Creditable Source Assignment

     Finding information is always challenging, especially if you don’t know if the information is creditable. My union movement leader is Albert Shanker.

     I thought that it would be best to start with finding information that directly came directly from Mr. Shanker. I feel that finding articles or speeches written by him would give me the most accurate and true information. I found a speech that he gave on July 8^th 1993 at the Quest Conference in Washington DC.  Although the speech is more recent, and only four years before Mr. Shanker’s death I think that his opinion at the end of his career is important.

Revision: I changed my Leader due to lack available information

Informative Speech Topic- Albert Shanker

Introduction:  

My labor union movement leader is Albert Shanker. He started a just a substitute just to raise money for his dissertation. Albert became a leader for the United Federation of Teachers, many of his ideas are still in practice today

Specific Purpose Statement:

I want to inform my audience about Albert Shanker’s involvement in education reform, and why Albert fought so hard for teacher’s rights.

Thesis:

Heading the United Federation of Teachers, Albert Shanker was an aggressive leader that fought for teachers’ rights, we continue to see his efforts in the public school system today.

Informative Speech Topic- Agnes Nestor

Introduction:

My labor union movement leader is Agnes Nestor.She took a stand for working conditions in a glove factory. She became a great leader in making sure that companies couldn't get away with preposterous expectations by becoming a leader in the unions. 

Specific Statement: 

The purpose of my speech is to inform my audience about Agnes Nestor. I want my audience to understand the working conditions of 1902 and why Agnes took a stance for a better work place by becoming a leader.

Thesis:

Heading the International Glove Workers & the Women's Trade League Unions in 1902, Agnes Nestor was a spear head in unionized women's and worker's rights.

Effective Communicator

There are so many different communication tools that make one an excellent communicator or an individual that is lacking in communication skills. The three that are the most important to me are: Listen effectively to others, gain audience or listener attention and interest, and lastly support and comfort others.

As I grow older, I find myself  lacking at in the skill of being able to listen effectively.  I am often finding myself stopping and realizing what I have done after I have already interrupted someone while they are talking. The others skills, gaining an audience or listener attention along with comforting others are something that I have learned in over the years by working with others. I have come to believe that if one doesn't have compassion to support and comfort others, working in the health care industry is going to be rather difficult. People want to feel that you care and have compassion or they will have a hard time listening to you. Unfortunately, a few years ago I had to show the most compassion and support one can ever have to show. Telling my uncle that his eight year old child had passed away was one of the most awful things I’ve ever had to do in my life. I believe that the life experience that I have gained from that situation along with the belief that I was called to do that show that I have strong skills in supporting and comforting for others.

The skills that I choose in my opinion are extremely important in the medical field. If one doesn’t have these three skills I believe that they will come off as being rude and disrespectful to patients. Proper communication in nursing is also crucial as the patient depends on for their care.
"Strong communication skills are vital to any profession, but in nursing, they can mean the difference between life and death."
  http://smallbusiness.chron.com/effective-communication-nursing-60281.html

 This semester I would like to improve on my listening skills. I need to learn how to effectively listen to others so that I am not interrupting them. I don’t like it when others interrupt me, so it is something that really bothers me. I hope to obtain this communication skill quite quickly as I don’t want others sharing their feelings or opinions to think that they don’t matter to me.