esearch Informative Speech Prep: Topic Proposal
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Submitting
Original Posts is due Wednesday (03/06) by 11:59 PM.
Responses to classmates are due Friday (03/08) by 11:59 PM.
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Please respond to the following prompt:
Earlier this week you completed a brainstorm activity for the informative speech. It is time to take the next step to prepare for the speech by choosing a topic and expanding on it.
Complete a topic proposal for your Informative speech using the following format.
Example:
Topic:
Homelessness in the Bay Area
Organizational Pattern:
Topical
Possible Main Points:
The prevalence & increase of homelessness is in our area
Problems with the current programs and resources that are “available” for the homeless
Share the financial impact of homelessness on the general public
The nomenclature used for homelessness
*** this is more than 2-3 main ideas, but I like to brainstorm a lot of different ones, because it helps me narrow down which 2 I would be excited to talk about in my speech**
YOUR TURN! — COPY & PASTE in your Submission
Topic:
Organizational Pattern:
Possible Main Points:
List any opinions/problems
you are considering for the
informative speech
Relevance Exploration Areas
• Homelessness
is a major issue and a socially
This issue is one of the most
important for me since I am
•Personal Experience: In
addition to the topic, I will
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acute problem among the
population of the Bay Area.
The key factors of this issue
include a rapid rise in housing
costs, income disproportions,
mental health problems, and a
lack of moderate and low-
court housing opportunities in
the region (Krivkovich,
2023).
•Personal stories about
homelessness will be
paramount in considering the
real problem and thus giving
more human faces to the
problem. Through that,
prejudice and misconceptions
will be reduced, and hope for
them will grow.
•The emotional effect is
accompanied by feeling
shame and embarrassment
someone who has
encountered homelessness
back in my childhood.
Together with my mom, my
house became the only shelter
that I could find when we had
nowhere to go, which was
difficult but still bittersweet.
This is a question of interest
to not only the Bay Area
residents but to the entire
community as homelessness
in the Bay Area impacts
thousands of individuals and
families, which sheds light on
the inequality and social
injustice that exists in our
community.
reveal my own story of
homelessness, which will
enable me to portray feelings
of embarrassment and
discrimination as vivid
illustrations.
•Root Causes: Elaborating
on issues connected with a
high degree of inequality and
a shortage of reasonably
affordable housing as
homogeneousness driving
factors, stressing the pivotal
role of broad solutions.
•Emotional Impact: By
stipulating the emotional
strain of homelessness that
may involve violence, mental
illnesses like PTSD and even
harmful childhood events, it
can happen and aid in the
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and, in an unusual way,
touches the heart for
empathy, compassion, and
support for the homeless
people.
•A constitutive factor that
affects the re-imagining of
stable housing conditions and
communities of people
experiencing homelessness is
society’s thinking and
conduct towards them.
• To tackle the
root of homelessness, there
needs to be a suite of
comprehensive policies like
affordable housing projects,
health facilities with mental
health, job and skills training,
and community-based
support programs.
development of empathy and
promoting support services.
•Stigma Reduction:
Combating socially ingrained
conceptions and biases
towards homelessness to
sharpen empathy and
strengthen communal ties.
•Policy Solutions: Campaign
for policy changes targeting
the reduction of non-
communicable diseases and
increasing the affordability
and accessibility of housing
in the region.
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References
Krivkovich, A. (2023, March 23). The ongoing crisis of homelessness in the Bay Area: What’s
