Blog Post 10/2

List ten specific ways in which your team approach has changed/evolved since you started, teamwork skills you have developed, and lessons you have learned.

  1. the team gained clearer, more direct communication
  2. we got better at delegating of tasks instead of just hoping someone remembers to do it
  3. We all have learned how to respectfully communicate where I feel other people are lacking
  4. we had collaboration on projects instead of one person doing it alone
  5. I’ve learned to listen better to other people’s ideas
  6. I can understand different points of views
  7. I have more empathy for what others are dealing with on top of their assigned work
  8. I am better at giving feedback on how things were done
  9. I am better at receiving feedback and understanding it’s not a critique of who I am
  10. I’m more confident at voicing my point of view or my idea

 

During Spring 2020/Week 7, Your team developed a Collaboration Plan for your team clearly articulating your Goals (Small g and Big G) Roles, Procedures, and Relationships. Provide an updated Collaboration Plan.

Team Name: Ukweli Test Strips                                          Date: October 2, 2020
Goals Project GOAL (Big G): Create a self-sustaining system that changes the way maternal conditions are identified and followed up with appropriate care, improving maternal health and reducing maternal mortality from UTIs and preeclampsia to zero

Scaling: Our project goal is not scaled to our resources 

Metrics for Success:

  • Number of Women screened
  • Number of women who test positive for one or more parameters and receive follow-up care
  • Number of women dying from preeclampsia or UTIs

Personal GOAL (Small G): 

Spencer: Ensure the continued success of the venture through identifying and submitting applications to multiple funding sources

Noah: Finish writing a robust data analysis for screening metrics

Skyler: Conducting and managing the WhatsApp Communication study 

Anneke: Provide support to the team for WhatsApp Communication Study and personal support to individual team members

Roles
  • Spencer: Shaper, Resource Investigator
  • Creating proposals 
  • Applying for funding
  • Collecting a list of sources for funding
  • Skyler: Shaper
  • Conducting WhatsApp Interviews
  • Mapping locations/finding system for that
  • Applying for funding 
  • Noah: Coordinator
  • Discussion and Analysis of WhatsApp content (later in semester most likely)
  • Wrap up of data analysis paper
  • Coordinate team responsibilities in conjunction with Zach
  • Regular communication with the Distribution Manager in Sierra Leone
  • Anneke: Team Worker 
  • Conducting WhatsApp Interviews
  • Funding
Procedures ·  Decision Making – What process shall we use: deference to expert→ refer back to Khanjan before making any decisions to get his input.

·  Meeting roles: Zach Day = Scribe

Communication – Meetings Once a week with Khanjan over Zoom, daily communication over GroupMe, additional meetings added throughout the week if needed (Blog Post Meetings, larger group meetings)

Relationships
  • Team Diversity
    • Disciplines: Bioengineering, Health Medicine & Society, Sociology, Marketing, Molecular Biology
  • Work Experience: Healthcare, Customer Service, Retail, Food Service
  • Backgrounds: Christian Ministry, Community College
  • Listening – Give each group member a turn to speak. Listen thoughtfully and wait to come to a conclusion until everyone has gone.
  • Team Name– Ukweli Test Strips

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