The Feedback of Our Presentation about NGO

Hello, after we did the presentation we got the feedback from classmates and teacher.
These are the feedback of the presentation.

【About the name of our NGO -Flourish Japan through Olympics-】

• Neutral...1 

Although there are not so answers for this, I think that the name was not so "catchy". In order to let people fascinated with our activities, we should have thought more catchy name, not the normal name.

【Are the mission and the goals important for our NGO?】

• Important...4
• Neutral...1

As for the mission and the goals, I thought that we could persuade audiences with strong evidences of good points to host the Tokyo Olympics. However, we could not think about those who disagree with hosting the Tokyo Olympcis. In order to let people who disagree with Tokyo Olympics think about the good points for hosting the Olympics, we should have thought about the bad points and the solution to deal with these points.

【Uniqueness of our groups】

• Absolutely Unique...2
• Unique...4
• Neutral...3

I found that our activities will unique. Although it is very simple way to hold the events and meetings, the different concepts of each events may have made our NGO activities unique.

【Fundraising Activities... Is it sufficient?】

• Insufficient...1
• Neutral...1
• Sufficient...6
• Comments; It's hard to see how enough money would be raised through our methods.

I think that most of audiences thought that it is sufficient to do our fund raising activities. However, in this way it is difficult to gather the funds from those who disagrees with hosting the Tokyo Olympics and to help the construction of Tokyo National Stadium. So we should have thought about the way to gather the money from those, such as the promotional activities through media before the fund raising. In addition, we should think about the participational fee from participants with a little expensive costs.

【Is it adequate to do the methods regarding to Media?】

• Absolutely Adequate...2
• Adequate...8
• Neutral...1

From this result, I found that our media activities will have an effect to let people be interested in our NGO, through web site and the broadcasting our video on TV or during the events.

【Did you feel persuaded to join us?】

• Very persuaded...1
• Persuaded...9
• Neutral...2
• Comment; It's hard for me to believe that people will happily donate money toward the construction of the national stadium and other facilities.

From this results, most of the audiences felt persuaded. However, as I wrote in this entry, we had to think about those who disagree with hosting the Olympics in 2020 and the tax problems regarding to the fund raising. I think that we should hold the events which both those who agree with Olympics and those who disagree with it.

【Quality of PowerPoint】

• Excellent...4
• Good...7

As for the PowerPoint, there will be no problem of lacking of the explanation of our NGO. I was so happy to get these responses because I made my PowerPoint and the promotion video so hard!!

【Comments we got (Quotes)】

• Your survey results were very well presented
• It was a well prepared promotion PPT
• They should act for saving us from terrorisms
• I'm excited to 2020 Tokyo Olympics so it was interesting
• The Olympics are world-wide issue. I think this NGO can get members from overseas too.
• I really think that Tokyo Olympics in 2020 will be good for Japan.
• It would be better by promoting it in various ways.
• The content was a little bit vague since there were so many words. Anyway, your basic thoughts were stable, I think.
• It is not about the NGO, but one of the speakers talked very fast, that I had hard time to catch up with her speech.

I thought that we got a lot of reactions to the Promotion PPT. However, I thought that I spoke too fast because I had a lot of points to talk about, it may have made our presentation a little vague and difficult.  Also, our NGO saw the Tokyo Olympics from single perspectives, so we should have looked at the problem from a lot of perspectives.

Through these feedback from our classmates and the teacher, we can improve our NGO, Flourish Japan through Olympics by creating the events which both those who agree with Olympics and those who disagree with it, and also talk about the bad points for hosting the Olympics. If we do so, we may be able to find the solution to deal with these points and it will lead to the persuasion people who disagree with Olympics to think that Tokyo Olympics will have advantages for Japan somewhat. Also, we should have looked at the problem from a lot of perspectives. So not only the media and the simple fund raising, we should have planned to hold the events at the English facilities, such as the English Villages and the events which will focus on the terrorism at Japan and discuss the solution for the dangerous terrorism in Japan through the events and the special lectures by one of the members of Self-Defense Forces and as for the publicity we should promote our activities via YouTube or some devices such as TV, radios and the newspapers. By doing this, we may have been able to improve the function of NGO more.

I think that we could communicate with audiences what we wanted to tell, however, I thought that there are too many information about NGO and because of the time problem, I spoke so fast that I made our presentation difficult to understand clearly. In order to prevent from the difficulty to understand our missions and the projects, we should have told our activities more simply, clearly and easily to understand, but more in detail. In order to persuade audiences more, we should have focused on the smaller points what we should tell about. Although there were no misunderstanding from audiences as long as we looked at the feedback, I thought that there were some points which audiences thought difficult to understand our projects or activities because of the very complicated and fast explanation by me.

