No matter how it's designed or what its purpose, a presentation provides a powerful opportunity to make a focused case for your point of view. It's also a great chance to communicate information in a way that allows your audience to understand an issue fully and best decide what action, if any, to take. By telling your audience about particular crime prevention techniques or subjects, you equip them with the tools to lead safer lives. A speech mobilizing teenagers and adults in your community to take action on a crime-related problem, for example, may be the starting point for getting rid of the problem or reducing crime. A presentation that gets people to discuss a problem may give the community—or at least your audience—an idea for correcting the problem.

Youth in Action Bulletin

March 2000     Number 15