Our first team post – Overview of team topic and assignments

Topic: Disabled American Veterans

Specific Purpose Statement:  Our purpose is to persuade classmates and their families to volunteer at their local Disabled American Veterans (DAV) office at least 2 times a year, by either driving a DAV van or via the Local Veterans Assistance Program (LVAP).


Main Points of Speech:
I. 	Need
II. 	Solution
III. 	Visualization


Problem: Veterans return from war sick and disabled and need help getting medical care, being transported to and from their medical appointments, and boosting their morale.


Solution: We propose that people volunteer at the local DAV office and assist the sick and disabled veterans by driving DAV vans and visiting veterans through the LVAP.


Possible objections listeners might have to our solution:
•	I do not have enough time to volunteer somewhere.
•	Why should I help disabled veterans?
•	What benefit does it have for me?


Steps of Motivated Sequence:	           Other team assignments:
Attention:	Gretchen  		Leader:				Becca
Need:		Billy			Outline editor:			Billy
Satisfaction:	Becca    		Works cited final editor:	Becca
Visualization:	Caleb    		Opposing arguments:		All
Action:		Samantha             	Emotional appeals coor’d:	Gretchen
                                        Contribution logs coor’d:	Becca
 					Rehearsal coordinator:		Samantha
 					Presentation aids coor’d:	Caleb

Other functions of leadership:
Coordinator of task needs: 		Gretchen
Coordinator of procedural needs: 	Billy
Coordinator of maintenance needs: 	Caleb