Global Village-TBU: April 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009

"Tom and Jane in Uruguay" sample presentation

This might sound stoopid :P Sorry i was too lazy and didn't practice.

"Tom and Jane in Uruguay" sample presentation

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Instructions for Global Village

Phew! Finally the instructions are here. Feel free to ask about anything.

How to prepare for Global Village

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Friday, April 10, 2009

The GV schedule

Global Village

Expectations/Objectives:

We want to connect Czech students with the International students.
we want to connect international students together.
We want to present the cultures of different countries and show the different point of views in the world
We want to promote the opportunity of international experience through AIESEC

The plan:

before

Preparation party

ice breakers
interview
editing the Tom and Jane

May 5th

In the lecture room:

10:00 introduction
10:15 First Tom and Jane presentation
10:20 Music during the breaks (internation students can read something in their language)
10:30 - 14:30 the rest of Tom and Jane presentations with music at the breaks

Oustide wichtele's hall:

table stand

visual aids like national flag, photos, traditional souvenirs
food and refreshments
handouts
AIESEC table

games

Ritual: the participants will direct visitors to conduct random ritual of their culture. For example: wedding, tea culture, national holidays
quizzes: participants will test the visitors' knowledge about their country. facts could include: capital city, currency,

competition

keep talking: any participant will be given a microphone and they have to speak without stopping as long as they can.
challanges: traditional games that participants can prepare. it will have prizes for winners.

music
interview with czech and foreign students

after

After party in the evening.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Last year, presentations in Global Village started like "My country has X population, and Y is the capital". Actually it was lot of work, and students made great presentations.

BUT

Our audience felt it was too much information.

"Feed us with spoon not excavator!!"

So this year we are changing that...

Imagine that Tom and Jane, two Czech students, were suddenly brought to your country.

What would happen to them?
Where Would they go?
What would they do?
Who would they meet?

Now things are becoming interesting, right?

Put some pictures of places in your country.

You just narrate their story. Make a story with the help of Powerpoint on the adventures they had in your country. It's just 10 minutes. It will be so easy.

You might be wondering, how are we supposed to make a story about them when we have never even seen them.

"Definitely not Tom"

Well we are in the process of making the pictures of Tom and Jane. After that we'll give you (the presentation makers) the pictures as a template so that you can use it.

Suppose this is Tom and Jane's picture.
(Warning: they're NOT!)

and this is "Your country"

Viola! "Um..This is the picture of Tom and Jane in the Alps, where they summerskied."

Don't be afraid of Photoshopping you don't have to put lots of pictures like this. Plus the pictures will come as cropped, so you'll just put them in the front, and that's it.

And when we make Tom and Jane's pictures we'll have several variations. Also we will consider your request.

Tip:

Be as creative as possible. You're doing it to have fun, it's not a homework.
If you want you can send them to different times to show the history/significant events in your country.
You can put dialogues between the characters, include new characters.
We organizers can help you with additional storylines after you show us your story. We will see and discuss possible improvements on the presentation to make it coherent with the other presentations.
If you are out of ideas: STEAL from the movies! You can get away with it if you say it's a parody.