In class we worked in groups to do the data representation project. I think that it went well. It was a little difficult to work in groups for this, though. I'm glad I didn't have to do this activity all on my own, but it was hard to split up the tasks and to each be working on something at the same time. We ended up splitting it up so that two people were creating visuals - one ethical and one unethical - and two of us were working on writing about those visuals.

In the business plans I reviewed I noticed many of the companies utilizing rule 2, which calls for brevity. These businesses used visuals instead of language to demonstrate some of the important aspects of their company. The business plans I reviewed also discussed their competitive edges, or what makes them stand out against other similar organizations. This concept utilized rule 5, which calls for novelty and offering something new. The businesses offered a new aspect, product, service, or way of serving their customers that was better than other companies.

This article asks the writer and reader alike to consider the ethical implications associated with visuals and graphics in professional work. The author discusses many different aspects to consider, such as selection choices, what the writer emphasizes and leaves out, how the visual is framed to relate items to one another, as well as issues that arise when dealing with special effects, comparisons of data, and forgetting or leaving out a zero starting point in graphs.

I found and chose the book "The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies" by Rhonda Abrams for the first step of the business plan textbook assignment. I liked this book because it has been very popular since its relase, even being recognized by Forbes as "one of the best books for small businesses." It is a revision of a bestselling guide and incorporates up-to-date technological advances and how to best use them in producing business plans.

I picked Dorothy J. Flyfaster, Ginger Soda, Dell A. Hymes, Rolling Stone, and Jimmy Cricket as my top 5. The aspects of these resumes that stood out were that the most impressive imformation was presented in the beginning and the sections were paralleled in grammer, as well as in style. Another thing I found was important to me was presenting a good objective, one that told what the individual wanted to do to better the company, not just themselves. These five were visually appealing, with some space and equal amounts of text in different sections of the page.

I cannot view the video for my presentation, but listened a few times to the audio. My initial judgement of my presentation was that I said the word, "Umm" a lot. I tend to do this is normal speech a lot and have come to not even realize when I say it. I had no idea I had used this word as much as I did in my pitch.

"The Skeptical Resume Reader" gave me new eyes to see how resumes are perceived and what is really important to include. I learned that it is actually better to use language that is simple, concise, and revealing of actual duties and skills, rather than to worry about using the most extravagent word choices to prove my intellect. I learned that it is good to stand out visually in a resume from other resumes, instead of trying to fit a normal template or perceived standard.

https://uhs.ats.hrsmart.com/cgi-bin/portal/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=8002&companycode=001

http://www.jobster.com/job/show/137563-u-s-army-medical-service-corps-social-worker-richmond-va?affiliate=13442

http://www.farrhealthcare.com/Indiana-physiatry/jobIN111408B.html

During the pitches I noticed most the confidence and knowledge of the presenter. I was impressed when a presenter concisely, but informatively presented lots of information in a short time. I feel these were the most persuasive of the pitches because the presenter knew his or her product or service well, knew why there was a need out there, and how to convince people of their need or desire for the product.

During my presentation I dressed nicely (in Khaki pants, nice black shoes, a nice shirt, and glasses) but not too nicely. I wanted to be dress up enough that my appearance caused the investor to take me and my product seriously and view me as knowledgable and presentable and realize that I took my product and work seriously, as well; I did not, however, want to be so overdressed that I gave off the impression that I was above the issues and problems that I was creating my product for (scraping ice off the windows of my car).