Short Assignment 1: Elevator Pitch

Short Assignment One: Elevator Pitch

Due: Present on Wednesday 4/5/2023 in class

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Overview

For this first short assignment, you will be giving an elevator pitch on your proposed topic for your chapter in our class Pressbook. You will present your pitch with your group in class.

Process

By now as a group you should have summarized your thesis from Cohen and chosen a topic focus. This is your chance to solidify your ideas and present them to me as a group.

For the presentation, one person from your group will briefly (15 seconds) summarize Cohen’s thesis, your focus, and why you chose that focus. Then you will each individually take 30 seconds to “pitch” how you plan to explore that focus in your individual chapters.

You will spend the first half of class workshopping your pitches in your groups. When you are ready, you’ll present them to me. Your pitch should be modeled after the Three-Minute Thesis presentations we reviewed in class, albeit much shorter. You can watch more examples here: https://threeminutethesis.uq.edu.au/watch-3mt Links to an external site.

Requirements

Your pitch should be thirty seconds in length and follow the framework of the Three-Minute Thesis:

1. Hook
2. State Problem
3. Give an illustration
4. Provide a Solution
5. State your Intervention

As a group, you will have two minutes total to:

1. Present topic and thesis, 15 seconds (your choice who presents)
2. Present Chapter One, 30 seconds (Project coordinator)
3. Present Chapter Two, 30 seconds (Content editor)
4. Present Chapter Three, 30 seconds (Design editor)