From these feedback, we could mostly persuade audiences to join us, but in terms of the complexity and the single perspectives of us, some of the information could not be told well. So we should think about our activities and the simple promotion more.

Actually, this is our last blog post. I wish you also think about Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Thank you for your reading!!!

Our Presentation of the NGO

Hello, we did the presentation of our fictitional NGO, "Flourish Japan through Olympics". and our slogan was: "Flourish Japan through the International Sports Festival!!!!!"
So, I summarized the points of our NGO!

【About the survey we conducted】
As for the detailed results of the survey, please look at the previous post "The result of the survey".
From the survey. we can see that Tokyo Olympics will have advantages for Japan.

In terms of whether respondents agrees with Olympics or not, the point which I thought it is interesting that the voice which are concerning about the economic recession and the hope for the economy recovery were remarkable. So between those who agrees with Olympics and those who disagree with it, there is the difference of the ideas for the same category, which is interesting. In addition, one of the respondents answered that it was difficult to decide exactly whether Tokyo Olympics is good or not, because it depends on the situation, especially in terms of economy.

【About the situations of Tokyo Olympics-From our blog-】
Next, we talked about the situation of Tokyo Olympics from our blog. So if you want to know more about the situations of Tokyo Olympics, please read our blog entries.
Our NGO strongly agrees with Tokyo Olympics so we talked about the good points to host the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.
The good points are following:

• Recovery from Great East Earthquake in Japan in 2011
• The economy recovery
• Flourish Japan through sports same as the Tokyo Olympics in 1964
• The strong relationship between countries
• Chance to improve the English ability of Japanese through the facility, "English Villages"
• Good impression of Japan

【The specific issue the group deals with and our goals we strive to achieve】
The specific issue
→ we will take actions to help the smooth management of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 as volunteers finally by using the knowledge from the events and meetings.

Our goals

• To help the Tokyo Olympcis more flourish with the power of the sports and the strong international relationships in 2020
• To let people around the world understand the advantages for hosting the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 through the meetings

【Our mission statement】
Although it is very long, our mission statement is like this:


Our mission is to discuss with those who agree with hosting the Tokyo Olympics and through the events and the meetings, to persuade those who do not think that Tokyo Olympics in 2020 is not good thing to make Japan flourish, in terms of the economic problems. In addition, we will let people around the world understand the history and the goals of the Olympics. And finally, we will help the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 as volunteers in terms of the management and the preparation of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

【Concrete ways that the NGO tries to achieve its goals.】
In our NGO, we try to give chances to think about the Tokyo Olympics by the following.

Monthly Events
→People who join the events will talk about the good points to host the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 with fun and relaxes. Also we can talk about the Olympics themselves and the previous Olympics in terms of the good points for them, with bringing the copy of the article on the Internet, or the other materials from books or magazines, whatever materials are fine!!

Monthly Meetings
→The special guest from the outside of the NGO who agrees with hosting the Tokyo Olympics will come and give us lectures about the Tokyo Olympics and the previous Olympic Games.

Also, in addition to these, sometimes we will join another outside events which helps to flourish the Tokyo Olympics, including the visit to the disaster-area for the publicity of Olympics. At last, in 2019 and 2020, we plan to help the management of Olympic Games, too.

Through these activities, we can think about the good points from many perspectives, so I think that we can have the strong opinions for agreeing with hosting the Olympics in 2020.

【How it is unique to other groups regarding to Olympics?】

In this NGO, we try to have a lot of opportunity to discuss the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 more than other NGOs, not only the time immediately before the Olympics but also the time when the Tokyo Olympics are drawing near and the members of the discussion is not only with the members of the NGOs but also with those who do not participate in the NGO regularly. However, after the events or the meetings, if participants are interested in the activities of this NGO, they can join us at any time!!!

【Network of our NGO】
We have the network with...

• Japanese Olympic Committee(JOC)
• International Olympic Committee(IOC)
• Japanese Government

→Through this network, we have cooperated with on the activities that help the management of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, especially in terms of the publicity.

【How NGO keeps running】
This NGO keeps running by your participation in the events and the meetings monthly, which you can join us at any time.Also, we try o gather the funds and sometimes the funds are raised for the support of the construction of the facilities which foreigners can also use conveniently and the management of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
In the stations or the public facilities, there are boxes for fund raising for our NGO, no matter how much do you donate, it will help us and the management of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

【Promotion Video】
After this, we broadcasted the promotion video of the NGO, unfortunately we cannot broadcast in this blog, we tried to persuade you to join us through the images and the sentences for Olympics in1964 and 2020, with the BGM was the theme song of the London Olympics in 2012, which the respondents of the survey thought it was most impressive games.

