Dear all,
it was a pleasure to spend time with you this week, I enjoyed the discussion and your presentations very much and am looking forward to more in November!
Again, my sincerest apologies to Group Brown, Orange, and Turquoise for not managing class time properly yesterday. I hope you all still got a good sense of what the final exam will be like. Thanks to those who stayed those 10 extra minutes! To those who could not stay, feel free to send me a recording of your presentation and I'll give you personalized feedback. This would be entirely optional: it is an ungraded activity simply meant to make you familiarize with the process.
I wanted to provide here some general feedback.
1. First and foremost: your presentation should follow the structure indicated on p.17 of the September 14 slide deck. Basically, once you read the case, here is what you should discuss:
- your solution to the case with an explanation of why: this part is very important because it includes the logical argument that justifies your proposal
- benefits of your solution
- challenges
- mitigations
- conclusion
2. Do not spend time talking about the case in general: we all read it and know what it is about. One or two sentences to introduce the solution are more than enough - 30 seconds.
3. Be precise in your position: thinking back to the Apple case, what should Apple do? Be very clear and direct, take a stance and defend it. Pretend you're at that point in time when the event occurred and do not assume that what actually happened afterwards in the real world is the "right" solution to the case. As I mentioned in class, there is no "right" or "wrong" solution to a case - there are only solid or weak logical arguments. Your logic is what I evaluate.
4. Do not use too much text on the slides and avoid reading from your phones: you may have bullet points and quick notes but your presentation should be, to the largest extent possible, natural. At the same time, do not write too little text on the slides, that is: the important part of your message should be put on a slide in writing, so the audience can follow better and does not miss the main takeaways.
5. Use your time wisely: be concise but thorough. I will be strict with those 10 minutes during the exam!
6. Try to speak up so I can hear you in that microphone, thank you.
7. Do not chat/smile/laugh with each other while you are presenting!
Important: the day of the exam, you will have to send me the slides exactly at the deadline, not 1 minute late, or your grade will take a hit. Indicate the order of presenters on the first slide (names of each group member in the order that they will present). I will call one group at a time into class to help you focus and to minimize noise and distractions. Other groups are welcome to come in but they would have to stay in absolute silence - your classmates are taking an exam, I cannot have people in the room who are chatting with each other and distracting the presenters or me.
If you have questions do not hesitate to contact me! Have a great semester and see you in November.
P.S. Don't forget to submit your information diary on October 16. Enjoy working on it!
Prof.ssa Lucia Leonelli
