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I. WHO READS MEMOS?
HOW TO WRITE A POLICY MEMO
The typical recipient of a policy memo a) is extremely busy, b) is far less knowledgeable about the subject at hand than the memo’s author, c) is responsible for making important decisions on the basis of memos like the one you are about to write and d) has an agenda. All the suggestions below should be considered in this light.
II. INTRODUCTION FORMAT
Begin your memo with a short summary introduction. This introduction should tell the reader:
The memo topic and what ground or issues it covers.
Why you wrote the memo – the request, the debate, the decision to be made, etc.
What recommendations you make or key themes to remember. Summarize your main points
in a few sentences.
Where the memo is headed. You should provide a brief roadmap: Section 1 provides
background on Osama bin Laden; Section 2 describes why he turned to terrorism; Section 3 assesses the threat posed by Al Qaeda; Section 4 outlines policy options for dealing with Al Qaeda; Section 5 describes my policy recommendation
Many people never read more than the introduction or executive summary. Those who do will find it much easier to understand your memo after reading it.
III. WRITING
Your memo should be easy to follow and easy to read. Five guidelines for good formatting should be kept in mind.
Stay on point and keep it short. The typical memo should make a single point or a handful of related points. Drop any argument that does not support your main point/s. Concise memos earn wider readership and higher praise than long memos no one ever finishes. You should be direct, choose your words carefully, and edit rigorously. There should be no extraneous words in your memo.
Organize your memo around meaningful sections. Repeat the memo’s most salient points and conclusions in the section headers. These will help guide the reader quickly through your memo.
Examples: Alternatives: Law Enforcement or Military Intervention? Criteria for Decision Making
Fewer Attacks, But Greater Lethality
From Exile to Terrorism: The Evolution of Hamas (Appendix) Terrorist Threat Profile
Start each section with a mini roadmap. Start each paragraph with a topic sentence that summarizes its main point. A reader should be able to follow the flow of your memo just by reading the first sentence of each paragraph.
Examples:
Section: In this section I review Hamas’ evolution from a splinter faction of the Muslim
Brotherhood into a full-fledged terrorist organization.
Paragraph: Abimael Guzman provided the main ideological spark behind the development of the
Shining Path organization in the 1960s.
3. Use formatting to enhance the informational content of your memo. An important way to improve ease of readership is the use of tables, figures, and bullet points. The goal in all cases is to say more with less. Make sure when you use these that they actually enhance understanding and don’t just look cool. Use bullets for lists and simple ideas. Avoid long lists. Use paragraphs for complex ideas. Tables and
figures should allow the reader to understand more while reading fewer words – if you have to spend a page explaining a figure you probably should drop it.
Write for a broad audience. Don’t write a memo that only you and three other experts can understand. Avoid technical jargon and bureaucratese. Make your memo self-contained and comprehensive enough (while keeping it short!) to enable others to understand the basis for your conclusions.
Provide citations to your sources of information within the text of the memo (Thrall 2006). Bibliographies may be appropriate depending on the circumstances. Obey whatever citation formatting norms are in place where you work.
IV. ANALYSIS & ARGUMENTATION
The fundamental purpose of a policy memo is to help people make decisions. Your memo should provide exactly as much description as is required to allow you reader to understand your analysis and no more. Even if you are asked to provide background or an overview of an issue, event, person, or group, your goal is to analyze, not merely describe. When necessary, descriptions of historical periods should aim to illustrate the key themes relevant to current policy debates. Likewise, when you are making a case for a policy option, your memo must persuade through logical argument, not simple recitation of facts and assertions.
Example:
Descriptive style: 1. Sheik Ahmed Yassin founded Hamas in 1987 to create an Islamic state in
Palestine.
Analytical style: Three major factors led Sheik Ahmed Yassin to found Hamas in 1987. First,…
VII. CONCLUSION FORMAT
Your conclusion should reemphasize your main points and recommendations. How exactly you do this will depend on the purpose of your memo. Generally speaking, however, the conclusion is the place is explore the implications of your analysis and recommendations. What arguments or policies do they call into question, which do they reinforce? What additional analysis seems required? What other key decisions must be made in light of your work?
VII. VETTING
Ask a friend or colleague to read your memo. It can be especially helpful to have someone from outside your discipline read your work. Helpful questions to ask yourself before submitting your memo include:
Does my introduction provide a clear summary of the memo?
Is my main point clear?
Is my memo’s organization clear and are all my sections and paragraphs presented in a logical manner?
Can my reader easily follow the memo?
Can someone outside my department/organization/profession understand my writing?
VIII. BEAUTY TIPS
Your memo should dress for success. Check your work for spelling and grammar errors. Legible font sizes, reasonable margins, good paper, and high printing quality are essential.
A. Trevor Thrall
University of Michigan – Dearborn 2006

