Presentation - Group F (The Dragonfly Effect Afterward)

• use all four wings of the dragonfly
• focus
• want our audience to donate anything and to raise awareness
• research information
• publicity of one's project
• deadline
• grab attention
• our catchy slogan, facebook
• use ideas that could realte to your audience
• use other methods to attract the attention of your audience
• engage
• make the audience feel like they are involved
• empathize
• tell your story
• spread the word using variety of resources
• set up a page where your audience can interact with your project
• connect other cause and projects
• make people care about your project
• take action
• use social media
• encourage the audience to raise awareness of your project
• incorporate other people into your projects
• spark the fire and let it grow

Presentations - Group E (The Dragonfly Effect Onward and Upward)

• use the four wings
• focus
• grab attention
• engage
• take action
• the beautiful things project
• redefining social good
• a good or service that benefits the largest amount of people in the best possible way
• the ripple effect
• if you are passionate enough about something then your positivity will spread to others
• ex:  toms shoes - buy one, send one to a third world country
• ex:  nike - just because your big, doesnt mean you cant help
• one of the biggest misconceptions is that a company cannot make money while also bettering the world NOT TRUE
• fear factor
• fear can limit creativity
• overcome fear by:
• reward system
• manage emotions
• watching funny videos
• dont over do the to-do list
• stretch realistic goals
• take it one day at a time
• dont shoot for the stars right away
• always keep your goals in mind
• dont lose sight of your ultimate goal
• gap
• realisitc approach
• dont want to overpromise and underdeliver
• do not reach for perfection
• take flight
• have your ideas spread
• get your ideas out there to grow
• (% people who pass on the story) x (% invitations accepted) x (average number of people invited) = ?
• if the number is >1, then the story becomes viral

Presentation - Group D (The Dragonfly Effect Wing 4)

Wing 4 = Take Action

• The most critical wing to closing the loop on previous efforts by enabling other to become part of the solution
• Requires individuals to exert themselves
• A Call to Action
• provides audience with participative next steps that move them closer and closer to "making a purchase", or what you want them to do
• When combined with esocial media, results are extraoridnary
• The Psychology of Asking
• Must be highly focus, absolutely specific, and oriented to action
• ask small = better results
• offer diverse opportunity
• Thee effects of using social media
• more donations
• more data
• increased motivation
• Design Principle 1 = MAKE IT EASY
• people do not have a lot of time
• acknowledge this
• help people to achieve small goals which will motivate them to do more
• Design Principle 2 = MAKE IT FUN
• fun = fuel
• The connection between personal happiness and being engaged and proactive in giving bck to the world is evident  because:
• prositive emotions increases creative thinking
• fun experiences increaes the probability that people will continue to give
• Design Principle 3 = TAILOR
• one of the most effective ways to encourage people to contribute to your cause is to make personal fits between their talents, skills, or interests and what you need accomplished
• the more that peopel feel they are uniquely contributed, the hapier and more satifsfied they will be and the more likely they are to spread the word or return to contribute more
• Design Principle 4 = BE OPEN
• it is imiperative to prepare for openness
• embrace open leadership, give up the need to control
• inspire commitmet from people to complete goals
• its about realtionships, not technology, create culture of sharign and of building trust

Free Write (12/1/11)

I feel like this semester has flown by.  I have been so busy with so many things including softball, school work, and maintaining a social life.  The work load is a lot but it is not has challenging as I had expected it to be.  I was expecting to never be able to sleep because I would be studying or working on papers/projects until the wee hours of the morning.  I'm glad that it has not turned out to be like that at all.  Softball has been a sort of stress reliever for me during my first semester here at Siena College.  It lets me take a break from the work that I am doing and gives me an opportunity to play the sport that I love.  Finals are coming up and I feel ready to tackle them.  Two of my finals are non-cummulative while two of them are cummulative.  I just think of finals as any other test which really helps me get through them.  I am a good test taker so I actually would rather take a test than have to write a paper, however weird that sounds.  Overall, this semester is going very well.

Videos (11/17/11)

simplicity vs. complexity
what is simplicity?? - coffee cup, scissors, glasses, book
cell phone (simple but rests on a complexity)
birth control pill (simple but also rests on complexity)
"teapot problem" - why is the water hot? - many different answers/many different meanings
The state of science
     complexity: highly developed
     simplicity: also non-existent
Complex systems are composed of
   components
   that interact with one another
   dissipate energy
simplicity to complexity:  STACKING
internet - starts with binary arithmetic (simplest way of representing numbers)
add multiple parts together that are extremely simplistic (intergrated transistors)
google is a simple portal in the complex world of the internet
SIMPLE THINGS
reliable, predictible
cheap
high performance or value/cost
"building blocks" (ability to stack)
"everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" (Einstein)


complex doesnt always equal complicated
when you step back and look at a complex situation, you are more likely to find simple answers instead of when you just take one piece of a complex situation.
visualization tools help you ask questions that you never thought you would ask before
simplicity lies on the other side of complexity

Free Write (11/17/11)

In order for a project to have meaning, there has to be simple and complex parts.  I believe one of the simple parts of our project is our goal:  collecting 100 blankets.  It is an attainable goal and we have put a number to it so we can measure our progress.  The most complex part of our project right now has been obtaining the materials and the funds to actually start the project.  The actual making of the blankets, once we have obtained the materials, is probably going to be the easiest part of our project because it is just arts and crafts and most everyone loves activities like that.  Another complex element of our class project is our advertising plan.  There are many different types of advertisements that we could use to entice different audiences but we have to figure out which one will be the best for our project. 

Free Write (11/15/2011)

In doing my class project report that is due today, I learned a lot.  I learned how the many things that we have learned in our First Year Seminar Class interconnect and relate to the things that we are trying to complete in class.  The project of collecting one hundred blankets seemed daunting at the beginning but with all the tools that have been given to us throughout the course of the semester.  Some of those resources are the books How to Change the World and The Dragonfly Effect.  By putting together the ideas that came from both books, we can better learn how to create an effective campaign of collecting blankets while affecting social change in the area that we currently reside.  Another thing that I learned was that if you document and draw out what you need to do to complete a project, it is more likely that you will not miss a step in the process.  Diagrams help unclutter a complex situation.  When a diagram is drawn, all steps are labeled and can be checked off.  As you can see, I have learned a lot from this class project report.