Imagine that you've applied for an internship with your local Senator but there are many other people competing for the position. In order to determine the best person for the job, the Senator wants to determine how much each potential intern knows about the U.S. electoral system.Create an 18- to 20-slide presentation to illustrate your knowledge about the U.S. electorate, campaigns, and political parties. Your presentation must include the following:The purpose and functions of political parties in the United StatesThe various ways U.S. citizens can participate in the campaign and election processThe function and purpose of caucuses and primary elections in political campaigns, particularly in the presidential election processThe role the national political party conventions play in the presidential election processThe presidential general election campaign process, and the important factors and events that influence itThe role the media (TV, radio, internet, social media) plays in modern political campaignsThe role and influence of money in the modern political campaignInclude photos, illustrations, videos, or audio clips, as appropriate. Document the source of each media item you include in your presentation.Include citations for all unoriginal ideas, facts, or definitions in an APA-formatted reference list..Note: A content slide does not include the presentation's title slide and any slide(s) containing references.Online campus students: Provide detailed speaker notes for each content slide in the presentation file or in a separate Microsoft® Word document.Submit your assignment.

Part 1:Critiquing a Draft Clearly and DiplomaticallyThis is an excerpt from the methods section of a report about computer servers. In this section, the writer is explaining the tasks he performed in analyzing different servers. In a later section, he explains what he learned from the analysis. The comments in the balloons were inserted into the document by the author’s colleague.The following questions ask you to think about techniques for critiquing.1 OF 4What is the tone of the comments? How can they be improved?2 OF 4How well does the collaborator address the larger issues?3 OF 4How well does the collaborator address the writing, not the writer?4 OF 4How well do the collaborator’s comments focus on the goal of the document, rather than judging the quality of the writing?Part 2:Marketing Proposal Presentation, Andrew WashutaProposal Delivered as a Prezi PresentationAn individual who wishes to carry out research on behalf of his or her organization or to provide a product or service to another organization usually must document the offer in a proposal. Proposals are frequently written as reports, but they can be presented through other media. As a student at Clarkson University, Andrew Washuta developed a research proposal in the form of a Prezi presentation for a project in his Marketing Research class. Prezi is a type of cloud-based software that allows users to create a presentation on a virtual canvas rather than on individual slides.In his Prezi presentation, Washuta offers to carry out research to gauge the feasibility of a solution he has proposed to a pressing problem at his school: the lack of dining options available to students at night. Watch Washuta’s presentation, and then answer the questions that follow.Source: prezi.com/yaa1f4izicod/marketing-proposal-presentation1 OF 5The structure of a proposal is determined in part by its subject, its purpose, and the needs of its audience. However, the introductory section of any proposal, regardless of its overall structure, needs to answer a number of questions in order to be effective. How effective is the introduction in this proposal? Were there questions left unanswered that prevented you from understanding the context, scope, or organization of the presentation? Draft a few additional sentences Washuta could include in his Prezi to make its opening more useful.2 OF 5How well does Washuta demonstrate his professionalism in this proposal? Consider the presentation of the following items: credentials and related work history, work schedule, quality-control measures for the research he will perform, and budget. Do you need more or less information pertaining to any of these areas in order to understand the proposal? Keep in mind that the Prezi was likely delivered as part of an oral presentation. Is there any information not currently included that you think Washuta should have noted in his Prezi, even if he planned to deliver it orally? Why?3 OF 5Watch the Prezi again, taking special note of how it organizes and emphasizes information. Two features unique to Prezi are its 3D canvas and its zooming capabilities. How did Washuta’s use of these features help or hurt the presentation of information? What, if anything, did they add to the presentation that could not have been accomplished by individual slides?4 OF 5Evaluate the visual design of the Prezi, including the background, color scheme, and typeface choices. How well does the design suit the presentation’s subject, audience, and purpose? Are there any aspects of it you would modify? If so, which ones, and how?5 OF 5Washuta concludes his Prezi by presenting a task schedule for his research project. How effective is this task schedule as currently presented? Based on your knowledge of the various components of the project as presented in the Prezi, describe how the task schedule could be improved in terms of content and appearance.