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Assignment Guide: Introduction Speech–My Advocacy

Overview

At some point in your life, you may be called upon to speak on a topic, whether for a personal or professional purpose, that is close to your heart. To be ready for this task, you will need to be able to share a well-organized, and well-supported message–one that effectively conveys information about yourself, and the issue of importance to you, while also successfully engaging a public audience.

Prompt

Record yourself presenting a 3-4 minute speech exploring a little about yourself and describing/exploring an issue/cause/problem for which you currently advocate or would like to advocate for. In this speech, you will explore how and why this advocacy is important to you. In addition to the video- recording of this presentation, you will also be submitting a fully-drafted copy of your speech.

The My Advocacy Speech will prepare you to unpack your own personal experience with advocacy, through a process of careful self-reflection, and sharing a personal narrative, to effectively engage an audience. Combined, these two tasks will help you create a stronger foundation for later assignments and activities in the course (and beyond).

Advocacy can be thought of as one or more of the following components:

Advocacy is the promotion of an idea, cause, concept, or information

Advocacy includes actions toward a specific goal

Advocacy finds solutions to current problems

Topic Selection

Ultimately, this speech should be about something that is near and dear to your heart–something you feel strongly about; something for which you currently advocate for or would like to advocate for in the future. Thus, the topic of your speech will be a personal one.

You may advocate for an issue/idea/movement/law/cause/concept of your choosing. Here are some ideas:

Education/training

Pre-K-12 Education or Higher Education

Children, youth, families

Student loans

Equal pay/ inequities

Healthcare equity

Local/global hunger/poverty

Cost of housing/healthcare

Socioeconomic status

Immigration

Criminal justice/policing

Military/veterans

Identity theft

Freedom of the press

Ending domestic violence

Voting

Transparency in government

Organization

Your advocacy speech should include the following:

Guideline

Description

Introduction + Hook

Introduce yourself to the audience, including your name, the course that this speech is for, and the assignment.

Find a way to hook your readers–ask a question, share an example, or include a quote (with attribution). Make sure your hook is directly relevant to your advocacy topic.

Advocacy Topic Description

Describe the issue/cause/problem for which you are advocating. Remember: your audience may not be familiar with your topic, so provide enough context that they can follow along with you, without issue.

Advocacy Narrative

Describe how and why this advocacy is important to YOU and to your audience. Some questions to consider: Why does advocating for this cause/issue/problem/ matter to you? What information is important to share with the audience, regarding this topic, and your participation in it? What happens if no one advocates for this cause/issue/problem? Why should others be interested in this topic and your advocacy?

Closing

Create a closing that helps remind readers of the most important points shared during this speech. Do not directly repeat your opening–find a way to engage readers one last time, sharing the same information, but in a new and compelling way.

Requirements

Submit a written copy of your speech (single or double-spaced) with the URL showcasing your presentation of this speech.

On your written speech submission, include a heading with your name, date, title assignment, and name of course followed by the URL to your recorded speech.

There is no visual aid required, but you are welcome to use one if you want. For example, you may want to showcase a picture of yourself that relates to your advocacy. If you choose to include a visual aid, remember: the visual should be supplemental–not the main focus of the presentation.

Maintain appropriate eye-contact throughout the presentation of your speech. Be sure to be mindful of the following: articulation, pacing, and enunciation.

Your recorded speech should be free from distracting glitches and technical issues making it hard to review.

Length

Your recorded speech should be 3-4 minutes long. It should address all of the elements included above.

If your speech is under 3 minutes, or over 4 minutes, it will be returned to you ungraded. In this case, you will be asked to recreate and refilm the assignment, after you ensure it meets all expectations outlined in the prompt and rubric.

Essential Elements Checklist: My Advocacy Speech

A written copy of the speech is submitted with the URL to the presented speech.

Includes an effective introduction with a hook.

Includes an “advocacy topic description.”

Includes an “advocacy narrative” section.

Includes an effective and compelling conclusion.

Adheres to all submission, length, and formatting requirements.

The recorded speech is clear of issues and/or technical glitches.

The purpose of the recorded speech is clear and well-established.

