I work for the American Red Cross in the Volunteer Services department. I have been with this organization for over 11 years. I previously worked in our military and international services department as a caseworker until about 2 years ago when I moved to volunteer services. This department is comprised of an Officer‚ Manager (me)‚ and 5 Specialists that are responsible for overseeing the recruitment‚ retention and recognition of volunteers in 80 counties along South Texas. Needless to say‚ I travel
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During the first semester of senior year‚ my father lost our only means of income. At this point‚ I had to provide for myself when it came to personal expenses. After obtaining a job‚ it was hard for me to balance my schoolwork‚ extracurricular activities‚ and community service. Due to my circumstances‚ I lost focus on the importance of school and my grades did not reflect my fullest capabilities. Everything became stressful and the only time I had became devoted to sleeping. This also made it very
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Having completed the Professional Practitioner Self-Assessment there are findings that are instructive and good for reflection. The weaknesses I have‚ as revealed via this exercise‚ can be classified as goals to achieve success‚ as indicators to analyze whether or not growth has been achieved‚ is needed‚ or a state of stagnancy exists as a professional practitioner. Although I consider myself to be a critical thinker‚ having watched the video presentation Laureate Education (2011) Critical Reflective
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Behavior book. What is interesting to demonstrate the importance of aspects related to this issue in our day to day. The criterion chosen to begin this self reflection paper was not based on the chronology of events but the degree of importance they had in my life‚ in order to my professional and personal growth. I’ll start this self reflection paper with the situation more meaningful in my professional life. And‚ more pertinent precisely because it was the hardest to deal with‚ of all the adverse
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Annotated Bibliography Keller‚ Maura. "Social Media and Interpersonal Communication." Social Media and Interpersonal Communication. Social Work Today‚ May-June 2013. Web. 04 Feb. 2016. The author writes about how social media affects real life communication. She shares that people like to have things simpler; so we’d rather text than talk on the phone‚ and email rather than meet each other. According to Paul Booth‚ a PhD‚ nowadays people are actually becoming more social and interactive to others
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why not? From the interaction‚ it is obvious that Alan is not actively listening. First‚ he is not being mindful. According to Wood (2010)‚ “mindfulness is being fully present in the moment”. In the interviews‚ Alan looks anxious to finish and seems to have many thing in his mind that do not allow him to be completely present. Second‚ he is not being person-centered (Wood‚ 2010). For example‚ when the second employee tells him about his son’s illness he is not able to practice dual perspective in
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Introduction Throughout this project‚ I learned many professional communication skills‚ even though I thought my knowledge was already extensive enough. With these skills‚ I realized that nuances and contexts in professional communication are important. This reflection will recap the skills I developed through the simulation and course materials‚ the challenges I faced‚ and how I will carry forward what I learned into the future. Skills Development One skill I developed to support my project 1
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Hall 1 Makalia Hall English 2 Mrs. McAlister 2/16/15 Julia Alvarez Essay Julia Alvarez was born on March 27‚ 1950. She was born in New York City. When she was three her family moved back to her families’ native land‚ Trujillo. Julia moved back to New York‚ where she graduated from high school in 1967. Then she then attended Connecticut College for two years‚ where she won the Benjamin T. Marshall Poetry Prize. After attending Bread Loaf School of English‚ at Middlebury College. She received a bachelor
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Question 1: Describe the key interpersonal skills you would have used in this interview to engage with Amelia. Interpersonal skills are the effective communication and listening skills required by nurses to engage or interact with clients and formulate a therapeutic working relationship (Hungerford et al.‚ 2015; Stein-Parbury‚ 2013). In a client experiencing psychosis‚ the nurse must develop the therapeutic relationship to be able to engage with the client in effective communication (Dodd & Jeffs‚ 2014)
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simple‚ yet sophisticated question had us flipping through our notebook and using prior knowledge. As students‚ we made adjustments to respond to the opener‚ and that small process of making those adjustments allowed us to reason. The Ladder of Booker T Washington suggests that the climb to success is deceptively long and perhaps longer for blacks than whites. Moreover‚ before we even came to a conclusion‚ our teacher asked us to identify the visual. Once identified‚ we started describing what components
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