Ashford Cgd 318 Entire Course / Public Relations Practices & Promotional Writing

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ASHFORD CGD 318 Entire Course / Public Relations Practices & Promotional Writing

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CGD 318 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Public Relations
CGD 318 Week 1 DQ 2 Public Relations and Crisis Management
CGD 318 Week 1 Quiz
CGD 318 Week 2 Assignment To Accept or Reject a Client
CGD 318 Week 2 DQ 1 Public Relations Research
CGD 318 Week 2 DQ 2 Publics & Public Opinion
CGD 318 Week 2 Quiz
CGD 318 Week 3 Assignment News Release
CGD 318 Week 3 DQ 1 The Audience
CGD 318 Week 3 DQ 2 Public Relations Tactics
CGD 318 Week 3 Quiz
CGD 318 Week 4 DQ 1 Global Impact of Public Relations
CGD 318 Week 4 DQ 2 Business, Sports, Tourism, and Entertainment
CGD 318 Week 4 Quiz
CGD 318 Week 5 DQ 1 Public Relations & Non-Profit Organizations
CGD 318 Week 5 DQ 2 Public Relations in the 21st Century
CGD 318 Week 5 Focus of the Final Paper

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CGD 318 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Public Relations

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What is Public Relations? Assess a minimum of two definitions of public relations from the course materials and your own research. Compare and contrast the major differences and interrelationships between public relations and journalism. Has public relations influenced your buyer behavior? Synthesize the course materials and other research to support your response. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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CGD 318 Week 1 DQ 2 Public Relations and Crisis Management

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Public Relations and Crisis Management. Review the video, Jack Welch on Toyota's PR Disaster. How does Dr. Welch assess Toyota’s performance? Based on the course materials and the video and other research, synthesize the concepts and give an illustration of how Toyota might have changed public perception using PR in responding to this crisis. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’postings.

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CGD 318 Week 1 Quiz

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Week One Quiz. Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week.

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CGD 318 Week 2 Assignment To Accept or Reject a Client

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To Accept or Reject a Client. A well-known professional baseball player is suspected of having used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. He has not been charged. His agent asks you to advise and assist him in handling the intense media interest in the case. He wants you to try to place favorable stories about the baseball star in the media and create a positive environment for him. If formally accused, it could mean irreparable damage to his baseball career.
You are not asked to do anything unethical. The money is quite good, and you know the publicity from working on the case will probably help your public relations consulting career, especially if the athlete is exonerated. Would you take the account? The agent tells you confidentially that the athlete has admitted that he took some substance that was unknown to him, but may have been steroids. Does this information affect your decision? What are the ethics of the situation as you see them?
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CGD 318 Week 2 DQ 1 Public Relations Research

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CGD 318 Week 2 DQ 1 Public Relations Research

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CGD 318 Week 2 DQ 2 Publics & Public Opinion

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Publics & Public Opinion. Choose an organization and identify its key audiences, or publics. Assess how these publics can have their opinion shaped. Compare and contrast the influence of the different types of opinion leaders and their influence on shaping public opinion. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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CGD 318 Week 2 Quiz

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Week Two Quiz. Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week.

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Week Two Quiz. Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week.

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News Release. Review the section entitled “The Format of a News Release” in the beginning of Chapter 10. Choose an existing product or a made up product and write a one to two page news release (not including title and reference pages) announcing the introduction of the new product using the provided format. Include at least one scholarly resource in addition to the course text.

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CGD 318 Week 3 DQ 1 The Audience

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The Audience. Select and discuss one of the following questions. Conduct research using the text and the University’s Online Library to support the position you take. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
a. Assess the public relations implications of the senior market in the United States. Identify a specific senior audience. Is this an influential audience? Why or why not?
b. Determine the characteristics of the youth (Generation X and Generation Y). What are the public relations implications regarding the use of their media habits and preferences?

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CGD 318 Week 3 DQ 2 Public Relations Tactics

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Public Relations Tactics. Review the public relations communications instruments in Chapter 10, such as news releases, brochures, and broadcast media. Select an organization, and compare and contrast the strengths and limitations of two instruments used by the organization. Which tactic is least effective and why? Which tactic is most effective and why? Synthesize the course materials and other research to support your response. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’postings.

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CGD 318 Week 3 Quiz

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Week Three Quiz. Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week.

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CGD 318 Week 4 DQ 1 Global Impact of Public Relations

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Global Impact of Public Relations. Select an organization from the United States that conducts business in countries other than the U. S., and assess the impact of global public relations on buyer behavior (hint: Coca-Cola, Disney, McDonald’s, etc.). Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’postings.

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CGD 318 Week 4 DQ 2 Business, Sports, Tourism, and Entertainment

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Business, Sports, Tourism, and Entertainment. Synthesize the course materials and evaluate how the public relations professional educates the media using a specific example either from a corporation, a sports celebrity, tourism (for a state, for example), or for an entertainer. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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CGD 318 Week 4 Quiz

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Week Four Quiz. Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week.

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CGD 318 Week 5 DQ 1 Public Relations & Non-Profit Organizations

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Public Relations & Non-Profit Organizations. Select a non-profit organization (American Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc.) and assess the role of public relations in that non-profit organization. Compare and contrast at least two characteristics between a for-profit organization and a non-profit organization. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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CGD 318 Week 5 DQ 2 Public Relations in the 21st Century

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Public Relations in the 21st Century. Select an organization from the United States and assess the methods with which this organization uses communication instruments such as traditional or social media for its public relations campaign. To what extent has this company incorporated newer media into its public relations strategy? Use the course materials and other research data to support your position. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

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CGD 318 Week 5 Final Paper

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For the Final Paper, you will be evaluating the public relations practices at an organization based on all the chapters in the course text.
Develop a paper that answers the following questions based on the organization of your choice. You may pick any organization as long as your choice has information available to answer the following questions.
1. Analyze how the organization used public relations to create a brand and influence public opinion.
2. How is your selected organization adapting to the social media sites and other venues in the 21st century?
3. Identify a crisis that the organization has faced or is facing and analyze how it was or is being handled by the organization (include an evaluation of the organization’s response to the crisis in your analysis).
4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the public relations campaigns of your organization and another organization. If your organization is for-profit, select a non-profit organization for your co