Group Work on Outlines

• Discuss the outlines one at a time. Spend at least 5 minutes on each of the outlines. 
• In the beginning the writer does not say anything about his/her proposal. Other members in the group go through the slides and see whether they get a clear sense of how the speech would go. Provide suggestions regarding the overall proposal and the organization of ideas. 
• Then pay special attention to the specifics of the proposal and offer suggestions for improvement. 
• Does the writer need to provide more vivid description of the problem? 
• Does the proposal need to provide more details on the steps to be taken to implement the solution? 
• Should the writer provide more reasons? discuss alternative solutions? present cost-benefit analysis, bring in some precedents? 
• Are there enough evidences to persuade the audience about the seriousness of the problem and the justification for the solution? 
• Has the writer considered priorities and values of the audience in selecting and developing reasons and evidences? 
• Now discuss how should the writer develop a PPT out of the outline. Specifically focus on what kinds of visual evidences they might need to use/find.

Revise and develop your outline further after the group discussion and update the outline posted on your blog.