Public Speaking (Summer 2019)/Advocacy Arrangement Models

These are some generic models to get you started. Remember, focus on congruency between your calls to action, cures, and the problems being solved by the cures.

Ill/Blame/Cure/CTA

 * Thesis: Help ADWAS help deaf victims of domestic violence
 * Ill: Domestic abuse in deaf communities is a devastating problem
 * 1) deaf partners are 150% more likely to be victims of assault or abuse
 * 2) they can be trapped if their abuser gives false interpretations
 * Blame: Domestic violence organizations lack adequate resources
 * 1) they often don’t have connections to the deaf community
 * 2) they lack reliable translation services
 * Cure: ADWAS provides essential help
 * 1) they have a strong connection to the community
 * 2) they provide translators and legal services to victims and their families
 * CTA: Help ADWAS and raise awareness
 * 1) go to adwas.org and donate time or money
 * 2) help raise awareness by supporting…


 * Thesis: Support EFF in their efforts to stop CISA
 * Ill:
 * 1) General ill: Cyber surveillance is getting worse
 * 2) Specific ill: increase in government surveillance
 * Blame: CISA
 * Cure: Stop CISA
 * 1) Governmental: stop the bill
 * 2) EFF: organized advocacy
 * CTA:
 * 1) Support EFF.org
 * 2) To learn more, visit …..
 * 3) Use the hashtag #FaxBigBrother on social media.

Below are three good models, but ones that would be better if there were an intermediate agency. What is an organization that can pressure Congress/public schools to make these changes? Audience members have more impact if they can help that organization.

Ill/Blame/Cure (embedded CTA)

 * Thesis: We must change the No Child Left Behind Act to ensure educational success
 * Ill: NCLB hurts our communities
 * 1) NCLB sets unreasonable guidelines
 * 2) NCLB hurts schools in poor neighborhoods
 * Blame: NCLB is too vague
 * 1) NCLB demands results without providing support
 * 2) Most Americans don’t understand how NCLB has hurt education
 * Cure/CTA: NCLB must change
 * 1) We must modify NCLB rules/call to action: write Patty Murray
 * 2) We must fund schools to meet existing guidelines/call to action: donate time and money to your local school
 * 3) We need to educate others about the impact of NCLB/call to action: don’t remain silent; make this a national conversation by starting with your friends and family

Ill/Cure/CTA

 * Thesis: We must protect our Second Amendment right to bear arms
 * Ill: Gun Restrictions threaten our rights and lives
 * 1) Gun restrictions violate the Second Amendment
 * 2) Gun restrictions endanger homeowners
 * Cure: We must defend our right to bear arms
 * 1) We must protect gun rights
 * 2) We must clarify the debate about gun rights
 * CTA: You must take an active role
 * 1) Join/donate time or money to the NRA
 * 2) Be a reasonable gun owner
 * 3) Educate others

Shared Values

 * Thesis: We must change Congressional rules to ensure that judicial nominees receive a fair hearing
 * Shared value: We believe fair hearings
 * 1) We believe in fair and open process
 * 2) We are concerned about the quality of the judge
 * Violation: Currently, the process is not being respected
 * 1) They are motivated by partisan bias and hide behind the filibuster
 * 2) They ignore the qualifications of a good judge
 * Cure: We must act to preserve the justice of judicial nominations
 * 1) We must act to alter floor procedures to limit the filibuster
 * 2) We must demand that Democrats be fair in their evaluations
 * CTA: Act now to preserve the process
 * 1) vote/support the effort to overturn the filibuster
 * 2) Educate yourself about the process and the nominees

Motivated Sequence

 * Open/consequence: Students aren’t doing as well as they could.
 * Ill: School start times are hurting children’s health and attention.
 * Cure: We must push back school start times.
 * Visualization: Description of focused students.
 * CTA: Help the PTA push for this by writing the school board.


 * Thesis: Public schools need to end contracts with advertisers
 * Open/attention:  Students are being treated like consumers
 * Ill: Commercialized education hurts students
 * 1) Commercialized education promotes consumerism, not education
 * 2) Commercialized education benefits advertisers, not students
 * Cure: We need to kick advertisers out of the classroom
 * 1) End contracts with commercialized education companies such as Channel One
 * 2) Lobby lawmakers to pass laws prohibiting exploitation of students as consumers
 * Visualization: Commercial free classrooms help students succeed
 * 1) Students will not be held captive to advertisers
 * 2) Students will spend more class time learning, not consuming
 * CTA: We won’t make a change unless you do something
 * 1) Write a letters the school board officials urging them to end contracts with commercialized education companies
 * 2) Support your school by voting in favor of school levies
 * 3) Participate in school fundraisers as an alternative to commercialized funding