Creative Solutions for Change – 2012

Poster presentation assignment

Introduction to Community Violence Prevention

Goals:

  • To engage students in dialogue with community members about their vision and goals for a safer community
  • Inspire leadership within the students to take ownership of their ideas and preferred methods of social change
  • To engage students in the creation and presentation of ideas at the Thursday, October 18, 2012Violence Prevention Stakeholders Event

Steps to Completing the Assignment:

  1. Pick your area of interest (sexually exploited minors, boys and men of color, young women of color, low income communities, gang affiliated youth and adults, re-entry population, etc)
  2. Based on your level of expertise what potential solution would you be interested in exploring and sharing with others (See the Prevention Institute’s spectrum of prevention areas 1 -6)
  3. Decide if you need to do this project individually or in small groups (no larger than 3 people per group – self organized)
  4. Conduct Research, Learn more about the issue in order to develop stronger solutions
  5. Construct your poster using pictures, graphs, statistics, quotes, etc.

THE POSTER PRESENTATION HAS TWO PURPOSES:

1)TO ENGAGE THE STUDENT IN RESEARCH AND DIALOGUE AROUND A PROBABLY SOLUTION TO A LOCAL COMMUNITY ISSUE

2)FOR STUDENT’S TO GET FEEDBACK FROM PRACTITIONERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR IDEAS

NOTE: Each student will be required to complete this assignment and field questions about their individual solution to violence in their neighborhood, city, state, nation, etc.

EACH STUDENT WILL TURN IN THE FOLLOWING FOR 100 POINTS

1)½ PAGE – 1 PAGE single spaced summary of their proposed solution

2)Poster to present and discuss at the Creative Solutions for Change event

3)Citations page for any data, statistics or pictures used.

Poster Presentation Scoring Rubric

Title (5 pts) – must include name, any affiliations, title of presentation

____ (2.5) to be printed on poster presentation

____ (2.5) to be printed on summary

Summary (40 pts)

____ (15) a 150 word (or less) abstract is included in the summary

____ (20) rationale for work: why this solution is interesting, important, relevant and/or timely

____ (5) solution is unique and relevant to the need addressed

References (10 pts)

____ (5) must include citations from data they present. Each poster must present at least two citations. (ex: Alameda County Public Health Department Statistics, OPD Crime Stats, etc)

____ (5) proper citation format (APA) (on separate sheet of paper)

[SEE: owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ ]

Specific to the Poster

Purpose/Objective/s (5 pts)

____ (2) purpose and/or objective/s is clearly stated

Style and Presentation (40 pts)

____ (20) use of images, pictures, quotes

____ (15) design of the poster

____ (10) easy to read and not too busy

____ (5) students ability to have dialogue with event participants

TOTAL SCORE ____/100

SAMPLE POSTER PRESENTATIONS – FOR GUIDANCE IN STYLE/DESIGN


[TEMPLATE FOR SUMMARY]

TITLE:

NAME:

AFFILIATION:

SUMMARY:

REFERENCES: