Lauren+Outline

Lauren Hofferbert Speech Outline

Lauren Hofferbert

Title: Organ Donation

General Purpose: To persuade

Specific Purpose: To persuade people to be an organ donor

Introduction: B.) Solution: we must sign up to be organ donors and in the event we die, we can still be of use in death and we can save lives.
 * 1) On March 18th of 2008, Katie Hutson was killed when a mini van struck the car that she was in. she was only 8 years old. She went on to help 4 people. Story comes to us from Organ Donor Awareness. (Hutson, 2010)
 * 2) I myself am an organ donor, however this was true even before I did research on the topic, but after doing more research I found that there are so many more reasons to be an organ donor.
 * 3) There are so many stories about people where after passing away have left their bodies to be used in order to save as many as 8 peoples lives, so please sign up to be an organ donor and (heaven forbid) something were to happen to you, you could save lives.
 * 4) A.) Problem: people are in need of body parts and there are people out there who will unfortunately perish and their body parts are left to not go to use.

Body Transition: We as human beings are capable and able to save peoples lives in so many ways, however there is a way to save lives in which no work is needed to be done.

A.) 90% of you answered that you knew what organ donation is, and that that same 90% of you are already organ donors. For those of who don’t know what organ donation is it is simply, at your passing away, most of the time due to a car crash or accident of sorts, your body parts, organs, tissues, eyes will be taken and used for the thousands of people waiting in the hospital for kidneys or livers, lungs or eyes. B.)The problem here is that according to organdonor.gov, there are 112,562 people waiting for an organ, in addition to that 112,562 people, 18 of them will die everyday from a loss of the donation needed. ("Donate the gift," ) C.) The fact is that these people will die if they are not getting what they need. However, according to New England Journal of Medicine, most organs for transplantation come from cadavers, but as these have failed to meet the growing need for organs, attention has turned to organs from living donors. (Truog, 2005)  D.) A Time magazine article says that “About 90% of Americans say they support organ donation, but only 30% have actually signed up to part with their parts after they die.” (Kingsbury, 2007)

Transition: However there is a solution for this, and its you.

A.)The solution for this problem is simply to be an organ donor. B.) When you as my audience took the audience analysis you said that all of you have a drivers license. C.) On the back of every driver license is a box saying would you like to be an organ donor. By simply checking that box, you are able to save people’s lives. D.) Once again according to organdonor.gov, if you donate you are capable of saving up to 8 peoples lives. ("Donate the gift," ) E.) All of you in the audience analysis answered the question correctly about the fact that when you are dead, you are unable to feel anything. So when they take the organs out of you, you will dead and unable to feel this process happening.

Conclusion:
 * 1) So now I will restate the problem, it is that there are about 18 people dying everyday because they do not have the organs needed to survive. However there is a solution for this and that solution is you. ("Donate the gift," )
 * 2) All that is needed to be done is simply be to generous. Because the way organ donation works is that if by some accident you pass away, your body will be taken and used to save up to 8 peoples lives. All of you answered you would like to help save a life, so wouldn’t you want to help save lives even in death?
 * 3) Given that there people are dying because they are in need of things that people posses, I’m simply asking you to check the box on the back of that drivers licenses that you have, save a life, or 2 or 3 or even 8.

Citation // Donate the gift of life //. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.organdonor.gov/default.asp

Hutson, A. (2010, November 5). [Web log message]. Retrieved from []

Kingsbury, K. (2007, June 14). A gated community for organ donors. //Time Magazine//,

Truog, R. (2005). The ethics of organ donation by living donors. //New England Journal Of Medicine//