Social Awareness Speech: Home

The following are possible topics that were found on the Issues and Controversies Database. You may choose others, but all topics must be approved by your teacher.  No groups may choose the same topic.

Prenatal Testing

Poverty

Mental Health- teens, soldiers, etc.

Disaster Relief

Juvenile Offender Boot Camps

China US relations

Iran US relations

Afghanistan US policy

Detainee’s rights

Immigrant Detention

Outsourcing

Prescription Drug Pricing

Breast-Cancer Research

Capping Executive Pay

Child Care

Fuel Economy Standards

Global Population Growth

Health Care Mandates

Noncitizens in the Military

Standardized High School Exit Exams

Value of a College Degree

Online Learning

Homelessness

Wage Gap

Discrimination of Marginalized Groups

Elimination of Standardized Tests

Social Media/Connections

The third emotional intelligence (EQ) quadrant of social awareness consists of these three essential components:

1. Empathy means trying to understand the viewpoint of others and to see things from their perspective. (Empathy differs from sympathy, which means feeling sorry for others and their predicament.)
2. Service ethic involves anticipating, recognizing and meeting or exceeding customer needs and expectations. Employees with this skill understand customers’ needs and match them with products and services.
3. Organizational awareness can be described as the ability to recognize both the social and political dynamics that occur on teams, in businesses and even communities. People with this skill can accurately read key power relationships, and then make effective use of these relationships to achieve desired results.

http://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/2010/aug/increase-your-emotional-intelligence-improving-your-social-awareness