1. Eugene Martin
12 years old
Johnny Gosch
14 years old
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Hook/ attention grabber: Tell the story of Eugene Martin, abducted in 1982, and Johnny Gocsh, abducted in 1984, both from Des Moines, Iowa. (awaiting approval of images from
IowaColdCases)

2. Lyric Cook
8 years old
Elizabeth Collins
http://www.apimages.com
10 years old
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Fast forward to July 13, 2012 in Evansdale, Iowa near Waterloo, where cousins Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook were abducted.

3. Since the Missing Child
Act of 1982
Child Abduction Has Risen
by 44%
http://compfight.com/search/playground/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
The Big Idea: Our children are no safer now then they may have been in the 80ʼs, and the decline in our tactics and our education on such matters as child abduction and child abduction
prevention is not sufficient as a whole.

4. 1.5% of child abductions
Are by total strangers
http://compfight.com/search/children/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Whatʼs in it for your audience? Explain why your topic is important or worth discussing. All of us here have children, or grandchildren, or nieces and nephews, or little brothers and
sisters, or even friends with children, so child abuse and abduction is no light matter, especially when statistics show that only about 1.5 % of abductions are by total strangers. Now do I have
your attention?

5. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMap_of_Iowa_NA.png
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Why should your audience listen to you? Explain your ethos (credibility). My audience should listen to me because my daughter was abducted from me by her own mother. Also, I was
a young boy in Des Moines when Martin and Gocsh went missing, and I live 30 minutes away from where Collins and Cook went missing. My daughter lives only 15 minutes away. This is my
only connection to this topic. I am no expert, but I am a concerned parent. I am concerned for the safety of my children as well as yours.

6. Education
H EY !
Communication
L
IS
TE N UP
http://compfight.com/search/bullhorn/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Prevention
Call To Adventure: We can start to re-educate ourselves as adults, as parents and teachers, and we need to re-educate our children with proactive measures in place to help them
understand warning signs and prevention.

7. Three Ways
This Will Enrich
Your Lives
http://compfight.com/search/happy/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Preview the 3 main points that will support your big idea.
If we re-educate ourselves and children on issues such as abduction and prevention all of our lives would be enriched in these 3 ways…

8. 1. Security
In
Knowledge http://compfight.com/search/secure/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Supporting Point 1. We can live with a greater sense of security in knowledge. (explain)

9. “Not all strangers are dangerous”
“Not all known adults are safe”
http://compfight.com/search/Take-a-bite-out-of-crime/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
The National Crime Prevention Council states, “Almost all parents teach their children not to talk to strangers, the reality is that not all strangers are dangerous and not all known adults
are safe”. (show logo)

10. 2. Redirect
And
Integrate
http://compfight.com/search/direction/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Supporting Point 2. We can redirect and integrate the time, money, and concepts focused primarily on “stranger danger” programs.
(explain)

11. Did Our “Stranger Danger”
Campaign of the 80s
Blind Us To Other,
More Immediate Dangers?
http://compfight.com/search/campaigns/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Tell a personal story of growing up in Des Moines during the abduction epidemic of the 80ʼs, and of how parents and school programs began their campaign promoting children being scared
to death of anyone they didnʼt know, and how that tactic may avert a closer look at those we trust.

12. 3. Save Families
Pain,
Save Lifes
http://compfight.com/search/rescued/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Supporting Point 3. We can save children and families immeasurable amount of pain. We can save lives.
(explain)

13. Articles Studies
Books
http://compfight.com/search/tecnology/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
There are many fantastic websites, articles, studies and books on this issue, with information to help re-educate adults and children against child abuse and abduction.

14. “Innovative, Non-fearful Safety
Programs
For Parents & Kids”
http://compfight.com/search/safely/2-2-1-1
www.safelyeverafter
.com
Sunday, March 17, 2013
One such website promotes, “Innovative, Non-Fearful Safety Programs for Parents & kids”. This is safelyeveraftet.com. (show logo)

15. F.B.I Says
Majority of
Child
Abductors
Have a
Relationship
http://compfight.com/search/FBI/2-2-1-1
With the child
Sunday, March 17, 2013
An informational read would be an article by FBI Intelligence Analyst Ashli Douglas, entitled Crimes Against Children Spotlight, where she reports, “The FBI assesses with high confidence
that the majority of child abductors involved in FBI child abduction cases, CARD team deployments, and AMBER Alerts have a relationship with the child victim”. (show quote and give credit)

16. http://compfight.com/search/jail/2-2-1-1
Nobody Ever
Convicted of
These four
Abductions
Who Took Them
http://compfight.com/search/question/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
In the cases of Eugene Martin and Johnny Gocsh, no bodies were ever recovered. In the cases of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook, the bodies were recovered, found by hunters 5 months
later, 25 miles away. Despite questioning of suspect and even confessions, no one had been tried or convicted for either case.

17. Take the Time Visit Websites
Research
Exercises
http://compfight.com/search/child-safety/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Call To Action: I urge you to visit some of these websites, read some credible literature on the topic, do some prevention exercises with the children you care about, understand that trust
isnʼt enough to keep our children safe.

18. Security In Knowledge
Redirect and Integrate
http://compfight.com/search/sunrise/2-2-1-1
Save Lives
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Summarize: 1. Security in Knowledge, 2. Redirect and Integrate, 3. Save Lives

19. Children Are No Safer Today
Than They Were 30 Years Ago
http://compfight.com/search/stranger-danger/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Restate Big Idea: The children of America are in far more danger now than they ever were from abduction and abuse, and itʼs our responsibility as adults to come up with more sufficient
preventions.

20. Enrich Your Lives
http://compfight.com/search/happy/2-2-1-1
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Clincher/New Bliss: A 15 minute talk every day or a 30 minute talk every week, and time spent doing preventative lessons, a proactive agenda and even background checks and self
defense training, will enrich the lives of you and your precious ones, giving me, and hopefully all of you, peace of mind.