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July 1, 2023

<h1 id="main-heading" class="ssrcss-15xko80-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10" tabindex="-1">Ukraine war: Resilient civilians return to liberated town of Lyman</h1>

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<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Valentina says that while the town of Lyman has been liberated, the missile attacks continue</div>

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<div class="ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96">By Andrew Harding</div>

<div class="ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910">BBC News, Lyman, eastern Ukraine</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"><strong class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3">Two Ukrainian fighter jets roar low overhead as we emerge from a dense, snow-bound forest and drive into the railway junction town of Lyman, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.</strong></p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">It is nearly four months since Russian troops were forced to retreat from here, pushed back some 25km (about 15 miles) to the east. But the boom of artillery fire, close to the front lines, is still audible every few minutes, and this town - much of it in ruins - is not yet safe from Russian missiles.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I live on the seventh floor. The rocket hit the fifth floor, early this morning, at around five. But I'm fine," says Alexander Rogovitz, a 73-year-old retired businessman and the only remaining resident of a large apartment block on the edge of town.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">He bends over to share out some dried food to the eight cats - seven of them strays, abandoned by neighbours - he now looks after.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">That resilience, and a strong collective spirit, seem to be widespread here, among those who have clung on amid the snow and rubble.</p>

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<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Valeri Dmitrenko has been sheltering in a basement with 21 neighbours for the past nine months</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">In a nearby courtyard, beside a giant bomb crater, a 45-year-old railway technician named Valeri Dmitrenko is busy chopping wood to heat the basement where he and 21 neighbours have been sheltering for the past nine months. Lyman still has no running water or central heating system, and the daytime temperature has been hovering around freezing.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"What can we do?" Valeri shrugs, stroking the head of a stray dog he and his wife, Ira, recently adopted and named Princess Diana. When he's not busy with his axe, Valeri helps neighbours repair broken doors and windows in their badly damaged apartment building.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Ira walks past, hurriedly, with buckets of water she has pumped from a well in the yard.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I still find it stressful to stay outside, in the open, for long," says Ira, a 41-year-old accountant, before heading down a dark flight of stairs and into the cramped cellar of 6 Railway Street.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Despite heavy fighting continuing in the Donbas, civilians are trickling back to liberated Ukrainian towns close to the front line - against the advice of local authorities. In Lyman, devastated by Russian forces last year, some 13,000 residents are living, precariously, in gruelling winter conditions.</p>

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<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">An apartment block in Lyman, which has been part-destroyed by Russian missile strikes</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">As Russia's forces approached Lyman last June, 41,000 civilians fled, leaving about 10,000 people behind. Many of those were elderly, or poor - or, like Ira and Valeri, had sick relatives who refused to leave. For the next four months, about 60 people squeezed into the same cellar on Railway Street.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"It was difficult at times. People are different. Some became aggressive - we're not used to living all together like this," says Ira. Adding to that stress was the fact that, by Ira's reckoning, about a third of those who had chosen to stay in the cellar were pro-Russian, actively hoping that Ukraine would lose the war.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"Yes, there were people who supported Russia. But they left when Ukraine started liberating territory. When the so-called Russian authorities moved out, they went with them, taking their children. Probably because they were scared of what would happen to them here," adds Ira.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">On 3 October, Lyman was liberated by Ukrainian forces and soon afterwards the town's mayor, Alexander Zhuravlov, returned to discover that "80%, maybe 90%" of the buildings had been damaged or destroyed. The railway lines that pass through the centre of town are still a mass of broken overhead cables and blocked tracks.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">In recent months, the mayor and his team have managed to restore electricity to most of the town and the surrounding villages. Pensions are now being paid, on time, and some shops have reopened.</p>

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<figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span>

