You are a manager giving a 5-6 minute speech to your employees convincing them to take action on a social issue or to give back to the community.
STEP 1: Pic a topic from the list below
Adopt a Highway
Volunteer to help the homeless
Join literacy Volunteers for America
Be a Big Brother/Big Sister
Make care packages for members of the armed forces
Be a needy family’s secret Santa
Raise money for UNICEF (or other good charity)
Register to be an organ donor
Raise awareness about hunger in our town
Wash your hands to prevent the spread of colds
Register to vote, get out and vote
Commit to recycle
Be a designated driver
Buy local to help local business
Donate a week-end to Habitat for Humanity to help build a house
Become CPR certified
Build a fitness trail at a local park
Read to kids in the public schools
Do a coat drive
Help plant native trees and flowers
STEP 2: Research
Find at least THREE sources for information on your topic. Make a references page, and prepare to use oral citations to cite these sources.
STEP 3: USE MONROE’S OUTLINE TO WRITE YOUR SPEECH.
You will prepare a 5-6 minute persuasive speech using the Monroe’s Motivated Sequence structure:
1) Attention (grab the audience’s attention; introduction)
2) Need (establish there is a problem/need demanding their attention)
3) Satisfaction (outline a solution to the problem)
4) Visualization (show the audience how they will benefit from your solution)
5) Action (provide the impetus and means to act; conclusion)
