February 27th Team Meeting

1) DATE: 2/27/17

2) MEETING TIME: 6:15-7

3) LOCATION: Kalkin

4) CAT MEMBERS PRESENT: Kendell, Megan Jennifer

6) CAT WORK UPDATE:

A) What CAT tasks have you accomplished to date? 

-Kendell has interviewed 2 people

-Hannah interviewed 2 people

-Jennifer has 2 interviews next week

-Megan has done 1 and has 1 scheduled

B) What immediate and long-term CAT tasks lie ahead for the week, and who will execute?

-Do the remaining interviews and write the stories for the March 6th deadline

C) What was the most CHALLENGING element re: the past week's CAT work?

-Some VGE members have not been very receptive towards us/the interview concept

D) What was the most REWARDING element re: about the past week's CAT work?

-Got to talk to cool and interesting people and learn more about them and what their organizations do!

E) What is your CAT doing really well right now?

-Communication with each other and the VGE members

F) What is your CAT needing to work on right now?

-Getting it done 

Interview Questions

Interview Questions:

Tell me a bit about your professional occupation and background. How did you get here?

So, you obviously have a professional career. What led you to work at nonprofit? 

What was the problem you wanted to address that led you to where you are now (regarding your nonprofit)? 

What solution did you want to build?

What actions did you take to implement your solutions?

Who/what helped or hindered you along your journey of solving issues?

What keeps you going? 

Have you always had a passion for ________?

What led you to VGE and how has it changed the work you do?

Was there ever a time in your professional career where you were discouraged/disappointed? What made you persevere? 

What do you think the underlying commonalities are between you and the other members of VGE? What brings you all together?

What would you tell someone looking for inspiration to pursue a dream of solving a problem?

Is there anything I forgot to ask you?

February 13, 2017 Group Update

CAT Group Update

February 13, 2017
5:30-6:30
Kalkin Classroom

A) What CAT tasks have you accomplished to date? (use previous minutes)
-Kendell has an interview set up for Friday and a phone interview this week
-We have been emailing with Danielle, our UVM contact, so that she can update our VGE contacts and assist us with the interviews
-Each of us have been assigned our interviewees by Jackie and Fran to be completed by March 6th

B) What immediate and long-term CAT tasks lie ahead for the week, and who will execute?
-Set up interviews
-We are creating interview questions tonight that we will ask our interviewees
-Emailing VGE and asking their feedback on the questions we have created

C) What was the most CHALLENGING element re: the past week's CAT work?
-Setting up times for interviews with each of our people

D) What was the most REWARDING element re: about the past week's CAT work?
-Learning more about the organizations with our research about the people we're interviewing

E) What is your CAT doing really well right now?
-Communicating well with each other and of VGE contact

F) What is your CAT needing to work on right now?
-We are creating interview questions tonight that we will ask our interviewees

Excellence Checklist

Excellence Checklist:

1. Teamwork- all CAT members contributed their time energy and skills.
2. Writing- no spelling, grammatical, mechanical errors.
3. On time- complete project by the deadlines.
4. Conduct and complete a thorough interview.
5. Share article with other group members before submitting to proofread.
6. Design- professionally designed and presented.

February 6th, 2017

1) 2/6/17

2) 7:30-8:00pm

3) LOCATION: Kalkin 

4) CAT MEMBERS PRESENT: All of us!

5) CAT MEMBER ROLES (W suggests switching these roles for each meeting):

A) FACILITATOR (1 person) - Kendell
B) NOTE KEEPER/PUBLISHER (1 person) - Megan
C) TIME KEEPER (1 person) - Hannah
D) AGENDA CREATOR (1 person) - Jennifer

6) CAT WORK UPDATE:

A) What CAT tasks have you accomplished to date? (use previous minutes)
-Met with partners
-Got the contact information for people to reach out to
-Established deliverables and deadlines

B) What immediate and long-term CAT tasks lie ahead for the week, and who will execute?
-Contact VGE members and set up times to meet individually
-Meet with VGE members and interview them
-Create profile stories

C) What was the most CHALLENGING element re: the past week's CAT work?
-Getting too many emails from VGE
-It was hard to get a sense of what exactly VGE wants from us.

D) What was the most REWARDING element re: about the past week's CAT work?
-Learning about specific deliverables and learning the underlying theme behind it
-Learning exactly what is expected of us, since other groups don't know what they're doing yet

E) What is your CAT doing really well right now?
-We already have contact information with VGE partners

F) What is your CAT needing to work on right now?
-Making the questions that will help to get to the underlying theme of the project