Diminishing Value of A College Degree Presentation and Draft

You will compose an Ignite–Style speech, which is a 4–5 minute speech (memorized)to 15–20 slides. Your presentation should be well choreographed and practiced. A 5–minute speech is usually around 500–750words. The subject of your speech can be similar to NPR’s program “This I believe” (i.e. something that reflects your everyday–ethics); an episode of Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act; or the John Oliver segment, “How is this still a thing?” This project will involve some research, but also should draw from your personal experience.The purpose of this assignment is to practice public speaking, and to practice working with a combination of oral and visual rhetorics. This assignment should also weave in research. You need at least 3 sources and 1 needs to be a scholarly source.If you would like to propose an alternative assignment that would still address this purpose you must get it approved by your TA no later than Monday8/24.This is an opportunity to explore an idea or topic that you are passionate about!You can be creative in your subject choice. Just remember you will need to convincingly argue your point in 5–minutes. This isn’t very much time! Try to pic something specifically focused that is not an obvious fact (for example, you should not choose a topic like “smoking is bad for you”).