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.