Trip Report Assignment
Assignment Rationale:
The successful operation of many companies and organizations depends on reports that are either circulated internally or submitted to customers, clients, and others. This assignment assesses your ability to apply the strategies discussed in class and read about in the text through the completion of one of the most common types of informal reports, the trip report.
Assignment:.
You are still the assistant to Gloria Emmanuel, founder and director of MEND, a public health advocacy and education organization which serves the population of the west San Fernando Valley. Ms. Emmanuel has received some grant funding to attend the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (held this year (2020) in Philadelphia from 11/2-11/6use these dates). However, Ms. Emmanuels sixth grandchild is due to be born that same weekend, so she doesnt want to leave town. This means that you get to benefit from the funds and attend the conference.
While you are there, you are expected to attend at least three sessionsprograms, caucuses, meetings, and/or continuing education (CE) sessions. The material presented in these sessions should be something that will be relevant to MENDsomething that will facilitate in some way the services you provide to the community. Your task is to attend these sessions, pay close attention and take careful notes, and then on your return, compose and deliver a report that will update Ms. Emmanuel on your experience. The report should make it clear what MEND got for its money by sending you to the conference.
To carry out this assignment, youll be researching through the conference program (website posted on Canvas); picking three abstracts/descriiptions of caucuses, meetings, and continuing education sessions. Then you will readand re-readthe information carefullyand then synthesize that information into your report.
Remember that the sessions you choose have to be in some way relatable to your employment and your employers mission. So while a session on the epidemiology of TB in India might be really, really interesting to you, it will be a tough sell to convince Ms. Emmanuel that this was worth the conference fee. You should plan to do some very preliminary research on the health issues of the San Fernando Valley, or your personal experience might be enough to help you choose your programs.
The final report should be in memo formatits an internal communicationand not to exceed two single-spaced pages in length (plus the addendum). Keep in mind that graphic organizers are really helpful in presenting the material efficiently and persuasively. Also keep in mind that the material has to be organized around a common concepthow your acquisition of this material will be good for MEND and for the clients you serve. Audience and purpose analysis will help you focus your results and your message.
Addendum: To the memo, you should also append a list of the sessions you attended (title, presenter, and any other pertinent information) and any contacts you made. This can be in any format, but it should be consistent with the memo and easy to read.
Adapted from Professor Kathy Leslie
I do not know how many pages it has to be , it is up to you, so I put 1. But please write more, if you think its better, and I will adjust and fix the payment accordingly. Thank you.
Also, two websites you will need, which they talk about are:
https://apha.confex.com/apha/2019/meetingapp.cgi
https://mendpoverty.org/about-us
I also attached the file instructions. Thank you!
