FCSC 301 POLICY PRESENTATIONS A. Verbal presentation Each student is to prepare a 10-12 minute verbal presentation to be delivered to the class that meets the following objectives: 1. The topic should be an answer to a question of policy & related to your major; 2. designed to persuade the audience to change their beliefs and accept the rhetor ’ s alternative policy; 3. all points in the presentation should be supported by sound arguments and evidence); 4. motivate (p.200) the audience to a specific action advocated by the rhetor. Presentations that do not meet the 10-12 minute requirement by more than 30 seconds will be deducted . 5 point for every 30 seconds over or under time, so remember to time your practices. B. Topic The topic of the presentation can be anything that the student is interested in that relates to their major field of study. This can be a product or a cause. The important thing to remember is that the student will become an expert in this topic and the advocated policy. C. Content a. Status Quo (What?): Describe the effect of the current policy on your intended population. A claim about the effect of the policy should be apparent to your reader. Support this claim with at least 3 [different] types of evidence. b. Need for Change (So What?): Explain why this status quo is detrimental to the population. Develop an argument that utilizes your evidence from Status Quo or introduces new evidence. You must indicate that without a change in policy sufficient harm is being done to your target population. c. Plan (Now What?): Describe your plan to change the status quo. Support this plan with at least 3 different types of evidence. d. Advantage (So What?): Explain why this plan is the BEST option given other options. Support this with an argument utilizing evidence presented in the plan or new evidence. D. Audience The student must define the intended (target) audience to act on this policy. This is a hypothetical audience that must be described in writing. The description will be provided on the outline; the instructor will then notify the audience the role that they are to play during the stude nt’s presentation. E. Written Executive Summary & Outline In addition to the verbal presentation each student must prepare and hand in: A one page executive summary; the description and examples are posted on D2L. Must communicate the need for change caused by current policy, plan and advantages (costs/benefits). Be creative! Submit the Executive Summary to the D2L drop box by 11:59 pm on the due date. Bring a printed copy with you the day you present A policy presentation outline that conforms to a logical sequence (causal or problem-solution) outline and in the form prescribed by the instructions. The template is on the next page. The policy presentation outline must include the 5-part introduction and 4-part conclusion. A bibliography of sources using APA style MUST be submitted for BOTH the executive summary and the outline. 1
FCSC 301 POLICY Presentation Outline - Template THESIS: INTENDED OUTCOME: (After listening to this presentation, the audience will do what?) INTENDED AUDIENCE: (Who are they? What do they value?) (Remember that during your entire presentation you are speaking to this audience, not the class, so you will need to tell us who they are before you begin or in the introduction.) I. Introduction A. Attention step B. Relevance to the audience C. Establish your credibility D. Thesis statement E. Presentation structure II. Body A. Status Quo (WHAT?) a. Claim about the current situation and how it affects this population 1. Evidence 2. Evidence B. Need for change (SO WHAT?): a. Claim about ideal (what should be) vs. status quo (what is): b. Evidence: 2
1. 2. c. Reasoning/Analysis: C. Plan (NOW WHAT?): a. Description: i. Population (Who?) (Target audience for the change): ii. Action (Does What?) (What the plan is in detail): iii. When/Frequency (Timeline/date): iv. Desired Outcome (To What Effect?) (How and what would you measure and how would you know your plan is working?): 1. Success Measurements 2. Success Measurements D. Advantage (Argument for plan) ( Why should your target audience adopt your plan?) i. Effectiveness of PLAN to achieve desired outcomes 1. Evidence (How do you know it will work?) 2. Analysis ii. Feasibility of PLAN (How do you plan to make it do-able?) 1. Evidence 2. Analysis iii. Affordability of PLAN 1. Costs (Explain what the costs are. What would the money you are asking for go to?) 2. Sources of funding to defray the costs (Specific steps you will take and where you would seek funding) 3. Analysis 3
iv. PLAN alleviates 2 burdens (financial, emotional, mental, physical) 1. Burden A a. Evidence b. Analysis 2. Burden B a. Evidence b. Analysis III. Conclusion A. Summary B. Restate thesis C. Strong/unique final thought 4
FCSC 301 POLICY Presentation Outline Rubric (10 pts) Name Intended Outcome .5 1 0 Objective is there but doesn’t give a Written as a sentence, the objective Absent clear direction to the presentation, or, clearly states where the listener gives too much information about should be at the end of the what will be said rather than a specific presentation but not how it will be direction. accomplished. Intended Audience 0 .5 1 Absent; or vague AND Audience is vague or inappropriate. Audience is specific and appropriate. inappropriate Developed Thesis 0.5 1 2 Major improvement is necessary One part is missing or needs A clearly written statement of purpose improvement that includes WHO, WILL DO WHAT, (FOR WHOM), TO WHAT EFFECT. Introduction 0 .5 1 Two parts or more parts are All five parts are included but need All 5 parts included and fully missing or need substantial revision. developed (attention grabber, revision. relevance to audience, personal credibility, thesis, presentation order or structure). Body 1 2 3 Two areas missing or inaccurate One area (Status Quo, Need, Plan, Status Quo, Need, Plan, Advantage Advantage) missing or inaccurate present & complete. Evidence missing or needs major improvements. Evidence needs improvement. Each area supported by at least two forms of cited evidence. No improvement necessary Conclusion 0 .5 1 There is no conclusion No final thought included, one part Summary of points, thesis restated missing or not fully thought through. and a final thought are strong. Format and spelling 0 .5 1 2+ areas of improvement: 1 area of improvement: Correct spelling; double-spaced; Times Misspelled words, OR Misspelling, not Times New Roman New Roman Not double spaced and not Times font or not double spaced Uses phrases & proper indentation New Roman font OR OR Missing/incorrect Citations & Included citations & references in APA Missing/incorrect Citations & References format References OR OR uses sentences or paragraphs, no uses sentences or paragraphs, no indentation indentation Total points = 5
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