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Discuss In banning PowerPoint and asking for six-page memos, is Jeff Bezos violating any of Bailey’s six principles? If so, which ones does he seem to violate, and why do you make the case that he violates them? If not, explain why his strategy does not violate any of the six principles. Why might Bezos prefer a six-page memo read silently for 30 minutes at the beginning of a meeting to a PowerPoint presentation? What advantage might such a memo have over a PowerPoint presentation?

Please take note of Bailey’s six points of good writing (attached). Then access the following message from Jeff Bezos to shareholders at Amazon.com: Read: Message from Jeff Bezos to Amazon Shareholders   Please read only the section of this message titled, “Six-Page Narratives.” You don’t have to read the whole message. Answer the following questions […]

Choose one myth from You Can Tell Just By Looking and explain the reasoning of the authors in both explaining and dismantling of the myth. What is the myth, and what does it do? In other words, what function does it serve, given the explanations of what myths do, taken from the introduction?

Description Use this film, article, and book: Bailey, “Gender/Racial Realness” Bronski, Pellegrini, and Amico, “You Can Tell Just By Looking” What is “realness,” and why is it important in the ballroom? What does it take “to be real?” Please include at least one direct quotation from Bailey’s article and at least one reference to Paris […]