You are operating in Caribbean (name the country in the Caribbean) and want to market your product (name the product) to Brazil. Conduct an assessment of the mode of entry you will utilize based on the 5 modes discussed in the course (exporting, licensing arrangements, partnering and strategic alliances, acquisitions, establishing new, wholly owned subsidiaries).
Discuss two (2) potential advantages and two (2) disadvantages of the mode of entry selected.
Conduct research on two (2) companies that failed when using the mode of entry you have selected for your product. Company names must be stated and what led to the failure must be clearly identified

Assignment Content
Imagine that you are a special education teacher that is also a licensed speech-language pathologist (SLP). You were recently hired by a large school district as a language development specialist to support the teachers and school staff that work with children with learning disabilities and language and development disorders within the district. The Director of Special Education Services wants all teachers and support staff to receive refresher training on language acquisition and language disorders and has assigned this task to you.

Create a self-led training presentation that addresses the following:
Key components in the acquisition of language
Examples and characteristics of common language disorders seen in school-age children
Tools and strategies used to support these children in the classroom
Linguistic and cultural influence
Note: You may choose a delivery medium from the Technology Resource Library located on the College of Education Resources page, or use another medium as approved by your instructor. Some possibilities include Google Slides™, Glogster, Piktochart®, Popplet, Powtoon, Prezi®, and Smore.
Include the following in your presentation:
A timeline showing at least 10 milestones in language acquisition
Signs that may indicate a child has a language disorder
Differences between developmental and acquired language disorders
Characteristics of 3 to 5 language disorders seen in school-age children
Description of 2 to 3 assessment tools used to diagnose language disorders
Description of 3 to 5 strategies or tools used to support students with language disorders in the regular classroom
Relationship between linguistically and culturally diverse learners and language disorders
An introduction to your presentation
A summary or conclusion highlighting the important details in your presentation

Unit 2 covers a lot of disorders. The broad family of anxiety problems (Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, & Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders) alone represents a huge portion of the disorders that people experience. Hopefully, the readings and supplementary material give you a good sense of what these disorders are like, but I would like to see how much you understand these disorders.
In this discussion, you are applying the knowledge you gained from chapters 5 & 14 and demonstrating you have more than book knowledge but a true understanding of these disorders. I want to see that you understand how much these disorders can potentially impact a person’s life.
Write a discussion post selecting at least one disorder covered in chapter 5 or 14. Describe what it would be like to have the disorder. What types of things would you think and feel? What activities would be impaired? How would your life be different now if you had the disorder? What would other people think of you? What types of myths do people believe about the disorder? Would you try to seek treatment? What factors would get in the way of you pursuing treatment? Why do you think it’s important for people to have a better understanding of this specific disorder?

Weekly Article Summary 4
Find and read a nursing scholarly article that relates to your clinical practice and is found in a peer-reviewed journal. Follow the instructions for the format and write a 1-page summary.
Submission Instructions:
Must be a research article.
Write a summary using an outline of the steps of the research process, discuss the study type, purpose, and research question(s).
The summary is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
The summary should be formatted per current APA and 1 page in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
Incorporate a minimum of 2 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
Complete and submit the assignment by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.
Late work policies, expectations regarding proper citations, acceptable means of responding to peer feedback, and other expectations are at the discretion of the instructor.

Your new client is familiar with the Food Pyramid, the previous graphic representation of the Dietary Guidelines, but unfamiliar with the current MyPlate tool. Describe the differences between the two tools, and why the switch was made.

