MIT Sloan School of Management
GLOBALHEALTH LAB
Spring 2013
Due: End of Week 11
Sloan Portfolio
WedesignedthisassignmentinparttomeetSloanSIPrequirements.Theaim:distillyourexperience
andinsightstotellastoryaboutyourprojectinacompellingwaythatgetsyou(andothers)excited.
Asareminder,yourteamshouldsubmitonevisualoptionandonewrittenoption.So,apairofyou
willworkoneachofthefollowing.Letusknowofanyquestions—we’rehappytohelp!
Visual options
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Photojournal:acuratedcollectionof12photographs,eachwithanextensive caption
o Youmayusethephotosyousharedlastweek.
o First,editeachcaptiontoputanumberinfrontofthetextforeach,sotheorderisclear.
o YoumaysimplyeditthecaptionsinSharepoint.Retainyouroriginalone‐sentence
caption,addingtheextendedcaptionbelowit.
o Alternatively,youmaysubmitaworddocument,witheachcaptioncodedbynumber
(likelyeasiertowriteandeditthisway).
o Thecaptionforeachphotographshouldbeaminimumofaround150words.Taken
together,thecaptionsneedtotellacompletestorythatstandsonitsown,thatmakes
sensetopeoplewhomaynotnecessarilyknowabouttheclass,theorganization,orMBA‐
speak.Makesureyourtextiswell‐writtenandcompelling.
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Videothatpresentstheproject,thesolution,thehost,andthesetting:
o Pleasecontactthecourseteamtoselectthebestmethodofdeliveringthevideotous.
Written options
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Blogjournalof5‐7poststhattellastoryoverthecourseofyourproject
o Makesurethateachpostcontainsaphotowithaone‐sentencecaption.
o Itisacceptabletousethecontentfromyourphotojournalinblogposts.
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Standalonemanagementmodulethattakessomethingyoudidandpresentsittoageneral
audience.Imaginewhatyouwouldhavelikedtofindonlineattheoutsetof yourproject, orelse
developsomethingthatpeopleinyourhostorganizationwouldwanttouseandrefertointheir
followupwork.Aimfor4‐8pages,self‐contained.Referencesformoreinformationarevery
helpfultoincludetoo.
o Optionstoconsiderincludeahowto‐guide;anintroductionandoverviewtosomekey
processortool;orachecklistwithdetailedexplanations
o Someexamples:http://globalhealth.mit.edu/tag/management‐for‐the‐world/
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Initialdraftofacase
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