Project: Sub-Team Spotlights

Basic Details

The subteam spotlights provide a critical role in updating members of the AguaClara team and the general public about AguaClara's projects. It provides a simple and concise report of each team's project, goal, and progress. By reviewing each team and each part of the water filtration process, the subteam spotlights give people a general understanding of AguaClara and water sanitation as a whole. Essentially the weekly spotlights are a way to bridge the information gap between the general public and members of AguaClara.

Spring 2017 Current Work

What Has Been Completed So Far
The PR team has conducted four formal interviews with different subteams with AguaClara. There have been six interviews so far, the first one was with the Investment Team, and the second one was with the Chemical Dosage Control Team, the third was with the Rapid Mix Team, and the fourth was with the High Rate Sedimentation Team. The fifth was with the POST team, and the sixth interview was with the Filter Treatment Train Flow Control team. From there, we interviewed the POST team, STARS team, FTTFC team, and the Ram Pump team. The interviews have gone very well, and the final interviews have been posted on Facebook. The sub-teams spotlights are organized based on the flow of water through the plant, and are structured to communicate progress and need for the team.
Interview Structure:

Template for Weekly Spotlights

Name:

Name of Subteam:

Graduation Year:

Brief Layman Description about what your subteam does: [2-3 sentences]

Please some of the following:

  • Something exciting about what you’re doing

  • A funny story about something that’s happened while researching

  • Any discoveries

  • Timeline

  • A fun fact about the work you’re doing

  • A quote from a teammate

  • Something interesting from your group that you’d like to share

  • Impact of your research

  • How it connects to the water sanitation at large

  • Picture of team/ action shots


Next Steps of the Project
For the future, the PR team will use a high-quality camera rented from Olin library to take pictures. The subteam spotlights will continue every week until all the teams have shared their story. From there the PR team will share a report about Honduras and useful tech water sanitation.
The PR has changed the structure of the Subteam Spotlights from last semester. Before the PR team would do interviews with individual people, but these interviews were very personal and did not really connect to AguaClara and water sanitation as a whole. Now the PR team is focusing on team interviews and sharing the story of the whole team and its impacts. Taking a more holistic approach to the interviews will allow the general public and other teams to remain informed about AguaClara's projects and goals.
Any Problems Currently Being Faced
The main challenges of the semester have been finding a time that works for the majority of the team members, but usually, there are at least one or times a week that work for everyone. There is also another issue of taking high-quality photos of the entire team. Current the PR team has used an iPhone to take the images, but will find a high-quality camera for the future. 
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