FW: Presentation Notes

Hi Team,

 

Below are notes from today’s (March 10) presentation brainstorming and outlining session.

 

1. Why the problem matters [Emilie]
1. Why is this such a problem?  Health?  Efficiency?
2. Who is the end user?  Extreme users? 
3. What are Dama’s goals?
2. Team formation and name [Abby & Jeannie]
1. Team name is………
2. Coffee meeting
3. + Jeannie lunch

                                                               i.      Personal preferences form

                                                             ii.      Sharing personal details about ourselves

                                                            iii.      Setting expectations, past group experiences

                                                            iv.      Process for discussing problems / concerns within the group

                                                              v.      Different approaches – business and PD

4. Ethiopian lunch

 

3. Project manual: evolution of physical binder, blog, tagging, and wiki [Jeannie]

 

4. Resources [Abby & Dave – mind map]
1. Physical

                                                               i.      Travel guides, cooking stoves, pizza box [Jeannie]… and at some point we want to get the injera griddle

2. Intellectual

                                                               i.      Competitive landscape [Abby – visual depiction], REI, Black & Gold movie, Thermo Sciences at Stanford (on the agenda)

3. Human

                                                               i.      Muna, Dama Chicago contact (Tadesse Damte), Michael Helm (Darfur stove project, Emilie’s contact), Emilie’s friend Leah (has worked in the Gambian highlands)

 

5. Trip Strategy [Dave]
1. Strategies / Goals for the trip

                                                               i.      Observe and participate in injera cooking à in both city and rural settings

                                                             ii.      Compare home cooking, restaurant cooking, mass production cooking (Easter festival)

                                                            iii.      Manufacturing at Dama

                                                            iv.      Transportation and distribution in Ethiopia

                                                              v.      Stove manufacturers – who are they; what kinds of stoves are the making; how are the big clay pieces made?

                                                            vi.      Is other fuel besides wood used, and what is the life cycle of fuels?

2. Nitty gritty questions to answer – give a few examples

 

To Do:

Wiki – Jeannie

Pizza box – Jeannie

Personal goals sheet – Emilie

Why the problem matters info compilation - Emilie

Stoves – All

Photos from Muna – Dave

Strategy & Goals posting – Dave

Mind map on resources – Dave

Competitive landscape visual – Abby

Dama Chicago meeting setup - Abby