Yesterday
we met with the mentors of the course for a project clinic. We discussed how
far we had come, what our focus is now and how to proceed to make our final
product, report and presentation. What the outcome should be is not very
strictly regulated by the course; there are only some guidelines the headings
that have to be included in the final report. In our specific case we got the
recommendation to include the background information and research that we did
on water and sanitation even though we in the end product chose to have a wider
scope than that. Another thing said during the meeting was that we should try explaining
why we chose some methods for participatory processes and why we left others
out.
For the
final presentation the mentors encouraged us to be creative and try to have
interaction with the other students of the course. One thought was that we
could test one of the methods for problem solving on the students of the course
during the final presentation in order to make presentation attractive,
interactive and interesting. For the final presentation the university has
invited guests invited from NGOs, the Finnish foreign ministry and we were also
welcome to invite more people that might have an interest in these topics.
We felt
like we got good feedback on the project clinic and we also got compliments for
being a dynamic group. It was nice to hear and to feel that we are on the right
track!
Today we
had a breakfast meeting where we figured out what content we want in our final
report. We organized who should write what and where, and what sections we
should write together. We renamed some of the headings so it follows a more
scientific format that we found would be easier to understand. Until next week we
will make drafts for the final report and the final products. The deadline that
we decided on is 24.04.2014 and in before that there are Easter holiday. In order to enjoy some holidays as well we will try to use our time efficiently and now continue working!
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