Group Presentations Review

Creating a Healthier Campus
Pros - I liked it, passionate about the topic and appealed to audience
Cons - Went a little back and forth between the sections, I would have ordered it all differently

Blue & White: Cougar Line
Pros - I liked to specifics on the estimated startup cost and yearly cost
Cons - I think there's too much sensitivity surrounding the subject of increasing tuition costs to propose that the money for the project come by charging more for tuition, however small (even $6). I would have suggested proposing a cut to costs somewhere else as a source for the funding. Gotta avoid ideas that your audience will find repulsive ^_^

SmartEat
Pros - They tailored it nicely to their audience of choice, college students
Cons - I would have included more about the collaboration with businesses was going to work. The fact that the app was going to be free wasn't brought up until the end of the presentation, and that sort of killed it because everyone's thought was "Where's the money going to come from then?". It was sort of quickly answered, but should have been in the presentation.

Big O Tires Orem
Pros - Creative idea, presented well, appeared well-rehearsed
Cons - I would have liked to see specifics on how the van is designed (or what it includes) to be capable for the work. There wasn't much of anything about the van.

Biodiesel Fuel
Pros - Did a good job of establishing the current situation surrounding biodiesel
Cons - Obviously the science is difficult to understand (or even make up), but I would have liked to see a specific innovative idea proposed. I have received 3 science research grants, and you don't get awarded them by saying "Here's a problem, give us money to look for a solution". You get them by saying "Here's a problem, and here is a possible solution we have researched and want to try."

Password Security
Pros - Very convincing argument, especially for a lay-audience, I liked the use of the website
Cons - The proposal was fairly simple, might have included something about removing the highly sensitive info from my.byu.edu entirely

Hiking Trails Project
Pros - Good, reasonable plan of one week per year, limits disturbance to people's enjoyment
Cons - It wasn't clear why the current situation is the way it is (about the powered tools and such)

BYU Transfer Student Scholarships
Pros - Super passionate
Cons - Didn't address how the scholarships would be decided on for transfer students. Not all universities are created equal, so it can't just be a simple rule of "everyone on scholarship at their original school gets BYU scholarship too".