CALL TO ACTION

In the sample conclusions offered later in this lesson, notice how the anecdote conclusion frames the Dumbo essay by repeating the opening question and providing a more sophisticated answer. Similarly, the call to action conclusion frames the To eat or not to eat essay by referring to the essay s opening lines. 

On a separate sheet of paper or on your computer, write a conclusion for the other introduction you wrote for Lesson 12. Use one of the following strategies a prediction, solution or recommendation, or call to action. 

Like introductions, conclusions serve several important functions. They refocus the essay by restating the thesis they offer a gift to the reader in the form of a new understanding (which is an extension of the thesis) they provide a sense of closure and they arouse readers emotions. Some of the same strategies for introductions also work for conclusions, including quotations, questions, and anecdotes. Other closing techniques include predictions, solutions or recommendations, and calls to action. 

In 1997, President Clinton devoted one-quarter of his State of the Union address to education and issued a Call to Action for American Education. Among the several ambitious goals he set for the nation was to have a well-prepared teacher in every classroom (Clinton, 1997). President Clinton s successor, George W. Bush, also recognized the need to improve the quality of teaching and learning for all children. President Bush s No Child Left Behind initiative had a strong focus on mathematics and science (No Child Left Behind Act of 2000). 

Clinton, W. J. (1997). Call to action for American education in the 21st century (Febmary 4). State of the Union Address. 

McKinnell H A Call to Action Taking Back the Healthcare for Future Generations. McGraw-Hill, 2005. 

It was reported by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in 2000 that fewer than 5 percent of physicians were writing prescriptions electronically. In a 2000 white paper entitled, A Call to Action Eliminate Handwritten Prescriptions within 3 Years, ISMP recommended the use of electronic prescribing by clinician order entry to reduce medication errors (ISMP, 2000). CPOE can help to reduce errors in the delivery and transcribing of orders to the pharmacy where the orders are filled. Order management can be used to control inventory and alert pharmacy staff (and even the patient) of the status of a prescription. For example, some national chain pharmacies have the capability of alerting the patient by phone or e-mail if a prescription is ready or if other action needs to be taken before the prescription can be picked up. The system should also be able to report results, such as the number of prescriptions filled, the revenue generated over a specified time, and medication error reports. 

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. 2000. White paper A call to action Eliminate handwritten prescriptions within 3 years. Minneapolis ISMP available at www. ismp.org accessed on May 19, 2007. 

Belch JJ, Topol EJ, Agnelli G, et al. Critical issues in peripheral arterial disease detection and management a call to action. Arch Intern Med 2003 163 884-892. 

Finally, I would like to say that I believe we are moving far too slowly in fixing these problems— both for women and for minorities. I hope this meeting—and so many others like it—will serve as a call to action for those in leadership positions in all fields of science and engineering in this country. 

The National Storm Program A Call to Action, University Corporation for Atmospheric... 

In assembling this volume, it is only natural that we have included another contribution from Poland, with its long tradition of expertise in the surface properties and behavior of carbon materials (see also Vols. 21 and 22). Drs. Biniak, Swi tkowski, and Pakula have prepared a particularly timely review of carbon electrochemistry, a much needed follow-up on a call-to-action chapter by Leon y Leon and Radovic in Vol. 24. There is great interest today, and many unanswered questions remain, regarding the virtues of specific carbon materials as electrodes and in electroanalysis, electrosynthesis, electrosorption, and electro-... 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (2002). A call to action Changing the culture of drinking at U.S. colleges. Washington, DC U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

What Are the Steps to Implement a Sustainability Audit Process In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) called for the development of new ways to measure and assess progress towards sustainable development (USD, 1997). The refinement of a sustainable development audit process has been ongoing since that initial call to action from the Brundtland Commission yet, to date, a fully mature audit process for assessing sustainable development has not yet emerged. Several notable efforts have been undertaken, however, which have provided a leap forward in the maturation process. 

Special Features. Governance and disclosure. The Ten Point Plan sets forth best practices based on lessons learned from Enron and other recent corporate accountability scandals. The Ten Point Plan is a bold call-to-action by a respected CEO, its criteria are considered somewhat more stringent than NYSE. 

Fruchart JC, Sacks F, Hermans MP, Assmann G, Brown WV, Ceska R, Chapman MJ, Dodson PM, Fioretto P, Ginsberg HN, Kadowaki T, Lablanche JM, Marx N, Plutzky J, Reiner Z, Rosenson RS, Staels B, Stock JK, Sy R, Wanner C, Zambon A, Zimmet P (2008) The Residual Risk Reduction Initiative a call to action to reduce residual vascular risk in patients with dyslipidemia. Am J Cardiol 102 1K-34K... 

Banks looked back all the way to the dinosaurs, a dominant species that failed to meet a challenge. We do not know, he said, what challenge we may have to meet. It could be the atomic age—or it could be our tampering with our environment. This was the call to action that environmental specialists in the audience wanted their superiors to hear—when the chair of the MCA air pollution committee, William Burt of B.F. Goodrich Chemical, reported on the Houston meeting to the association s board, he stressed how important it was for top executives to attend pollution conferences.4... 

Paluck, E. (2006). Diversity training and intergroup contact A call to action research./oMmaZ of Social Issues, 62, 577-595. 

Callanan, G. A., Greenhaus, J. H. (2008). The baby boom generation and careta management A call to action. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 70(1), 70-85. 

Much has been made of the impetus to pursuing science and engineering careers that was generated by the launch of Sputnik in October 1957. And many have attempted to fashion a similar call to action based on our national economic security. However, when one looks at the production of bachelor s level engineers, on a population normalized basis, it appears that the Sputnik phenomenon had little impact on engineering study. As the data in Fig. 7.3 (National Science Board, 2006 U.S. 

Morosco, G. Conquering heart disease a call to action. Prev. Cardiol. 5, 31—36 (2002)... 

Fitzgerald, R. E. Call To Action We Need a New Safety Engineering Discipline. Professional Safety, June 1977. 

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