Overview
A lot of thought, preparation, doing, considering, analysing, and talking has led you to this point: presenting your climate action project to your host organization. This is likely one of the highlights of your internship – and your MACAL studies.
What your presentation looks will depend on the project itself, your presentations style preferences, and the needs of the organization. Who the audience for this presentation is will need to be determined in collaboration with your host organization supervisor. Your presentation might be inward facing such as a formal board room presentation or policy brief delivered to the organization supervisor and staff; or it might be outward facing such as sharing back the findings with the community who participated in the research, or a creative output such as a documentary or guidebook. Both your internship and your academic supervisor are there to support you and guide your through this process of determining the nature of the project presentation. Take note of what you are observing about yourself and those who you identify as beneficiaries of your project.
How will you celebrate success?
Deliverables
Activities & Assessment Overview
- Compile your climate action project and complete internship contact hours.
- Engage with course readings and other relevant academic and non-academic sources.
- Unit 3: Activity 1 – Reflections – What… did I bring? …do I take? …do I leave behind? (see task description below).
- Set up ‘exit interviews’ with your host supervisor and other key counterparts during your internship.
- Review project presentation with academic supervisor.
Unit 3 – Activity 1
What did I bring? What do I take? What do I leave behind?
This learning activity asks you to reflect on your internship experience prior to setting up an exit interview(s) at your internship host organisation. Take a moment to reflect on your experience so far. What did you bring to the host? What do you take from the experience? What do you leave behind? What might be some next steps either for yourself or your host organization?
These reflections may be useful in identifying who you would like to speak to at your host organisation, beyond your host supervisor.
Consider the key guiding questions for your activity related to the 4 Feathers Guide:
- Develop a vision (Eagle): What do you want to explore about yourself, the climate action project, the future?
- Gather Information (Heron): What do you know now, after presenting the project, that will inform your approach moving forward? What do you want your host organisation know, now that you are completing your internship? What have you observed as an outsider coming into this organisation?
- Identify Knowledge (Owl): Who are your main counterparts, what do they know about you and your project? Who do you consider the beneficiaries of your project? Who else needs to know about your project? Who could sustain/maintain/implement your project after you leave?
- Share your Voice (Loon): What do you want your host to take away from your presence in the organisation and from your project? What do you consider essential for others to know? What do you intend to do with the learnings from your host and project?
Reference to the 4 Feathers Guide as guiding principles for this assignment is inspired by: Alphonse, S.R., Charles, D. N. & Bell, T. (2019). Four Feathers Writing Guide. RRU Library.
Assignment Deliverable: This reflection is required but not assessed (marked).It is due prior to the exit interview with your host supervisor/organization.
Prepare a short (500-750 word) document to submit to the Moodle dropbox for review by your academic supervisor.