TOPIC: FITBIT
QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED ABOUT FITBIT

INSTRUCTIONS
The same project topic must be used in all installments. Each project installment must include a
title page that has the name of the project topic in it. Each of the five questions should be
numbered and written out in its entirety in the pages that follow. The entire document (all five
questions, combined, but not counting references) should be at least 600 words (12-point Times
New Roman font, double spaced), and include a separate references page. All content must show
direct application to the topic and exclude definitions of terms and general explanations of
generic marketing topics. The assignment should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.
When completing an assignment for a given module, the student will assume the role of
marketing manager for the selected organization. All student responses must be based on
research. View the entire course textbook (all chapters) as a resource for the assignment,
meaning it may be necessary to locate assignment-related material in chapters other than those
corresponding with the module in which the assignment is located. While the effort has been
made to ensure that all material necessary for assignment completion is found in the textbook,
contact the instructor immediately if information needed to complete the assignment cannot be
located in the textbook. The instructor will then provide instructions on locating the required
material. Quotes must be minimized and long quotes (40 words or more) avoided. Outside
sources to be cited include scholarly marketing journals (Journal of Marketing, Journal of
Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, etc.), practitioner publications, and the
course textbook. Assignments must be submitted though Turnitin.
Questions
Q1. Explain the organization’s product plan. (Ch. 8)
Q2. Explain the product’s/service’s current life cycle stage (introduction, growth, maturity or
decline). Select one stage to discuss and omit the others. (Ch.8)
Q3. Discuss viable techniques of building the equity of the brand. (Ch.9)
Q4. Discuss several branding decisions recently made or appropriate to make. (Ch.9)
Q5. Discuss organizational efforts at customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention. (Ch.10)

BOOK: Marshall, G. W., & Johnston, M. W. (2019). Marketing management (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN: 9781259637155.

Assignment: As a leader you will be faced with making decisions about your organization. Describe your thinking/thought processes and then your decision-making processes. Potential talking points: Are they formal or informal? Do you act alone or in concert with others? Do you follow the mission and vision?
Submission Method: Microsoft Word Document (300-500 words)

Context
Steven Shapin’s article, “What Are You Buying When You Buy Organic?” first appeared in The New Yorker on May 7, 2006. He wrote it as a critical response to other thinkers at the time, such as Michael Pollan, who were engaging with the idea of how to eat ethically. Shapin grapples with the idea that buying organic food is the best option.
Prompt
Imagine you’re a subscriber to The New Yorker magazine. You’ve just read Shapin’s article, and you want to write a letter to the editor in response to one of Shapin’s claims.
In a five paragraph essay, explain why In In five paragraphs essay ,explain if you either agree or disagree with one of Shapin’s central arguments.
Be sure to use evidence from the article to analyze and critique Shapin’s point of view, and support your claim with reasoning.
● Write a 600 word essay with an introduction, conclusion, and three body paragraphs.
● Include no more and no less than one direct quote per body paragraph.
● Use three direct quotes in total.
● Include a Works Cited page.
● All in-text (parenthetical) citations and the Works Cited page must be in MLA 8 format.
● Follow all formatting guidelines on the syllabus.

Write a short essay with a beginning, middle, and end in which your thinking on the page reveals the hidden structure of an event or object in the world that you find interesting and/or problematic.

Source your essay’s thinking (your reasoning—your induction) in a careful, creative reading of 2-3 texts (1 primary plus 1-2 ancillary). Your ancillary texts may come from the Digital Anthology for Writers (DAW), or they may come from research done on the NYU Library’s online databases. They may also come from other reputable sources (yes to Google Scholar; no to Google anything else). If you are not sure about the reliability of your source (especially if you suspect an editorial bias), you must account for that doubt in your representation of its idea. Only one ancillary text may come from personal experience (a scene from memory). Only one ancillary text may be a visual exhibit text, which you represent in a word picture.

Remember that your essay should describe a conceptual problem that arises from a careful consideration of your Primary Text, and attempt to describe how that problem works, with the help of your Ancillary Texts.

Remember to demonstrate a conscious relationship with sentence structure and paragraph structure as you plumb the twists and turns of a conceptual conversation on the page.

Your essay must be at least three full pages and no more than four (Times New Roman, double-spaced). You must number your pages. Your essay must have a title and an MLA heading, which do not count toward your page total. In order to meet the minimum, your writing must extend onto a fourth page at least until you’ve accounted for the space your title/header occupied on page 1. Use MLA in-text citation (no footnotes or endnotes). Append a Works Cited page, formatted properly in MLA style.