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De Anza College Summer 2020 Question? [email protected] Paper # 4: Problem / Solution Project Length: 3-12 pages (800-2000 words) . The shorter the work the more perfect it must be. A resolution/motion might be a bit shorter (Or a proposed piece of legislation, but it must be perfectly done. Due: August 7, 2020 Objectives: to work collaboratively with one other person. to devise a creative solution to a problem you have observed or read about to write and design a document that is persuasive and clear to others to understand how persuasive writing might function in a business, government, or citizen advocacy sense. The problem can be transportation, the environment, education, energy, jobs, the economy, family life, immigration, health, health care, or any other topic of interest to you. It can be in the form of any of the following, though a task force recommendation or commission report is the most common one that students use. You are pretending to be someone with considerable authority on your subject, and may have been empowered by a government entity to come up with recommendations. Here are some common types of written documents meant to persuade: resolution (Links to an external site.) , legal motion, (Links to an external site.) motion (Links to an external site.) to a board of directors or institution, Study, (Links to an external site.) such as a feasibility study report petition, (Links to an external site.) task force recommendation (Links to an external site.) , Commission report (Links to an external site.) or letter of communication to a lawmaker from a band of concerned citizens. (Links to an external site.) (you will need to do two or three of these if they are less than a page long, and copies of letters must be sent to other congresspersons who have responsibility for the issue you are concerned about. Presentations (4-5 minutes maximum): Process: Step 1: Pick a problem. Step 2: Write down a list of three-five problems you have noticed the past year in the world. Post them on the discussion board and receive feedback on the ideas from six classmates. Choose an idea to go with. Step 3: Review several common taskforce report templates or documents. Give your project a name, such as Bay Area Taskforce on Pedestrian Safety Consortium of Public Transportation Report Motion to Resist the De-Professionalization of Higher Education Study on the Harmful Effects of Mass Incarceration on Poor People Prison Reform in California: A Set of Recommendations Free Bradley Manning Petition Guns in Schools: A Task force Recommendation Child Advocate Recommendations on International Adoption A Plan to Reduce Sex Trafficking in key cities in the US. Mandatory Consumption Limitations: A Plan to Reduce Resource Depletion Step 4: Set up a google.doc. Invite me, so that I can review your work as you do it and make suggestions. NOTE: google.docs is not a great system for graphics or document design. If you would prefer to work in another program, feel free. you can send me drafts if you want feedback. Rough out a document structure: design and sections. Choose your font, line spacing and color of text for headings. Maybe a Table of Contents. Step 5: Research facts to support the existence of the problem (you might start with your recognizing a problem from your workplace, but you will need statistical or other evidence to show your reader that you KNOW this is a big problem). Step 5: Write a 500-800 word definition of the problem (using examples and description). Be sure you do research on the problem so that you can demonstrate that it IS a problem convincingly. Do not rely on the fact that everyone knows it is a problem. You need at least 4 researched data-points to prop up the “problem” part of your paper. Try to take a fairly limited geographic region: a state, a city, a college, a neighborhood. Step 6: Brainstorm creative solutions to the problem. Avoid common solutions already in the air and create brand new solutions. You dont really need to worry about engineering details, financing or political hostility to implementation, but if you include a way to address these things these in your proposal, then that is a bonus. Remember, the person who invented the car wash thought of an idea where there was nothing. All policy, technical, mechanical and administrative innovations were once “just an idea.” This is mostly an “idea” paper but if you can flesh out details of financing, engineering, political or legislative frameworks, or other details, that would be fabulous! Step 7: Write a 650 – 900 word solution to the problem. You can use diagrams, bulleted lists, charts, photographs, hyperlinks or any other tool to help your reader visualize and understand how you propose to solve the problem. It may be a phased solution that needs to occur over a series of years…If so, produce a timeline of activities and results. Follow the model you have chosen ( Taskforce report, or even a business plan). This could include technical aspects, political aspects, funding, phasing in/timelines, and other details that will impress and persuade your reader. Keep in mind you are writing this in order to persuade someone to adopt the solution you have proposed Format and Document Design: Be sure to use bulleted lists, boxed sections and other graphic design principles. Go easy on the images. Charts are better. Nothing cute, or cartoons, please. Also be aware of your audience: busy people who need to be quickly persuaded that your idea is a good one!! Generally use larger font, and wider margins than an academic paper, sometimes only half of the page (vertically) is used. Sample student projects (used with permission). 1, Music production (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) 2. Food waste (Links to an external site.) Please review the following models for your report or policy brief or business plan. You may find other models you want to use. Feel free. * Task force reports on gend (Links to an external site.) er, sexuality, education, etc. *reports and assessments (Links to an external site.) on the arctic * a private company (Links to an external site.) seeks innovative ideas *health policy briefs. (Links to an external site.) *images of the cover sheet (Links to an external site.) of policy briefs. * images of the cover sheet of taskforce reports (Links to an external site.) * a commission report (Links to an external site.) These are all good models. The basic structure of a problem/solution document is that Summarize the problem, hyperlinking to the evidence, indicate who the commission or taskforce or preparer of the policy brief is,,and how they (you) came into being. Lots of times the legislature will empower a taskforce or commission to study a problem and come up with a solution. The second section is the solution component, which should be roughly half of your paper. This should be imagined in some detail, including social, political, engineering and other considerations that must be addressed. The third section should probably be an operational section, in which you detail how you will achieve what you want to achieve. This is where you would include financing details, how you propose to generate public support for your idea, or private support if it is a venture capital oriented proposal.
