Developing our ideas + Who is doing what?

4 things we need to work on before our next pitch: 

• How its works?
• Visualisation, CAD, Renders, truck (Chris, Ben) 
• Pamphlets, Posters, Video, Website (Bianca and Bella)
• Logistics, timing (1hr?), facts, stats, numbers, specifics 
• (Sarah and Chris)
• More accurate budget 
• Truck Driver, More employees: Educators, Designers. Website, printing, ect. (Bobber) 
• Final Product: development
• What do the schools need?
• Stackable?
• Tooling costs? (Ben, Bobber)
• Post Consumer Ideas
• How do we measure the effect of plastic
• How do we ensure we are having an effect on the kids efforts?
• (Sarah, Bella, Bianca) 

Presentation Prep (Layout + Speaking): Everyone 

Week 8 Pitch (Answering their questions for us to known in week 8) 
— In Week 8 you will present to faculty in informal, closed practice presentations. This is a great opportunity to test the structure and clarity of your idea and pitch. At this pitch you have 6 minutes and the opportunity to use design to help tell your story.

— By Week 8 we expect you to know what your ask is: that is the thing you need from a panel of real investors, interested advocates of start-ups etc. Do you need money? Do you need expertise in something? Do you need legal advice? Do you need partners? Do you need access to more potential users…

·      Getting Investors to pay for the program:

o   WWF and The Tindall Foundation

o   Ministry for the Environment

o   Wellington City Council

o   9Wire 

·      Partnership with Life Education, 9Wire

·      Future Partnerships with local businesses, restaurants/cafes, grow into a national wide program.

·      Expertise on educating school kids + Design for kids 

·      Expertise in animation/videography

Other long  term goals are written on the slide.

— Don’t ask for investment unless you are prepared to show how much of the company you’re offering, what the return will be, etc. Better to ask for support, guidance (etc), unless you have a clear ask.

·      Ask for support/guidance from ‘precious plastics’ with the manufacturing side.

— Potentially your ask could include expressions of interest, building a database of future customers who like what you’re selling.

·      Potential expressing interest in selling the product to retailers?

— Validate and quantify everything. E.g. How do you know this is a problem/opportunity and how large is it? Ask “Who do I need to talk to fully understand this issue?” Then talk to them and use the results to inform/justify your decisions. Do not describe your survey. Tell us about your insights.

·      Email The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) “will invest in projects to tackle waste in New Zealand, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage have announced today.”

·      “The funding will be used to invest in projects that convert waste, including plastic waste, into materials and products useful to businesses and consumers,” Shane Jones said. 

·      SUPPORT FOR MORE WAYS OF REDUCING THIS FLOW OF MATERIAL.

·      A high proportion of this waste, particularly recyclable plastic waste, has other uses and can be converted into new products,” 

·      Survey sent out somewhere…..? School, Households ect.

— We'd like to see in this presentation a sense from your team about the longevity of the idea: a road map of sorts. What will happen in 2 weeks, 2 months or 2 years?

·      Create a visual road map of our potential journey

— Now is the time for design / samples / demos / prototypes to be on display: for us to see, feel, taste, touch, experience your ideas: show me. 

·      Design some sort of visual experience of what the set up will look like and how the kids are interacting with the space. In the classroom and the workshop itself.

— Be clear who your target markets are: who is this thing / product / idea for? Narrow it down.

·      It’s for the kids who are starting to figuring out who they are? and how they place themselves in this world, with all the things now and in their future. To educate them about something that was made to be a hero in life but is now the destroyer of life. So changing the perspective on plastic and starting to make the end use less impactful on earth.  

·      Also for the teachers and parents who can start being held responsible  for what they are doing.

— Think about your presentation: who is the best person or people to present? Two people works well, five may not. Presenters should dress and act appropriately.

Who is going to present?

Everyone!