<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Ira, one of those sheltering in a basement, says she finds it stressful being outside</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The government and humanitarian groups have brought in wood stoves and distributed logs. Every day one aid group brings in hundreds of packed lunches to distribute free of charge. There are roughly 700 children living in Lyman and the mayor estimates that another 3,000 residents have returned since the town was liberated. But he's urging the rest to stay away.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"At the moment we do not recommend people to return here. On the contrary, they're better off in safer places and cities. There are no comfortable living places here, for now. People will be accepted in other regions and will be provided with accommodation and food," he says, driving to the site of a two-week-old missile attack that ripped the entire wall off a nine-storey apartment block.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The mayor says local police are still dealing with "a handful" of Lyman's residents suspected of working for the Russian occupiers. But he believes the experience of the past year has persuaded many pro-Russian residents to change their views.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I think those people now understand that they made a mistake. They were led astray by the media - watching Russian propaganda on television every night and thinking it was the truth. They were in a minority, and they have already changed their minds. They see that this Russian world is not the one they'd been led to expect," says Zhuravlyov.</p>

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<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Aid groups provide food, which is distributed free of charge, to those in need in Lyman</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">A 62-year-old woman called Valentina, queueing for food at the local hospital, seems to reflect that change of heart, when asked about the security situation in Lyman since it was liberated. In recent months, pro-Russian civilians have often hinted at their allegiance by implying that both sides are equally guilty of shelling towns, and that it is therefore impossible to assign blame.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"The bombardment hasn't stopped. The shells still hit the town. We don't know who is firing," she begins.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">But then, unprompted, Valentina changes her mind.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I suppose it must be the Russians. Yes, no doubt," she says, adding: "We're Ukrainians. This is a Ukrainian town. The shops are open. Our pensions come on time. The state has not abandoned us."</p>

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July 1, 2023

<h1 id="main-heading" class="ssrcss-15xko80-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10" tabindex="-1">Ukraine war: Resilient civilians return to liberated town of Lyman</h1>

<figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span>

<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Valentina says that while the town of Lyman has been liberated, the missile attacks continue</div>

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<div class="ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96">By Andrew Harding</div>

<div class="ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910">BBC News, Lyman, eastern Ukraine</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">He bends over to share out some dried food to the eight cats - seven of them strays, abandoned by neighbours - he now looks after.</p>

</div>

<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">That resilience, and a strong collective spirit, seem to be widespread here, among those who have clung on amid the snow and rubble.</p>

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<figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span>

<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Valeri Dmitrenko has been sheltering in a basement with 21 neighbours for the past nine months</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Ira walks past, hurriedly, with buckets of water she has pumped from a well in the yard.</p>

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<figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span>

<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">An apartment block in Lyman, which has been part-destroyed by Russian missile strikes</div>

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<figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span>

<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Ira, one of those sheltering in a basement, says she finds it stressful being outside</div>

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<figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0">Image caption,</span>

<div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260">Aid groups provide food, which is distributed free of charge, to those in need in Lyman</div>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"The bombardment hasn't stopped. The shells still hit the town. We don't know who is firing," she begins.</p>

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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">But then, unprompted, Valentina changes her mind.</p>

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July 1, 2023

“Mistine: Direct Selling in the Thai Cosmetic Market” (located in textbook appendix)

After reading, reviewing and analyzing the case study write a paper on the current position and strategies of strategic planning of Mistine. Within your paper be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Based on the SWOT analysis provided in the case, what are two or three factors that Mistine should stress in its strategic planning as it looks to continue growth and dominance in the Thai market?

2. How can Mistine match its strength with its market opportunities to create competitive advantages moving forwards?

3. How can Better Way stay on top in Thailand while it looks to expand internationally?

4. How does Mistine strategies compare to Mary Kay Cosmetics in the US?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

· Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style (download an APA sample paper from the Purdue OWL here).

· Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

· Include cover page and reference page.

· At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

· No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

· Use an appropriate number of references to support your position, and defend your arguments. The following are examples of primary and secondary sources that may be used, and non-credible and opinion based sources that may not be used.

1. Primary sources such as, government websites (United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Census Bureau, The World Bank, etc.), peer reviewed and scholarly journals in EBSCOhost and Google Scholar.

2. Secondary and credible sources such as CNN Money, The Wall Street Journal, trade journals, and publications in EBSCOhost

3. Non-credible and opinion based sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. should not be used.

Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased statements, information, etc.) in the paper and list each source on a reference page using APA style.

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