Wk 5-JournalPackaging Visual CommunicationOver the past few weeks, you’ve worked to put together a communication piece through the use of visuals. Describe the steps you took to get to your finished communication product, and explain how these steps were helpful. Finally, describe how failing to put as much effort into the preparation stage could be detrimental to the ultimate communication of your message, and describe how this concept can be applied to the messages you communicate in your work environment. This journal entry should allow you to thoroughly reflect upon what you have learned thus far in class, and provides you an opportunity to relate this learning to your professional and/or personal experiences. Your journal entry may be written in a more informal style, with a focus on clearly conveying your ideas. APA formatting elements are not required for your journal entry, but you are expected to adhere to conventional rules of grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation.Wk 5-Final Project (Example attached)Final Project: Using Visuals to Communicate a MessageVisual media can have a significant impact on how effectively a message is communicated. Appropriate and strategic visuals can inspire the audience, lend clarity to a message, and, in general, say things that words alone cannot. Throughout this course, you decided on a message to communicate, determined the most effective platform or medium for that message, and selected the most appropriate visuals to support the message. For the Final Project, incorporate a minimum of three different types of visual design, such as typography, graphics, and images to deliver your intended message. Note that if you did not create the visual, you must include a reference for the visual(s) contained in the project. For this project, use the concepts you’ve learned in this course to effectively apply visuals to a business-related message. Below, you will find just a few examples of how visuals can be utilized to communicate a message in the business setting. Feel free to use any of the examples listed below, or if you choose to select examples not included on the list, be sure to request instructor approval prior to completing the Final Project. Your Final Project must contain aspects of each element discussed in the course as it applies to your example communication piece. It must use appropriate typefaces, deliver a clear message, and have clear brand identity. It must also use an appropriate composition of graphics, photos, video, or other visual media. In addition to the text, your paper must contain a minimum of five scholarly sources, two of which must be from the Ashford University Library. In your five- to seven-page paper (not including the title and reference pages or the three visual media examples), be sure to address the following: Discuss the rationale behind choosing each of the three media elements and support your discussion with concepts from the course material.Explain why the media elements contained in your Final Project deliver the message you intended to communicate.Describe the intent of the message.Apply a minimum of five concepts from the course material to support your choice of media elements. For example you may use concepts such as visual literacy, perception, visual marketing, storytelling, design, branding, social media, communication theories, or any of the other concepts presented during the course. Be sure to discuss the relationship of the concepts to the media elements that you have chosen.

Hart, Vroman, and Stulz (2015) created a communication audit project designed with both team and individual components to provide you with real-world experiences in business communication.Within this project, you will work with your team to develop the components of an audit; however, you will conduct the audit individually. Additionally, you are to create an oral report individually, but your team will help you by providing ideas and feedback. A team evaluation will also be completed by each team member.Task 1: Develop a basic understanding of a communication audit. (Team)A communication audit is a strategic evaluation of an organization's ability to communicate. Both internal and external communication may be examined.Task 2:Identify potential real-world partners.What are at least three small businesses or small non-profit organizations with which you could partner for your project? (small = 5 to 15 employees)Task 3: Develop an invitation to send to potential partners. The invitation will describe the project and potential benefits.Task 4: Search about the real-world partner you selected and describe the business/organization.Task 5:Develop research tools (survey, interview questions, focus group questions) for the audit.Task 6:Conduct research using team tools (survey, interview questions, focus group questions) for the audit.Task 7: Appraise researched data for emerging communication opportunities/strategies for the audit.You may need this:Website: Primary research tools - https://www.business.qld.gov.au/starting-business/planning/market-customer-research/researching-customers/surveys-focus-groupshttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS5GME_7.6.0/com.ibm.hse.doc/plusgaudit/t_prepare_audits_surveys.htmlTask 3 should include the following:who you are and why you are doing this?an explanation of the audit process (including timelines and tasks).a description of the benefits to the business/organization. What will they get out of it?Task 5 should include:"clean copy" version that you can use with your business/organization.an annotated version that explains the rationale for the questions. (This means you provide a reason for why you are including that question. The reason should be based on the communication principles you are learning in this course. Provide citations and references appropriately.)You may need this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxvA3VAKExs