Friday Speaker Series (click to view)

Bo Peretto and Dale Bradley (Daniels Fund)

Nathan Havey (Thrive Consultants and Conscious Capitalism)

Jamie Van Leuuwen (Global Livingston Institute)

John Scarborough (Silicon STEM Academy), Libby Whitmore (Cafe 180), and Fritz Bratschie, Vail)

Winning Teams:

The three winning teams receiving $500 prizes were
1) Clean Creations
2) Team Jeanie (Clothing Waste)
3) Eat for Everyone (Childhood Obesity) 

Section 1 - Prof. Witmer TF 8AM

• CAMTA (Food Insecurity)
• Team Fit (Obesity)
• Team Hydroponics (Global Food Insecurity)  
• Team Mental Health
• Urban Housing Heroes
• Jeanie (Clothing Waste)

Section 2 - Prof. Novak TF 10AM

• EFAC – Equitable Food Access Committee  
• Gene Busters 
• Solutions (Mental Health)
• Aquadillos
• Recycle Denver
• Renewable Energy

Section 3 - Prof. Novak TF Noon

• Obesity
• Rare Disease Awareness
• Infrustrated
• Team Transportation
• Cannabis Industry Plastic Pollution
• Team Pios
• The Educated Owls

Section 4 - Prof. Wittmer TTH 2PM

• Team Algae (Chesapeake Bay Clean up)
• Eat for Everyone (Childhood Obesity) 
• Team Teamwork (Homelessness)
• Textbookworms (Texboook Costs)
• Wacky Water Cleaners 
• Switch Strategies (Sexual Violence)

Section 5 - Prof. Spensley TF 8AM

• Pioneering Sustainability (Renewable energy)
• Education (Communcation Deficit)
• Left Overs (Hunger in Denver)
• Clean Creations
• Team Health (Childhood obesity)
• Income inequality

Presentation Date & Time: Fall 2018 presentations will take place on Friday, November 16, 2018 between 10am and 2pm in the Margery Reed Building, 2306 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80208. Winning teams will receive $500 prizes.

A full schedule is at the bottom of this page.

Presentation Awards & Reception: A concluding reception for all participating students, judges, faculty and university stakeholders will take place from 2-3pm on Friday, Nov. 16th (location TBD). During the reception three winning teams selected by the judging panels will be awarded $500 prizes to be shared amonst participating team members.

Presentation Materials: All teams should prepare materials in PowerPoint or PDF format and submit their presentation slides through a provided link in their Canvas section by 11:59pm on Thursday, Nov 15th so that they can be loaded onto a common computer in each presentation room prior to the presentations. Teams wanting to show contents from their Portfolio site are encouraged to include screenshots in their presentations to eliminate the need for switching applications or relying on internet connectivity.

Presentation Format & Rubric: 10 minutes for group presentation, 5 minutes for Q&A from judges. This will be followed by 5 minutes to allow for transition between teams and judge scoring. Teams will be evaluated on four criteria, each with an equal weighting of 25%:

A link to a Word document version of this rubric is below. Any questions about the final presentation event can be directed to your section instructor.

Public Good Challenge Judging Sheet - 2018

Michael Caston, Associate Professor of the Practice in Innovation & Product Design & Development, Executive Director of the Innovation Floor, Faculty Director of Creativity and Entrepreneurship Living Learning Community, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science.

John Scarborough, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Silicon STEM Academy

Paul Bauer, Professor Emeritus and Advisory Board Member, Department of Business Information and Analytics, Daniels College of Business

Faculty Contact: Kathie Novak

Bruce Hutton, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Daniels College of Business

Don Mayer, Professor of the Practice, Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies, Daniels College of Business

Faculty Contact: Dennis Wittmer

Randy Harrison, UCD professor

Paula Gable, Paula Gable & Associates LLC

Paul Seaborn, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Daniels College of Business

Faculty Contact: Prof. James Spensley