Record & upload to bCourses a (maximum) 5 minute pitch, using a maximum of 5 slides.

9/17/2020 Assignment 4: Project Pitch Round 1

https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1497075/assignments/8145542 1/3

Assignment 4: Project Pitch Round 1

Due Oct 7 by 11:59pm Points 20 Submitting a media recording or a file upload File Types mp4 and mov

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Task:

Record & upload to bCourses a (maximum) 5 minute pitch, using a maximum of 5 slides.

The topic can be your project, intended project, project topic area, or other technical topic (but are highly recommended to use this as an opportunity to practice presenting and writing related to your Capstone project).

The purpose of this assignment, with very limited time and slides, is to challenge teams to prioritize key messages into succinct narratives, to create maximum written and verbal impact. The goal is not perfection – it is to discover your strengths, and areas to strengthen for the Team Pitch Round 2.

Framing:

Your team has connected with a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, and after following up via email, have been invited to have a 10 minute call with a partner. Your goal is to introduce the ‘big ideas’ of the project and highlight the potential value to the firm, to secure support or buy-in.

Time with the firm’s partner is very limited, and competition is intense - your team's pitch must be professional, have a well-structured and succinct message, with a persuasive argument.

Requirements:

You can choose any topic related to your project, intended project, project subject area, or technical topic of interest (but are recommended to use this as an opportunity to practice presenting and writing related to your Capstone project).

- Submissions are uploaded to bCourses, and must be in .mp4 or .mov format. You can use your Zoom's Personal Meeting Room, and record to cloud or pc, smartphone, or webcam and video recording software. Video editing (eg cutting and editing) is not allowed.

Pitches must:

Have video or screensharing on throughout - if screen sharing, ensure to use the 'Side by Side' mode (eg in Zoom (https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004802843-Side-by-side-Mode- for-screen-

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Project Presentation Rubric

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Slides must include:

A maximum of 5 slides (inclusive of ALL slides, such as title slides, reference lists etc etc) Project (or topic) title, presentation date, your name Contact information for the team point of contact Minimum 1 image, drawing, or other graphic 3 peer-reviewed sources of information Correct in-text citations and reference list with Harvard APA style

Assignment materials: Click here (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mqkQme3WhGdJWQrYoZOhb9QyReHe1B5k?usp=sharing) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P1WGUzFMRbfHgAU2LScueY9gseGWevqk/view?usp=sharing)

9/17/2020 Assignment 4: Project Pitch Round 1

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Total Points: 20.0

Criteria Ratings Pts

4.0 pts

4.0 pts

4.0 pts

4.0 pts

4.0 pts

Perfromance 4.0 to >2.0 pts Good work Good performance throughout - Speech is natural sounding throughout, introductions and technical terms are slightly slower than the rest of the speech pace, and speech is not stilted from reading.

2.0 to >1.0 pts Satisfactory Mostly good performance - Some un-natural speech in parts, and/or obvious glance at notes

1.0 to >0 pts Good beginning Missing self introductions, and/or speech is stilted from reading, and/or monotone, and/or eye contant is not at the webcam.

Slides 4.0 to >2.0 pts Good work Includes all slide requirements

2.0 to >1.0 pts Satisfactory Missing any 1 slide requirement

1.0 to >0 pts Good beginning More than 5 slides IN TOTAL, or, missing >1 slide requirements.

Prepareness 4.0 to >2.0 pts Full Marks Smooth flow and verbal/narrtative connections and/or transitions between sections and/or slides.

2.0 to >1.0 pts Satisfactory Mostly smooth flow and transitions/connections, and/or any image text or text is too small to read comfortably.

1.0 to >0 pts Good beginning More than 5 mins long, and/or reading the text on the slide verbatim.

Spelling & grammar

4.0 to >2.0 pts Good work Zero spelling or grammar errors

2.0 to >1.0 pts Satisfactory 1 spelling or grammar error (including typos and verbal)

1.0 to >0 pts Good beginning More than 1 spelling or grammar error (including typos and verbal)

Narrative and focus

4.0 to >2.0 pts Good work Clear narrative, with clear connections to the explanations, and a persuasive argument.

2.0 to >0.8 pts Satisfactory Clear narrative, but lacking clear connections to the explanation, and/or persuasive argument.

0.8 to >0 pts Good beginning Largely fact-based narritive, and/or, lacking explanation, and/or lacking a persuasive argument.