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As we went through the process, the children conducted interviews, discussed how realistic our ideas were, (the ice sculpture was not) and thought about expenses for the solution idea.

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After the presentation, Ms. Adrienne and Mr. Rob, the two Herrick Librarians, expressed to the students that they really like the idea of a VIP pass for the event, because we were all important for this process. Adrienne asked for the presentation to be shared with her so she could reflect back on our ideas. The kids are very excited to possibly see their solution ideas implemented next year at the 2026 Author Celebration!

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Before deciding a format for our presentation, we had to ask Ms. Adrienne what type of technology was available. We then decided to create a Google Slide Show.

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Students were able to reflect in real time during the Question and Answer session after our presentation. Several of the kids responded with, "Oh, we hadn't thought of that." These questions made them realize that there were things we still needed to hash out.

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THE PITCH AT HERRICK LIBRARY

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First, this group presented our fundraising plan.

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Next up, our ideas for how to let people know about the author event. 

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Our VIP pass for the event was explained.

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DOT VOTING: After narrowing down the ideas to those that were viable, each child was given dots to vote for two of their favorite  choices on each poster.

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Here are all of our Idea Quota ideas for each element of the Author Event. 

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The students then traveled from table to table adding as many ideas to each component of the Author Event.

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After completing our research, we did some Mind Mapping to consider what components of the Author Event we needed to\ address.  

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We began the incubation stage by conducting some research into what excellent book launch parties might include. 

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We identified all of the Stakeholders effected by the driving question. 

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After completing the Bug List  and the Stakeholder map and reflecting on them, students thought about things they still needed to know to about the driving question. 

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The plan for stations to visit for the event was described. 

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After completing the stakeholder map, we tried to imagine what our different stakeholders should be thinking, seeing, saying, and doing by completing empathy maps. 

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Lastly, one of our station ideas was explain in a more in-depth fashion.

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The students came up with interview questions for the librarian that addressed many of the "Need to Knows". Here are the questions and responses.

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How do we revamp the Author Celebration night into an epic unforgettable experience?

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A Journey through the current Story Book Project hosted by Herrick North Branch Library!

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To kick off the event, we watched a slide show the reflected on the Author Event we were part of in November. This event was held to celebrate books that each group of students had written after participating in the Story Book Project at Herrick North Branch Library.

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Take time to reflect on what went well. What will you change for next year? What feedback did you get from students, the business partner, the authentic audience that can help make this project even better?

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work to reflect how your students came up with multiple ideas.

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We then combined some of our ideas to create a slide show of our pitch. Each small group chose one of the areas to focus on. They created the slide, wrote a script with what information they wanted to say during the pitch, and practiced it.

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We completed a Bug List to identify the problems with the way the Author Event is currently run. 

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Question and Answer debrief with audience after our presentation.