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I am writing a speech for my speech class on why you should make your own soap. I want to make a brochure I can hand out to the class that summarizes the speech, describes the soap making process, and providing resources for help with soap making, like the web address to a lye calculator, and soapmakingforums.com. I am making a trifold brochure, so I need to be able to fill up 6 pages with pictures and information. The first page of the brochure will obviously the title page, probably with a picture of soap, and a description of whats inside the brochure. The steps in soap making may only take up a single page of the brochure, so I'll obviously have to stretch it out by adding pictures, large text, and white space. I am not being graded on the brochure itself, I just thought it would be a great addition to my speech. It's a pursuasive speech, so I not only have to pursuade them to make soap, but in order to make the speech an effective pursuasive speech, I should provide information that also teaches the class how to make soap. I only have five minutes for the oral part of the presentation, which I focus on giving reasons why they should make soap, the pursuasive part. The brochure is primarily to give instructions, while providing additional information I didn't have time to talk about in the speech.
Here is my speech that I have written so far: [Revised 02:33 11/25/2012 ETC]
If someone could help improvise my speech, that would be highly appreciated, but I am mainly focused on creating a good brochure. I'm not sure what else I should add to the brochure to fill it up, front and back though. I have to present the speech on Thursday, so I have almost a week to prepare.
Thanks =)
Here is my speech that I have written so far: [Revised 02:33 11/25/2012 ETC]
When you’re done cooking bacon, what do you do with the bacon grease? When you’re done burning wood in a fireplace, or in a camp fire, what do you do with the wood ash? You probably throw them away, like most people would. Did you know that only a few hundred years ago people used these materials to make soap? Using animal fats and wood ash to make soap has been practiced for over two thousand years now. During the Industrial Revolution, soap became commercialized, and people forgot how to make soap at home.
Before the Industrial Revolution, we had to make use of everything that we had. In today’s economy, we are so wasteful of our resources. After cooking, grease from cooking is thrown away or washed down the sink, which can clog the drains. This not only throws away a valuable resource, but creates new problems with your plumbing. Some people prefer to use soaps based on vegetable fats because they feel squeamish about using animal fats in homemade soap. What little do you know, if you have ever washed your hands in public, you have rubbed animal fat in between your hands before. Have you ever looked at the list of ingredients on a package of soap and seen the ingredient, “sodium tallowate,” “sodium cocoate,” or “sodium laureth sulfate?” These are bi-products that make up the soap, which are made from animal and vegetable fats. All the soap you have ever used contains one of these ingredients.
There are many soap making hobbyists out there who make soap in their kitchen everyday, and sell their all-natural soaps at local market events. Making soap doesn’t take any special skill, talent, or equipment; people have been doing this for thousands of years, though there are certain precautions you should take. Anybody who wants to make soap can do so at a very affordable price; if you use a fireplace or burn wood in the winter time, making soap is essentially free. That’s less money you could be spending at the store, buying soap. If you don’t have any woodash to use, you can buy lye at the store, which is almost the same thing.
The basic process in soap making involves only a few simple steps. First, you measure your ingredients. Then you mix your woodash, or your lye, with water. Next, you add the fats or oils to the solution that you just made. You stir this solution until it becomes thick and leaves a trace when you stir it. Once you reach this stage of the process, you pour it into your molds to let it cure for 24 hours. After the soap has cured for 24 hours, you remove it from the molds to let it cure for an additional 2 weeks before you can use it. Once you get the hang of it all, it doesn’t get much harder than that.
Soap making is a rewarding hobby. Most soap making hobbyist will agree that making soap is relaxing and therapeutic for them. When you are done, you are left with a finished product that you can use or give away to your friends. When they find out you make soap, they will think you have some sort of special skill, and want you to make more for them. Homemade soap is wonderful for the skin and people will love using your homemade soap, including you. Eventually, if you find you really enjoy making soap, you can begin selling it, turning what used to be wasted product into hard earned cash.
I have created a brochure for you all, which describes more of the benefits of using and making homemade soap. It also describes the soap making process in more detail, so you will be able to go home today and make your own soap. Just like cooking in a kitchen with a hot stove, there are certain precautions you must take, which the brochure will cover. There are also a few resources on the brochure which can help you if you run into issues while making soap. Once you begin making your own soap and using it on your skin, you will never want to buy store bought soap again!
If someone could help improvise my speech, that would be highly appreciated, but I am mainly focused on creating a good brochure. I'm not sure what else I should add to the brochure to fill it up, front and back though. I have to present the speech on Thursday, so I have almost a week to prepare.
Thanks =)