> ## "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