General Studies
Choose one of the following scenarios as the basis for your speech.
Scenario 1: Imagine that you have been invited to an upper-level management meeting at the company that you work for (currently or one you hope to work for). You are going to deliver a persuasive speech to persuade the management team to either change a policy or add a specific resource to their company budget.
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Scenario 2: Imagine that you have been invited to deliver a speech at a town hall meeting. You are going to deliver a persuasive speech to persuade citizens in your community to vote yes toward the allocation of city funds towards a project or cause that you believe will benefit all members of your community.
Tips to Successfully Complete this Assignment:
Carefully review Monroe’s Motivated Sequence in your lesson notes (about 3/4 of the way down the page) to help you create a well developed persuasive speech.
Monroe’s Motivated Sequence has five steps:
1. Attention: Gain the attention of your audience using any of a variety of standard techniques
2. Need: Describe the problem and demonstrate a need for a change
3. Satisfaction: Share a practical solution (using facts from your research and citing your sources)
4. Visualization: Using descriptive language, help your audience picture how their lives will be when they implement your idea
5. Action: Present a call to immediate action from your audience
Be sure to view the grading rubric before beginning. This is an important key to your success.
Finally, fill out the provided outline to help you successfully complete your speech. Be sure that you do some research and use facts and statistics as supporting material for your key points!
Note: You can view the grading rubric and download the provided outline, and submit your assignment by clicking on the arrow to the next page titled “Assignment:7.”
Instructions:
You have THREE format options for submitting your speech: written, video, or audio.
To submit a written speech:
Be sure to follow the “Tips for Success” above
Submit your speech with an APA style title page.
Limit your speech to five minutes, or 700-1000 words.
Use Monroe’s Motivated Sequence in the provided outline to help you develop your speech so that you have an introduction, three key points, and a conclusion.
Write your speech using tips, techniques, and guidelines studied in the lesson.
Create an APA style reference list that includes any and all sources you use to locate information.
Save your assignment as a Word (.doc or .docx) document, and upload it to the Assignment Folder on the page titled Assignment:7.
Let your instructor know the target audience for your speech in the Comments area when you submit your file.
ANSWER
Speech: A Vote for the Allocation of City Funds towards a Project
About 1.6 billion people have no access to electricity (Kumar, 2020). In people’s daily routines, electricity has become a vital resource. It enables them to easily and promptly carry out various activities that generate social and economic benefits. Inability to access electricity translates to delays in the achievement of intended milestones and objectives. I believe that each one of you can bear witness that electricity is the foundation behind the economy. For example, businesses utilize power in their production processes to ensure that they deliver goods to the consumers at the right time. At the household level, electricity is essential in running appliances which makes life easier. The shortage of access to power among most households is a major issue of concern in today’s setting.
The lack of a sustainable and affordable power supply is a key challenge in our community. Most of us fail to access power due to the high cost of installation and monthly payments. Less disadvantaged families struggle with candles and torches to light their homes at night because of resource shortages. The little funds at their disposal are used to cater to daily necessities. Others experience challenges carrying out chores around their homes due to power-related issues. I believe that during power black-outs, homes experience food damages and non-functional appliances. Notably, children might fail to complete their academic tasks due to the lack of electricity. There is a need to shift to an alternative that benefits all community members. In today’s setting, electricity is a basic need across all homes. It enables family members to run various activities at ease irrespective of the time. For instance, children can read during the night while the other family members engage in tasks such as cooking and laundry. Therefore, let us make electricity more affordable and accessible to all.
Solar energy is a quality alternative that advantages not only the poor households but also the well-established families. The less fortunate groups can utilize power from solar energy at night to run their tasks. I believe that children can highly benefit from this as they will have the opportunity to learn. Individuals from wealthy backgrounds can shift to solar energy in case there is a power black-out. Solar energy is utilized for basic tasks such as heating water, taking a shower, and drying crops at the household level (Lakatos, Hevessy & Kavoc, 2011). These tasks are more reasons as to why we should adopt solar energy in our community. Besides enabling individuals to fulfill these tasks daily, it offers sustainable solutions to power shortage problems. As Oisamoje and Oisamoje (2013) state, solar energy provides economical energy production for global communities. This form of energy allows community members to achieve optimal daily benefits both at the corporate and household levels. I believe that solar energy is a viable idea that we need to implement in our community.
The adoption and implementation of the solar energy option in our community rely on the availability of financial resources. Every project’s success is based on resource availability and investment. We have a responsibility to inform the leaders about our expectations through a voting system that exposes them to people’s needs and interests. As the representative, I have come up with a vote that calls for your support. The central aim is to call local and national leadership levels to commit funds towards the solar energy project. We look forward to seeing leaders develop a solar project and distribute power to all households. We believe that this will help solve some of the problems that the poor and wealthy families have experienced in the region. For example, poor and marginalized persons will have access to power at an affordable cost. I believe that most of these families are limited by the high cost of purchasing and maintaining power. However, solar energy will allow them to have electricity at their disposal with lower maintenance costs. For the middle class and rich families, solar energy will provide a key alternative, especially during power shortages or black-out. They can switch to solar use when they experience any of these issues. I believe that everyone stands to benefit from this project. Therefore, I call onto you to support this agenda by voting yes towards the allocation of city funds towards the solar energy project. I am optimistic about the project’s success and sustainability. It will offer the opportunity for every community member to advance their daily lives.
Please sign up to the yes vote to prompt the city leadership to allocate funds towards this sustainable project. The solar energy project will change lives for the better and provide a viable chance for boosting the community’s growth and developmental processes. Electricity is a basic need in the contemporary setting, and we should strive hard to ensure that everyone can access cheap and affordable power. We have the power to change this community, and I believe that this power lies in your yes vote. I urge you to vote yes to create the foundation for improved access to power systems across all households.
References
Kumar, M. (2020). Social, economic, and environmental impacts of renewable energy resources. Wind Solar Hybrid Renewable Energy System.
Lakatos, L., Hevessy, G., & Kovács, J. (2011). Advantages and disadvantages of solar energy and wind-power utilization. World Futures, 67(6), 395-408.
Oisamoje, M. D., & Oisamoje, E. E. (2013). Exploring the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy generation in developing countries: The Nigerian perspective. Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy, 3(6), 23-29.
