The Importance Of Not Being Heard In The Workplace

Is Your Voice Being Heard?
Studying argumentation is very important, especially in the workplace. In the workplace, whether it healthcare, politics, or even in the business field, there will always be people with different opinions and perspectives. With this being said, not everyone will agree with each other. It is still important to be heard! Andrea Kay Gannett, author of Use it or lose it: Your voice is valuable in the workplace, mention how important it is to be heard and the effects it has in the workplace. Andrea Kay Gannett included several sayings that has a lot to do with the results of not being heard in the workplace like: “You fritter away your creative input, which leads to feeling undervalued and unappreciated.”, “Keeping your observations and frustrated feelings to yourself makes issues and relationships worse.”, and “You don't get noticed for being smart, confident and committed to doing the right thing.” (Gannett). One of the definitions of heard is to be informed, to listen to, and to give or pay attention. Is your voice being heard?
The first visual is showing a man hosting a meeting/debate while everyone else is doing their own thing and not paying him any attention. The second visual shows a lady hosting a meeting/debate while having everyone’s full attention. This visual argument was chosen to show how having a higher argumentation skill level can get you farther in the workplace of your choice. The color scheme and theme in the PowerPoint was to capture the audiences eye with the bright colors. Also the animations were used to organize the PowerPoint, and to have the audience focus on one thing at a