【Recruitments】
We recruit new members at any time, each events and the meeting. Through the e-mail or the telephone, you can join us and start the activities for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020!
It is no problem whether there are some events or not.

【Media】
We are creating the promotion video and it will broadcast through the events, meetings and on TV. Also, we create the web site. Through a lot of media we try to make the media interested in our activities.

【why it would be worthwhile to join us?】
Our NGO group gives those who do not have participate in the conference which are specializing in something but have the motivation to help Japan flourish through the Tokyo Olympic in 2020 and want to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 the chance to think about the Tokyo Olympics through the fun events and the easy meetings. So we can think about the Tokyo Olympics from the first step, by reading the articles about the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 even if the beginners of this kinds of conference can also participate in this NGO easily, that’s why it is interesting for you to join us. Anyone can participate in at any time!!!

That's all for the summary of our Presentation of our NGO.
To sum up, I think that the activities such as meetings or events will be needed because through this events which participants can join easily will give them the chance to think about the Tokyo Olympics more and more. Also, participants can also feel the fulfillment to be able to help the management and flourish of Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
The unique point will be the easiness to participate in the activities of our NGO. Also, you can join us at any time, which is the appeal point of our NGO.
Through the Flourish Japan through Olympics, we can think about the Tokyo Olympics and make Tokyo Olympics more immediate existence for us. Also, we can think that the Tokyo Olympics have advantages with the strong evidences.

So why don't you join us? You will want to watch the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 more and think about the good point for hosting the Tokyo Olympics in terms of the flourish of Japan and the economy etc.

Thank you for your reading!!!

※As I wrote at the top of this entry, this NGO we created is completely "Fictional"  and we do not have the relationships between other groups. And I'm sorry we do not have the plan to hold the events and to recruit new members.

Answer to Q15

Do you think the 2020 Olympics will succcess compared to prevoius Tokyo Olympics?
 
I think it will definitely succed in the 2020 Olympics. I found an article that gives 8 reasons why the Tokyo Olympics will be the most futuristic Olympics compared to the previous.
The first reason is that Japan is a village of robots and it has a high level perforamnce of technology.
Japan is one of the most automated nations on Earth. The major robotics industries in the US, China, Korea, Germany, France, and other countries work with—and compete with—the robot builders in Japan. So naturally, we’ll see an army of robots swarming Japan during the event. Enough to populate a small village, which is exactly what the Olympics committee wants to do.
 
The second is that there will be an instant language translating device by the Olympics.
The English skill level in Japan, compared to other advanced nations, is low. And while the number of foreigners learning to speak Japanese has skyrocketed in the last decade, there’re still significant language and cultural barriers that tourists run into. That’s why Japan is rolling out cutting-edge instant translation technology for 2020.
 
The third is about self-driving cars. There will probably cars driving by-itself by the time the Olympics will be held.
We’ve previously reported on the Robot Taxi plans from DeNA, the Japanese gaming giant that’s planning to get driverless taxis on Tokyo’s roads by the 2020 Olympic Games. That’s a significant achievement when some of the biggest names in tech—Google, Apple, Uber —plus car manufacturers like BMW, Toyota, and Mercedes are all scrambling to be the first to get fully functioning autonomous vehicles on the road.
 
The fourth is about the TV broadcast technology. Because of Japans high-tech machines, broadcasting of games will be high quality.
Japanese state television broadcaster NHK plans to air the Olympic Games in tantalizingly detailed 8K high definition. Just like the color TV boom of the 1960s, Japanese companies are hoping to make the new, ultra-vivid image quality the de facto viewing on screens in Japan and beyond.
 
Fifth will be using algae as a fuel source.
Algae has remarkable potential as an alternative energy source. It sucks in carbon dioxide and converts it into energy. It’s preferable to other green energies that are grown on land, like oil made from corn, because it can produce 60 times more oil per acre and is relatively easy to grow. What’s more, if you stick algae plants next to carbon-spewing coal plants, the algae can actually decrease the emissions level in the vicinity, all while cranking out useable power. The problem is that Algae’s super expensive—making a liter of the stuff costs about $2.50, and that cost needs to be closer to 80 cents to be a viable alternative.
 
