DIRECTIONS – Blog Post #8 – Refining Pitch and Purpose
Part One: Revising and Refining the Pitch and Purpose
- Use the time / feedback you have to improve what you submitted last week; revise post #7. Refine your pitch (what you’ll say AND what your slides will show).
- Then, practice making your pitch to someone you know.
- Finally, make a very concise blog post #8 that answers these three prompts:
- In a single sentence, describe the change you are seeking.
- In a single sentence, describe the audience you will be targeting?
- One a scale of zero to ten, how passionate are you about your topic (zero: This topic bores me. Five: I could take it or leave it. Ten: I LOVE this topic.)? Please provide a number on this scale and a single sentence description.
Part Two: Getting Ready to Build Social Action Teams
- Skim through the table below, being on the lookout for topics that interest you.
- Check out a few of your coursemates’ blogs. Their names hyperlink to their blog posts.
- (Please let me know if you’d like me to rephrase your topic)
| Name | Topic |
| Lena Ashoo | Animal Rights |
| Megan Balparda | Women’s Rights / Child Care |
| Brennan Bordonaro | Illegal Immigration |
| Bryce Bowen | Pollution / Lake Champlain |
| Zachariah Burrows | Bees / Decline of Pollinators |
| Anna Buteau | Dress Code |
| Sidney Carr | Drug Addiction |
| Grace Darrow | Wage Gap |
| Nathan DeGroot | Racism in our Schools |
| Erin Fishell | Intercultural Communication |
| Gretta Hardy-Mittell | Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion |
| Justin Holmes | Migrants’ Stories Living in Vermont |
| Petra Kapsalis | Drug Addiction |
| Brynna Kearns | Invasive Plants |
| Clara Lew-Smith | Equitable Education for ELL |
| Elsa Lindenmeyr | Migrant Farm Labor in Vermont |
| Fiona Nelson | Non-Binary Gender Identity Education |
| Maisie Newbury | Education Reform |
| Maddie Parker | Mental Health Care in Vermont |
| Emily Pecsok | Autism in Schools |
| Eva Rocheleau | Non-Binary Gender Identity Education |
| Rex Ross | Mental Health |
| Kiera Thorpe | Nutrition |
| Kati Tolgyesi | Drug Addiction |
| Theo Wells-Spackman | Gender Inequality |
| Grace Widelitz | Mental Health Care |
| Ben Wilson | Educational Philosophies |
| Nigel Wormser | Refugees |
Part Three: Continue to Respond to Others
- Respond to those who have commented on your posts to continue conversations with them.
- Also, view post #7 (pitch and links to the learner’s slides) for those with whom you are partnered; begin statements with “I noticed…” and “I wondered…” See this document for groups.
(All of these parts are due by the end of Sunday October 30th)
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