Discussion 4: Persuasion – Monroe’s Motivated Support
In your INITIAL POST, use one or more sentences in each of the five steps of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence (Attention, Need, Satisfaction, Visualization, Action) to outline the essence of your Persuasive Call to Action Speech. Be sure to label each step.
Example format for your response:
Specific Purpose: To motivate my audience to perform random acts of kindness.
Attention: Thank you for always being so enthusiastic professor!
Need: Life has become more stressful than ever for all of us. Stress has a trickle-down effect on others causing more of us to become stressed. When people are stressed, bad things happen.
Satisfaction: By performing random acts of kindness you can improve someone’s mood, improve their self-esteem, and maybe even save a life!
Visualization: Imagine the smile on the face of your instructor when you thank them for hosting an especially engaging class session this week. This random act of kindness is likely to motivate them to be even stronger next week, making your class that much more enjoyable. And, giving that compliment makes you feel good too.
Action: With all the stress in our lives, why add to it when we can easily reduce it. Here is a list of random acts of kindness you can do today. Choose one, do it today, and make the world a better place.
