Proving that "World Scout Jamboree's" are a good place to be :-
Although I have chosen for my presentation to be about my 'good' place, I enjoyed researching about my concept of "Reduce, reuse, recycle" and so would like to incorporate this into my project, by aiming to be a more environmentally friendly designer. This relates to the last jamboree in Sweden, which was the first 'green' jamboree, with recycling facilities provided on camp to ensure there wasn't too much waste. Also, at the jamboree in 2007, there was a 'trash' activity, where we participants learnt more about recycling.
The presentation should:
- Summarise your findings
- Prove you are right
- Propose methods of informing, persuading or educating others through a range of print formats
- Include references to appropriate research into quantitative and qualitative forms of research
In intend to educate others about what World Scout Jamboree's are, and the positive effects they have on the lives of those that intend. By doing this, I hope to be able to persuade those who are involved in guiding or scouting but have not attended a jamboree to attend one. An example target audience could be my guide group, who are aged 10-14. As well as this, another aim to showcase the activities that take place in scouting and guiding, to show what a fun organisation it is, as some people have stereotypes of the activities they think scouts (knots) and guides (crafts) do!
I believe Jamborees are: fun, educational, adventurous, life-changing events.
Possible print formats: book, magazine, poster, a visual identity, packaging for product?
Slides
I've kept the slide content to a minimum so that I don't end up reading off them. I've just included a few photographs to help show visually what a Jamboree is. These photographs are both primary and secondary.
A jamboree is an international gathering of scouts and guides from across the world. Every four years, tens of thousands of scouts and guides gather in a tented city for two weeks of activity and adventure.
I went to the jamboree as a participant in 2007, it was special as this camp commemorated 100 years of scouting.
I went to the jamboree as a member of the IST this summer. IST stands for international service team.
You can learn new skills, meet people from different cultures, learn about others, and experience new opportunities. It promotes peace, as it builds solidarity and understanding. It normally wouldn't be possible for this many different people to get along in peace, but this camp is an example of multiculturalism in action.
The amount of people that attended can't be wrong! Everyone had an amazing time and so many have or will return to more jamboree's. My survey proved that a lot of people had been involved in scouting or guiding at some point but most hadn't attended a jamboree. The comments I received on my survey lead me on to my aims.
I want to educate people on what a jamboree is, and the positive effects on the world they have. I want to convince those who are involved in guiding and scouting that they should attend a jamboree. I want to change stereotypes about scouting, by showcasing the fun activities, and showing that it is not geeky or boring.
I ended up changing the last slide after receiving the first brief as it became clear I'd been a bit mistaken in what we were being asked to produce, as it is more about printing in a printers than printing by hand. I also realised I need to think much bigger than the usual format of a poster or leaflet, and do something more unique, challenging and interesting.
I want to do something bigger and better and different from what I would normally do. The environment is important in scouting so I would like to do something environmentally friendly.
My speech (in italic) basically sums up everything in this blog post and my other post, summarising everything I have researched about the Jamboree.
Feedback after presentation
I gave my presentation in front of four other members of the group and this is the feedback they gave me.
How good? Were you convinced?
What else is interesting about their good that hasn't been mentioned?
- Famous people who were a part of scouting and how they have helped the world
Is there a flaw in the argument? What do you disagree with and why?
- Not everyone has an interest, its a very select audience
- How do you successfully prove the geeky stereotype wrong
- There are rules in scouting
What processes, scenarios, or contexts might improve the potential impact of the concept?
- How you got into it
- What are their rules?
- How can it help the environment?
- Who can go? What are the age restrictions?
- How is it different from a festival?
- What is scouting like in different countries? Are there the same stereotypes?
How else might the concept be creatively improved? Any other comments...
- Write about your personal experience
- Find out how the jamboree's are promoted now, and write about how I found out about the jamboree
- What is the cost
- Establish exactly how Scouts and Guides is different from younger to older ages
