> ## "All the processes that affect people’s beliefs, commitments, capabilities, and actions as members or prospective members of communities."
> **Crittenden & Colleagues** 2007
> [Civic Education](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=9808146969379587357)
Short talks are the worst form of work. Put it on paper, develop and implement the idea, then locate ways translate it into litigation.
# 1 SMILING Framework
SMILING is a non-verbose framework to inform inexperienced readers of actionable choices with evidence. The paper's contents should navigate the reader to **actionable** and **repeatable** choices to print more copies of itself, making it **reproducible**.
> "Print (reproducible) this page (repeatable) by visiting (actionable) `paper.com` online (visible)."
With the ability to obtain copies through the paper itself, a problem can be framed in the following way:
1. **Single Authoritative Statement** (S) by an author covering the topic that's relevant and sensible.
2. **Make Sufficient Sense** (M) to explain the problem to inexperienced readers.
3. **Include Personal Accounts** (I) by referencing affected people to humanize the problem.
4. **List Relevant Cases** (L) in which the problem manifested in real life, in any fashion.
5. **Integrate Commentary** (I) by inviting the writing of others on the problem.
6. **Navigate Next Steps** (N) to coalition build for grassroot advocacy.
7. **Gather Signatures to Petition** (G) establishing a call-to-action and backing.
[Grassroots and Grasstops Advocacy](https://www.quorum.us/blog/grassroots-vs-grasstops/) helps point to people, a significant part of Navigating Next Steps, in creating pressures on law-makers.
# 2 Example: Tanning Beds