft. Lauderdale, recently became ill, so Margo decided it was time to close the store in San Diego and relocate both her home and business to Florida. She found a vacant store at a reasonable price in a small upscale strip mall in which the other businesses included an expensive dress shop, a gourmet food store, and a craft outlet. The surrounding area consisted mostly of high-end condominium developments which catered to retirees and people who spent about half the year in Florida.

Margo knows the jewelry business, including how to value items she takes on trade-ins, which suppliers are best to work with, and how to design and manage a store. Although she doesn’t know her new Florida market very well, some issues are clear:

  • The new market is older, wealthier, and includes many retired people.
  • People appear to wear much more expensive items.
  • The existing competition consists of two well-known chain jewelry stores that aim their products at middle-income markets.

• Advertising and promotion tend to be concentrated in newspapers and pennysavers.

Margo was not sure she wanted to use the Margo’s Diamond Mine name in this new market and she really did not know how to go about designing a marketing and promotion plan for the Florida market. To get started, Margo focused on two issues. First, she wanted a preliminary plan that would address—as best she could—the new marketing challenge she faces. Second, she wanted to research background information so she could refine her preliminary marketing plan.

Why do you think a project might undergo a significant scope change later in the process? If you were the project manager, what would you do to avoid costly consequences?

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Unit Three Assignments

I will pay 125.00 dollars for the following 2 part assignment. Unit 3 Journal does not require citations,

Unit 3 Assignment does require citations (You will build on what you started for Assignment 2 paper will be used and built on in future assignments in this class.)

Unit III Journal

Why do you think a project might undergo a significant scope change later in the process? If you were the project manager, what would you do to avoid costly consequences?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit III Assignment

Refer to the project proposal you created for the Unit II Assignment. For this assignment, you will be expanding on that project to include a project scope document (i.e., the definition of what needs to be done to produce the project deliverables and to satisfy the customer). The project scope document should satisfy the following components:

Customer Requirements: Describe the customer requirements through functional or performance specifications of the project’s end product/service.

Statement of Work (SOW): Explain the SOW including the work elements and milestones to be performed. This should include risks associated with the project.

Deliverables: Formulate a schedule of the deliverables including milestones throughout the project and the final deliverable at the conclusion of the project. Compile a Gantt chart (instructions and example are included within the Unit III Lesson).

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Describe the WBS that breaks down the work elements in the SOW into specific work tasks.

Acceptance Criteria: Develop and build upon the acceptance criteria discussed briefly in the project proposal.

While project scope documents may vary from project to project, your document should contain a thorough description of each section. Additionally, please include an introduction paragraph. If your project varies in such a way that a thorough description is not possible, you will then include elements of the section in question to give an outline of what is provided. See the Unit III Lesson for additional insight on compilation of a project proposal.

Your project scope document should be a minimum of three pages in length, and each section should be properly labeled using the subheadings above. If another person were to pick up your document, he or she should know exactly what is expected and what direction the project will take.

Make sure you use appropriate APA-style writing and citations. Also, make sure that you use 12-point Times New Roman font and that you double-space.

Customer Requirements: Describe the customer requirements through functional or performance specifications of the project’s end product/service.

Statement of Work (SOW): Explain the SOW including the work elements and milestones to be performed. This should include risks associated with the project.

Deliverables: Formulate a schedule of the deliverables including milestones throughout the project and the final deliverable at the conclusion of the project. Compile a Gantt chart (instructions and example are included within the Unit III Lesson).

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Describe the WBS that breaks down the work elements in the SOW into specific work tasks.

Acceptance Criteria: Develop and build upon the acceptance criteria discussed briefly in the project proposal.

While project scope documents may vary from project to project, your document should contain a thorough description of each section. Additionally, please include an introduction paragraph. If your project varies in such a way that a thorough description is not possible, you will then include elements of the section in question to give an outline of what is provided. See the Unit III Lesson for additional insight on compilation of a project proposal.

Your project scope document should be a minimum of three pages in length, and each section should be properly labeled using the subheadings above. If another person were to pick up your document, he or she should know exactly what is expected and what direction the project will take.

Make sure you use appropriate APA-style writing and citations. Also, make sure that you use 12-point Times New Roman font and that you double-space.

Develop recommendations for how the organization should staff its operations, focusing on strategic decisions pertaining to staffing levels and quality.  These decisions are discussed in the textbook.

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Please advise price for the following assignment?

Go to the text publisher’s website:  http://www.mhhe.com/heneman8e (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and click on Student Edition.  Open the Tanglewood Stores Casebook.

Read Case 1 in the Tanglewood Stores Case and answer the following question:

1. Develop recommendations for how the organization should staff its operations, focusing on strategic decisions pertaining to staffing levels and quality.  These decisions are discussed in the textbook.

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General Comments about Assignments

Write your answers and comments concisely, answering the question(s) as directly as possible. Remember, you must answer the questions about cases using the facts of the case and the concepts introduced in the textbook and any additional readings. The general format for all your case answers is to relate the concepts and principles from the textbook or other readings to the facts in the case. Reporting all sorts of background information is unnecessary. However, you do need to refer back to the facts in the case that support your statements and conclusions.

The quality of your analysis and its clarity. It is difficult to describe the length of and amount of detail that should be in good answers. Obviously, this is a judgment call that varies case by case, and question by question. However, usually you can write good answers in 500-700 words per case, although obviously this varies according to the number of questions you are asked to answer. You may exceed the word limits without penalty when necessary to adequately answer the questions.  but in general good tests of the quality of your analysis is to ask yourself “Does this answer show that I read and understood the material in the text?” and “Could I have written this answer without reading the book?

