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First PresentationFirst Presentation
Critique – all presentations had the same set Critique – all presentations had the same set of (typical) generic failings which I expected. of (typical) generic failings which I expected. Differences in presentations were based Differences in presentations were based mostly on organization of material and mostly on organization of material and effectiveness of deliveryeffectiveness of delivery
In GeneralIn General
• Too much factoid presentation – but this is typical for first class presentations
• Organizing facts and data into coherent themes is just the necessary first step – while this works fine in an academic setting and you have been trained to do this – I want you to become subversively persuasive (you’ll thank me years later)
Generic ExamplesGeneric Examples
• In general, each team did come up with some interesting/alarming factoid but then did not use that to launch into a persuasive tirade about how this is an indicator of our near doom if we don’t wake the hell up and do something.
• That is the message you want to convey in the context of Global Issues!
• You also can’t use descriptors such as “huge impact”, “drastic consequences”, etc unless you can reall demonstrate that
Specific ExamplesSpecific Examples
• Tiger Team: Port Insurance Data was good – should have launched into tirade about world wide economic and irrecoverable meltdown because of the inability for super container ships to deliver their infinite goods.
• Blue Team: $120 Billion Environmental Refugee price tag is very small compared to the world economy – claiming it was “large” removes your credibility; Rather than a Polar Bear Icon should have produced graphic representing that Methane Feed Back Loop = DEATH For All!
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• Shark Team: Need to bring extreme weather events down to real human terms – else they remain abstract. Your “drastic exponential increase” was a good start but you need to humanize that. What does that trend really mean to citizens in the US 10,20,50 years from now.
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• Shark Team; Metaphors go a long way
Dragon TeamDragon Team
• Good attempt at bringing it down to the human level
• Failed to explain the seriousness of exponential water temperature sensitivity – note where Washington DC is!
ConclusionsConclusions
• Organized facts are not persuasive
• Plausible manipulation of these facts to raise awareness of RISK (like the YouTube guy does) will get people to think about the future more seriously.
• Metaphors/Visuals that connect with the human experience are essential.