Issues of Concision
Worked on diagrams for my framework and revised my presentation based on feedback from Simona. Hopefully the diagrams make the relationships more obvious, as before they were getting lost in a sea of words. Really, it’s clear in my brain! And it seems I can explain it to people when given the opportunity.
This difficulty with externalizing the information in my brain sometimes means I overlook the obvious. So, for instance, there’s quite a bit of information in my Thesis Proposal which is relevant, but I haven’t included it in my presentation thus far. And sometimes I miss the concise summary which others can see more clearly. Taking breaks and stepping away from the material helps, but then again the timeframes aren’t always conducive to doing so.
One case of conciseness regards the issue of relationships: I’m now finding it possible to situate my presentation around this theme of relationships, which turns the whole presentation inside out—quite literally, with regard to the order of information—but it’s for the better.
And sometimes it’s just as important to point out what you’re NOT doing. I’m now mentioning from the outset that I’m not interested in objects; rather, I’m interested in relationships. One relationship is sustainability as consisting of economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Another relationship is the timeframes associated with each component. Another relationship is business with consumers. Another relationship is business with sustainability.
At some point after my presentation on Wednesday (2:30 – 3:00 PM), I’ll post the presentation online so you can get a sense of what I’ve been working on this past while. The Background Research Chapter and Thesis Proposal are both supposed to be posted online this week, so once they’re up you can peruse them as well.
The Background Research Chapter could use some work, but the Thesis Proposal is pretty much good to go…I just need to make a minor tweak in one particular place (and potentially others after I receive feedback from the Review on Wednesday).