Till the Very End: Felipe and I worked hard on Project 2. With no lifeline (community volunteer who would assist us) we grappled with this challenge to showcase our resliency. Till the very end, we were compelled to work hard and win! Working on our powerpoint we highlighted main points that would zinger our success...
Such Zinger topics included, but not limited to:
Text 'Ewaste' to 313131 ... Auraria Campus E-Cycle Rally... Featured E-Cycle story in The Metropolitian ... Volunteers ... 15 Day Countdown ... Post-Rally Education ... Survey... Demanufacturing Slideshow... Update Voicemail!
Not done, yet: Felipe worked on the powerpoint for the evening while I put together the last touches of our post-educational prospects and last minute voicemail. Through our text messaging service, I recorded a message that would be sent to all our phone numbers that were collected through the rallies informing them about our success. Scheduling the phone call to be sent at 9am the next day while our presentation began--I thought what a strategic move!
"Jesse, the Powerpoint "says Felipe: Felipe was already over the powerpoint and wanted some help. After setting all our slides on a table we deleted some and refined our presentation. Still at school till 10pm we closed the West Classroom (Rm 244) Computer Lab. We ended up stayed up until 1 or 2 am to finalize our discussions on our Powerpoint. After a couple practices, we decided to cut a few pages to decrease the amount of time we spoke. The goal... have our presentation be under 20 minutes. We were already over by 6 minutes, so we got to cutting.
Worried Once More: Will we have time to update our powerpoint? That was certainly a question that we running through Felipe's mind...Taking the optimistic approach at 2am I was like sure no worries...we'll just get up at 6am and be at the school computer lab by 7am.
~Remind me to discuss why being optimistic is important!
@ 7am: Dunn, dunn, dunnnnnn.... (This is my musical score of detriment!...oh no!) So were at the computer lab (West classroom 244) at 7am putting our final touches on the powerpoint.
What were the final touches you ask... Well inserting live action photos of us working away, deleting slides and making our packets for the judges.
We only have 10 minutes, What?: Such suspense...right. With only 10 minutes to spare we printed off our powerpoint in color and inserted them into our presentation folders. We had to be there by 8:30am to ensure that nobody would be late to the presentations that started at 9am. Briskly walking to the Administration Building, we made it right at 8:30am. Already prepared we sat drinking our coffee, organizing our thoughts and ready to present our side of the challenge.
A Flip of the Coin... Heads or Tails? As heads was called team Tripple Threat chose to have us go first. We were ready, but after being heavily involved in every aspect of the project (the both of us) we knew we couldn't talk too much and had to stick to our points.
The points we sometimes forgot: In the end, we sold our case on project 2 but we did leave out some of the fun details.
The Judges: They deliberate... we wait.
The Q & A: I love the Q & A session because it allows room for us to discuss sections of our presentation that we might have missed through the questions.
The Results: We Won! & I was so happy!
The Reward: Going to the Nuggets game with a tour of the facilities along with watching the team practice courtside. I was awarded two additional tickets that would allow me to invite whoever I wish.
The Reward Night... To be continued....
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