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Project 2 - Project Planning
In class 2/20
Updated Interview Questions
- Introduction: Why are we here?
- Sustainability design thinking class, want to engage in design process with sustainbility on campus. want to understand
- Mention Colin
- Tell us about your role on the farm and the day-day funciton here! Let Jessica shine
- Tell us about the challenges you currently face on the Farm in your day-day. What do you wish could be different?
- Are they more programming oriented? Facilities oriented?
- What are the constraints of the problem?
- What do you wish you had a solution for? How do you want students to get involved?
- Student Engagement: who, how, and why?
- How do students find out about the farm? If you had more students what would they do?
- Collaborations/Cross-campus relations
- What is your relationship between other organizations/entities on campus (i.e., the Doerr School of Sustainability)? How do you interact/collaborate?
- Have these collaborations been generative and successful?
- Is there a desire for furthered collaboration?
- How do you imagine the relationship between the farm and the campus could be?
- Doerr School: workshops, classes, events?
- What is the Farm's relationship with R&DE/Dining Halls?
- Waste/Harvest Surplus
- How much food is unused? What happens to it?
- Are there particular products that there are surpluses for?
Pre-Interview Product Idea/Need Anticipation
- student engagement- farm stand near meyer green/center of campus
- expanding Farm - other locations on campus, building out current facilites
- distribution of produce - what happens to it?
- food, flowers, etc.
- is there extras/something that needs to be distributed?
Updated Project Timeline
Tuesday 2/20
Start presentation template
Thursday 2/22
Prep for interview/process information
Tuesday 2/27
Before class: each team member come up with 1 POV and 1-3 character composites to review in class
Combine POVs/composite profiles
Brainstorm ideas
Decide on inital prototype idea/direction
Thursday 2/29
Before class: prepare for in-class build/test session
Build/test initial prototype
Start presentation
Tuesday 3/5
Before class: Make changes based on feedback from in-class testing
Test changes
Implement final feedback/tweaks
Build out presentation
Thursday 3/7
Before class: finish and rehearse presentation
In-Class 2/15
What are our initial ideas?
- Maddie: designing additional spaces/garden beds/opportunities to activate space to boost engagement (for both Stanford and neighboring communities)
- Sam: building the brand of the Farm, increasing engagement/presence on campus
- dinging hall - dorm - farm relationship?
- Ishrita: increase classes, weekend-long programs, certificate program, sustainability/food, mini program, linking engagement to other sustainability groups/programs on campus
How do we get people to the Farm?
- Documentary event
- linking education, screening, food
- bridging the media to the farm
- pizza nights
- farm stand - bringing the farm to students
- free samples and sign ups
- collaborations between Wellness coaches and the Farm
- emphasizing the conneciton between wellness and food and agriculture
Initial Project Plan
- Meet w/ Jessica
- Schedule tour
- Potential questions for meeting(s) (Remember who when where why)
- What are some of the main Farm programs that you run?
- Who is engaged? Who do you work with on a daily basis?
- How has engagement changed over time?
- Has the role of the Farm changed over time?
- What is the Farm’s vision or long-term goals?
- What are the shorter-term goals for the Farm?
- What is your relationship between other organizations/entities on campus (i.e., the Doerr School of Sustainability)? How do you interact/collaborate?
- Have these collaborations been generative and successful?
- Is there a desire for furthered collaboration?
- How do you imagine the relationship between the farm and the campus could be?
- Tell us about the challenges you currently face on the Farm in your day-day. What do you wish could be different?
- Are they more programming oriented? Facilities oriented?
- What are the constraints of the problem?
- How does the Farm interface with the average Stanford student?
- What is the Farm's relationship with R&DE/Dining Halls?
- Does the farm ever have surplus or waste crops that have been harvested such as flowers?