Imagine that you work for a company directly related to your major. Your company is preparing for expansion and your boss, Ms. Smith, has been asked to design an orientation program for new employees. As part of this process, Ms. Smith has asked you to do some research into the trends in your organization’s industry that new employees will need to know about and understand. She has asked you to write a detailed email that identifies the three top emerging IT trends in your industry to incorporate into the new training, along with why they are the top three. If she likes your work on this initial research, she will ask you to take the lead on this portion of the training, allowing you to get leadership experience and name recognition within the organization. While you have been with the company for some time, you haven’t had much opportunity to focus on training others. You think you have a sense of the industry but know you need to do more research to be accurate in your analysis. The ability to spot emerging trends in your industry is an important skill, and your boss wants to ensure that new employees are up to speed as quickly as possible.  To begin your research, access the Subject Guides available from UMGC’s Library. You can also use other online resources to conduct additional industry research. Just remember to appropriately cite and reference your resources. You can learn more about citations and references at the Library’s Writing and Citing page. If you have questions about what type of citations to use, please ask your instructor. Your assignment is to produce a well-researched email in which you identify three emerging trends in your industry and discuss each one briefly. While this will be in an email format, you may find the "How to Write an Effective 5-Paragraph Essay" video helpful. Assignment Instructions Compose a professional email (300 to 500 words) providing a response to the prompt above. You may use this template to format your email.  Use the Subject Guides from the library, and additional industry websites to research information to include in your response.  Be sure to use at least one source per trend.  Use effective writing skills to communicate the information to Ms. Smith. You will want to go into enough depth to effectively address the subject, but take care to be concise. You should spend at least 4-6 sentences discussing each trend.