1. Effective Communications - Group Project How to do your best for the Critical Design Review and for the Group Project!

2. Group Organization  Leader - Takes charge, responsibility  Recorder - Keeps meeting reports, agendas, tasks…  Resource person - Keeper of the designs and model, storyboard  Diagram person - Responsible for all organizational diagrams, artwork  Notebook person - Responsible for design notebook  Presentations - All  Leader - Takes charge, responsibility  Recorder - Keeps meeting reports, agendas, tasks…  Resource person - Keeper of the designs and model, storyboard  Diagram person - Responsible for all organizational diagrams, artwork  Notebook person - Responsible for design notebook  Presentations - All

3. Project Organization  Creativity / Originality  Illustrations / Artwork / Storyboard /Model  Practicality / Safety  Fun Value ( costumes?, theme? throws?)  Quality of Presentation  Creativity / Originality  Illustrations / Artwork / Storyboard /Model  Practicality / Safety  Fun Value ( costumes?, theme? throws?)  Quality of Presentation

4. Presentation Organization  Title Slide  Objective / Intent / Attention to Theme  Mardi Gras Section  Basic Float Design How? Organization? Diagrams? Structure? Components Five judging points  Closing  Title Slide  Objective / Intent / Attention to Theme  Mardi Gras Section  Basic Float Design How? Organization? Diagrams? Structure? Components Five judging points  Closing

5. Notebook Organization  Title Page - Title, group and members, class,date  Report  Introduction (objective, rules, components)  Mardi Gras Details (Overview, specifics)  Engineering Elements (can be bullet, list)  Summary  Background Research  Diagrams and Plans  Troubleshooting  Meeting Reports  Tasks Summary  Appendix  Title Page - Title, group and members, class,date  Report  Introduction (objective, rules, components)  Mardi Gras Details (Overview, specifics)  Engineering Elements (can be bullet, list)  Summary  Background Research  Diagrams and Plans  Troubleshooting  Meeting Reports  Tasks Summary  Appendix

6. Sales Pitch - Your Idea is the Best!  Notebook - Has EVERYTHING! (Follow directions!!!!!)  Presentation - Has all the key points, main sales pitch for competition! Model - Helps promote the concept Costumes, Approach - Continues the theme Storyboard - May help continue the theme  Storyboard - Good Summary, promotes idea, theme  Notebook - Has EVERYTHING! (Follow directions!!!!!)  Presentation - Has all the key points, main sales pitch for competition! Model - Helps promote the concept Costumes, Approach - Continues the theme Storyboard - May help continue the theme  Storyboard - Good Summary, promotes idea, theme