Evaluate the issues raised from the Carlson SAN mixing equipment from a number of vendors and determine the management options for dealing with this type of situation.

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Read the case study titled, “Carlson Companies” found at the end of Chapter 12 and also linked here as a PDF.

Write a fully developed paper in which you:

  1. Assess how the Carlson SAN approach would be implemented in today’s environment.
  2. Compare the pros and cons of consolidating data on a SAN central data facility versus the dispersed arrangement it replaces.
  3. Evaluate the issues raised from the Carlson SAN mixing equipment from a number of vendors and determine the management options for dealing with this type of situation.
  4. Justify the reduction of administration and management of storage networking through Carlson’s IP SAN.
  5. Assess how cloud computing could be used by Carlson instead of a SAN. Create a diagram using Visio or its open source alternative software to illustrate the use of cloud computing. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
  6. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the roles of the Internet and the basic protocols that are the foundation of the Internet and address the critical issue of quality of service (QoS).

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

How did you define compassion, and who were the recipients of your efforts? What are the psychological costs and benefits of behaving compassionately?

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For this assignment your challenge will be to live each minute of one day in as compassionate a way as possible. In other words, for a full day you should do your best to help other people in need, to be considerate and respectful, and to avoid causing harm to any living being.

When carrying out this assignment, leave no behavior unexamined — from watching TV to eating lunch to decisions about giving time or money to others. That is, don’t limit yourself to simply holding the door open for a stranger or petting a lonely dog; think about all the unnecessary suffering in the world, and strive for the greatest impact and deepest level of compassion without being phony or insincere. It is up to you to define what compassion is and to decide how best to realize it.

If you are already quite compassionate, try being compassionate toward groups you don’t often focus on, and even if your actions don’t differ much from how you normally behave, be sure to carefully observe and analyze what transpires during the experience. If outside events make it difficult for you to participate on the designated day, or if you feel dissatisfied with your performance of the assignment, feel free to repeat the exercise on a later day.

Note: To minimize any bias in social reactions, it is best if you do not tell others about the class assignment.

You must turn in a social psychological analysis of what the day was like. Some sample questions to address include: How did you define compassion, and who were the recipients of your efforts? What are the psychological costs and benefits of behaving compassionately? In your view, do the benefits outweigh the costs? How did others respond to your compassion? Do you think they noticed a difference in your behavior? What attributions did people make for your behavior, and why?

This essay should be 3-4 pages of text, plus a title page and reference page.  All papers should be in proper APA format. Please remember proper in-text citations.

what are some of the problems that can occur with sending the message?

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Part 1. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Consider each of the public speaking scenarios below and discuss some of the factors that impact the communication process.

Public speaking to a live (in person) audience.

Given this channel (face-to-face), what are some of the problems that can occur with sending your message (think of technology you might use to present)? What types of noise around the receiver(s) might impact delivery of the message (discuss external and internal noises that might occur)? What can the speaker do to help the audience better receive the message?

Public speaking via teleconference (phone/video).

Given this channel (teleconference), what are some of the problems that can occur with sending the message? What types of noise around the receiver(s) might impact delivery of the message (consider external and internal noise)? What can the public speaker do to ensure better communication with the audience? What can the receiver(s) do to ensure better receipt of the message?

Part 2. Respond to the following in a minimum of 100 words:

“When dealing with Public speaking to a live audience in person, there are multiple problems that can occur. You can be presenting to a large crowd so you have to use a microphone, and it could stop working, the speaker could also go out, making it hard for people to hear you. I personally do not like to speak in front of large crowds or in front of people that I do not know. I have been diagnosed with Anxiety and speaking in front of large groups of people induces my anxiety to the max. I much rather have a presentation over the phone or internet using a WebEx.

Recently I have transitioned to working from home for the time being due to the current pandemic. I normally would have team meeting with my team that I work with face to face but since we have not been able to do that, we have been using teleconference tools via the Internet using video connections. I must present my teams month ends numbers and go over reports at the end of each month to my superiors, I had to present it using Zoom and we had a little difficulty with the sound. Some peoples’ headsets would go in and out. Making it difficult to understand some questions that they were asking me. I did feel more comfortable presenting via the video chat than in person. I would recommence people checking their internet connection before trying to start a teleconference. I also would make sure that you’re not in a room that echoes, that could make it hard to hear as well. Just plan ahead and you will be better off.” – Alexandra V.

Part 3. Reply to the following thread in a minimum of 100 words:

“Public speaking to a live (in person) audience has so much more impact than speaking via phone/video. Majority of the impact of public speaking comes from the body language, and eye contact. Public speaking can also be nerve wrecking, which can lead to unsuccessful delivery of the speech. Technology like microphones, and sound systems should always get tested before any presentation to ensure there are no technical difficulties during a presentation. Public speaking via phone/video, although gets the message across is not just doesn’t have as big of an impact as publicly having a meeting or speaking. You are not able to make eye contact or read peoples body language. You are not able to connect over a phone/video as well as you can connect when you are face to face in a room. Although as of recent with COVID-19 most of us have learned that phone/video conference calls still very well get the job done. Some of the problems I run into while trying to perform a video or phone call is bad connectivity. If I get disconnected mid-way through, the meeting is basically on hold, until we are all back online. Phone services can cut out or drop the call. Either way things can go wrong with either option to present, but in person is still my favorite.” – Veronica H.