The presentation should be 6–8 slides with speaker notes included. The speaker notes should represent what would be said during an oral presentation. It should not restate the content of the slides.
- Identify a health issue in or around your community and a vulnerable population that is particularly affected by it. (1 slide)
- Identify your population using multiple demographics (e.g., Heightened pregnancy rates of African-American teenage girls living in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit).
- Propose a change to the program that involves a one advocacy type and one advocacy strategy. (1–2 slides)
- Indicate what changes you would expect to see once your proposal is implemented. Use statistics, evidence, and your SWOT analysis results to support your decision.
- Proposed changes to the program should be culturally sensitive to the population identified.
- Identify at least one professional organization that you could partner with to implement the changes. (1 slide)
- Explain why the professional organization would be a good fit as a partner. For example, analyze the goals of different organizations and find one that shares goals that are similar to yours.
- Develop a brief action plan to show how the programmatic changes could be implemented. (2–3 slides)
- Access the Community Tool Box resource at https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning/develop-action-plans/tools
- Within this resource, there are action plan guides for different types of programs and policies. Select the one that pertains most to your proposal.
- Your action plan should list basic steps and requirements. The details of those steps can be described in the speaker notes section. Ensure that your speaker notes throughout are clear and represent a verbal presentation, not a repeat of the material found on the slides.
- Access the Community Tool Box resource at https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning/develop-action-plans/tools
Rubric is attached.
