Competent Communication
The person that I think who demonstrates competent communication is my cousin Lencola Sullivan-Verseveldt from the Netherlands. Lencola was the first African American to be Miss Arkansas. Now she is an international singer and speaker.
Mrs. Verseveldt behavior when she gives a speech she watches her rate, loudness and her voice quality. I was in the 10th grade when she won Miss Arkansas title and I remember watching the Miss America Pageant in 1981 and how she focus on the host of the show, and made eye contact with the audience as she deliver her answer to the question. She also worked with one of our news station in which she learn to connect to her audience.
I would like to take her communication behavior and help my self to become an open minded and confidence speaker where I can connect to my families, students and co-workers.
posted by Unknown @ 4:55 PM
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3 Comments:
Machelle
I too would like to be confident and open minded speaker when talking to others. Confidence is something that I am working on when talking to adults. I love talking to children but adults make me nervous when trying to speak. I love watching the confidence of those who can speak in front of large group of people and wish that I could do the same.
Machelle,
Confidence when speaking is important. As Helen mentions, I too had a hard time talking with parents. I have come a long way over the course of my career. I have learned that what I have to say is important and the work that we are doing for children and families is more than just babysitting. We are helping to lay the foundation for the children that we teach. I have learned that parents need to understand the value of early childhood. I have become much more confident and a much more effective communicator. I know that over the course of the next eight weeks, we will gain so much knowledge and insight that will help us in our careers in early childhood and probably in all aspects of our lives.
What a great gift to have a family member that you can admire and follow..It's difficult to chat with our families sometimes, but cousins are a bit different, almost like sisters that aren't as judgie~
Enjoyed reading!
j
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