It took three hours instead of the intended seventy five minutes, but the final presentation to our main clients took place yesterday afternoon. Happy days!
The final version of our presentation ended up being 73 slides as we had the enviable problem of having too much content rather than too little. We stopped at least twice to ask our main stakeholders if they needed a break as even prisoners in solitary confinement are allowed an opportunity to stretch their legs occasionally, but it seemed to go very well. The stakeholders agreed with all of our conclusions and did not question or argue any of our findings, yet they were still impressed with the final results. We had tried to keep the stakeholders aware of what our investigation and research was indicating through out the process. One admitted that he had been wondering how we would gather so many disparate interviews and topics into a cohesive report, so we are cautiously optimistic that this report will have a life after we are gone, and will not just sit gathering virtual dust in a cyber drawer somewhere.
We ended the day by taking our clients for dinner to say goodbye and thank them for being so easy to work with at a local Mexican restaurant:
We were served huge platters of pork cooked in a dozen different ways. Sausages. Pork chops. Curried pork. Enchilladas made of pork. It was delicious, but there was so much pig on plates that Porky Pig is now in hiding. It was Atkin's Diet heaven.
Afterwards we all felt happy and tired like this:
But, because we are in Mexico, we went out as a team for a single round of these:
We're currently working on a presentation for tomorrow's session with local parents about internet safety so the session can be interactive rather than just listening to us talk for an hour, and we are finalizing our executive summary for the Governor's presentation on Thursday.
But for now I will leave you with this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4
#ibmcsc mexico1
The final version of our presentation ended up being 73 slides as we had the enviable problem of having too much content rather than too little. We stopped at least twice to ask our main stakeholders if they needed a break as even prisoners in solitary confinement are allowed an opportunity to stretch their legs occasionally, but it seemed to go very well. The stakeholders agreed with all of our conclusions and did not question or argue any of our findings, yet they were still impressed with the final results. We had tried to keep the stakeholders aware of what our investigation and research was indicating through out the process. One admitted that he had been wondering how we would gather so many disparate interviews and topics into a cohesive report, so we are cautiously optimistic that this report will have a life after we are gone, and will not just sit gathering virtual dust in a cyber drawer somewhere.
We ended the day by taking our clients for dinner to say goodbye and thank them for being so easy to work with at a local Mexican restaurant:
We were served huge platters of pork cooked in a dozen different ways. Sausages. Pork chops. Curried pork. Enchilladas made of pork. It was delicious, but there was so much pig on plates that Porky Pig is now in hiding. It was Atkin's Diet heaven.
Afterwards we all felt happy and tired like this:
But, because we are in Mexico, we went out as a team for a single round of these:
We're currently working on a presentation for tomorrow's session with local parents about internet safety so the session can be interactive rather than just listening to us talk for an hour, and we are finalizing our executive summary for the Governor's presentation on Thursday.
But for now I will leave you with this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4
#ibmcsc mexico1
I am exhausted even reading this!! Good work!
ReplyDeleteWell done Gary, it must feel great and sad in equal measures to have got to this point. Hope the IBM Activity Kit link I sent you is of use for your presentation to parents.
ReplyDeleteLove the YouTube clip to finish off your blog ;-)
Well done Gary. It sounds like your presentation would make interesting reading. Is it confidential or can you share it with us?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately not, Brian. It has confidential information on the public safety services in Queretaro that we used to make our findings, so it would be too sensitive to put on the Internet. It's one of the reasons I've focused on the social aspects of the CSC in this blog.
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