A3 Postings and the Venture Forum
I’m starting to get some A3 submissions so here are detailed instructions and a further chance to ask any questions you might have.
A3 Posting:
Please post your A3 to this blog before midnight this Sunday (late submissions can’t participate in the Forum). Be sure to select the “Venture Forum” category for this post so that the PulsePress tool will be activated. Some notes:
- apparently the Kaltura video server isn’t functioning well so please embed or link any videos using YouTube.
- embed or link both your Elevator Pitch and your Venture Pitch into the post. If you’d rather distribute your Venture Pitch just to those specifically assigned to review it you can simply ask anyone who has been assigned (or is interested) to email you for a copy of it.
- you don’t need to post your reflection.
- after posting, please also email me your complete assignment so that I know it is ready for review.
Venture Forum:
The detailed instructions for the Venture Forum are available in section 4A.
CAUTION: By participating in the Forum (as an EVA) you’ll be asked to do something that you might find offensive (as an educator): to potentially say that some, many, or all of the peer ventures you review are not ready for investment. You should be thoroughly honest with your peers, as well as constructive as possible. And while it might seem distasteful to effectively ‘fail’ a peer’s hard work by saying it needs more hard work, this is actually the most helpful and ethical thing you can do (imagine it as analogous to encouraging an eager swimmer not to jump into the deep end of a pool if they’re not ready and are likely to drown). This may be the most difficult thing you’ll be asked to do in ETEC522 – I’ll leave it to you to wrestle with this – all I can do is ask you to do your best. Thanks!
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jtpatry 11:20 pm on July 27, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Good evening Dr. Vogt,
I am a little unsure of how to embed or link a pdf file to the reply. It also doesn’t a spot to select the venture forum. I’m I missing something or should I just be creating a new post? Thanks.
Jon
David Vogt 6:34 am on July 28, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Jon –
One way for making a PDF available is In the Dashboard area, under “Media”, by selecting”Add New” to upload the document into the blog, including getting a link for it. But you can also link from other document hosting sites or embed using something like Scribd.
And if I understand your question, when you create a new post, the “Categories” selection is on the right side, with “Venture Forum” being among these (the 7th).
Hope this helps,
David
jtpatry 9:42 am on July 28, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Perfect! Thats what I thought we needed to dow as just create a new post, but the message stated to reply! Thanks
David Vogt 12:27 pm on July 28, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Jon – Each A3 submission should be a new post in the Venture Forum. That enables PulsePress to be activated successfully.
David
janetb 8:09 am on July 28, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi David,
You mentioned that we don’t have to post our “reflection”. Is that referring to the self-evaluation mentioned on Evaluation Rubric, or is it something else? Any particular format you are hoping for or is it fairly open-ended?
Thanks,
Janet
David Vogt 12:28 pm on July 28, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Yes, Janet, I’m referring to the self-reflection part of the rubric – this doesn’t need to be posted, simply submitted to me separately with the complete assignment.
Cheers,
David
shawn harris 11:09 am on July 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi David, I would rather distribute my Venture Pitch just to those specifically assigned to review it. How ever, should they send me a copy of their review by email or will that be shared with the entire group?
~Shawn
David Vogt 11:26 am on July 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Shawn –
That’s fine if there are elements of your Venture Pitch which you don’t want public disclosure of for intellectual property (IP) reasons. Most reviews don’t delve into IP, but I won’t argue with additional caution. Please ask your reviewers to also copy their reviews to me when they forward them to you.
Cheers,
David
shawn harris 1:46 pm on July 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi David,
Should I send both the Venture Pitch and Elevator Pitch to the Reviewers? Or the Elevator pitch has to be posted here in the forum?
~Shawn
David Vogt 9:53 pm on July 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Shawn –
Post both if that’s convenient. The elevator pitch is a minimum; the venture pitch is something you can control the distribution of .
David
Sherman Lee 9:54 pm on July 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi David,
I ran into some major difficulties with my video converter that I use to convert powerpoint into videos. It was working when I did my test slides a week ago, but everything is out of sync now. I don’t know if I would be able to fix the problem before midnight. Is it okay if I send you the PowerPoint Show instead? I am not sure how to post this onto the blog 🙁 Sorry for the inconvenience. Just discovered this when I was reviewing the videos today.
Sherman