Sixth reason is hydrogen-powered buses and buildings running in Japan.
Speaking of power, Japan is rolling out another alternate energy that could be a global game-changer. It’s the most abundant element in the universe: hydrogen.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Tokyo government plans to spend 40 billion yen ($330 million) in the next five years to improve hydrogen energy use leading up to the Olympics, making Japan a “Hydrogen Society.” When hydrogen gas mixes with oxygen in a fuel cell, it’s able to produce exhaust-free energy, just like water can.
 
Seventh reason is the artificial meteor light shows. It is said that there will be shows that will shoot meteor lights in the sky for an awesome ceremony.
A Japanese astronomy startup called ALE, CNET, RocketNews24 and the Japan Times report, wants to shower streams of manmade meteors across the sky, which could make for the most badass opening ceremony ever.
 
The last reason is the maglev trains. Japan is famous for bullet trains but there are trains that is goin on to the next level.
 Japan brought humankind high-speed rail with its shinkansen bullet trains 50 years ago, and now it’s eyeing next-gen rail travel: magnetic levitation. While some countries are arguably more advanced in this area—China’s operated a maglev in Shanghai for 11 years—Japan wants to bring the maglev to Tokyoites by 2020. JR Central, the railroad company that oversees Japan’s maglev train, hopes to have the train running to Tokyo in time for the 2020 Games, and then to Osaka by 2045.

Citation

"8 Reasons Why the Tokyo Olympics Will Be the Most Futuristic We've Ever Seen." N.p., 24 Sept. 2015. Web. 24 July 2016.

Answers for Q11-14

What do you think of the delayed construction of the new stadium?
I thought it is not a big deal beacause it is still 2016. However, it should be planned better so that it won`t get postponed and go on time.
 Do you think every thing will work out smoothly without any problems?
I do not think so. There are already problems of delayed construction of the stadium.
Do you think it is important  to recover from the disaster or to host the Olympics?
I think it is definetaly more inportant to recover from the disaster. However, there are several ideas about this question. One point of view is that hosting the Olympics may help the recovery in other ways by the economic boost. My point of view is to host after everything settles down and not to rush to host.

Answer to Q10

I think there are not enough to make the foreigners uncomfortable. People in restaurants, convinience stores probably would not be able to answer questions or tell certain places to foreign people. However, English speakers sre rising every year and there are groups to gather English speaking volunteers to help out people from other countries.

Answer to Q9

Tokyo made its pitch well. It has held three Olympics (one summer and two winter), so there's no question of whether Japan can handle it. Its bid motto was: a safe pair of hands. But there were questions about whether Japan could hold its Games with verve and passion.
"Previous Tokyo bids had been praised for their competence but criticised for lacking passion. That was not an accusation that could be levelled at them this time, with the urbane Princess Takamodo breaking with royal protocol to travel to Buenos Aires and lobby on behalf of the bid, and Mami Sato – a Paralympic athlete who saw her hometown devastated by the [2011] tsunami – delivering poise and passion," writes The Guardian, a British newspaper.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also emphasized a point that made the London 2012 Games such a notable success. Just as London organizers promised to make their Games a gift to the world rather than primarily a statement of British patriotism, Mr. Abe noted that the 2020 Games would be Japan's way of thanking the world for the help it gave Japan after the 2011 tsunami.
The lingering effects from that tsunami appeared to be the only lingering question for IOC voters. Despite fresh reports of radioactive seawater flowing from the damaged Fukushima power plant into the Pacific, however, IOC voters appeared to accept Abe's statement that the crisis had never – and would never – threaten Tokyo 150 miles south.
Tokyo Olympic organizers have even spoken of ensuring that the pre-Olympics torch relay passed through the area as a testament to its efforts at revival.
“It was a very good decision," Denis Oswald, an IOC member from Switzerland, told Around the Rings. "We go on the safe side after two Games where we have some risks, Sochi and Rio. It is nice to have Games where we are sure the organizers will deliver. It is technically a good bid, very concentrated.”

Citation
2020 Olympics: Why did Tokyo win Summer Games? (+video) , Sep 2013 Retrived July 21 2016

Answers to Q7,Q8

There will be an economic boost for sure but there will be a decrease after the Olympics.
Long waited news had arrived at Japan from the other side of the globe. 2020 Olympic games will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Critics had lost their tongue suddenly and all people seemed to be happy. If you search its economic effect of Tokyo Olympic with Google, you'll get over 11 million results. Major newspapers and TV broadcasters show favor. You may find good opportunity to do business in Japan.
Followings are some of points that opposing economists accused often.

1. Like Nagano Winter Olympic, local government will have budget deficits.
2. 300-billion-yen-effects is only 0.5% of Japanese GDP.
3. Using existing facilities, which is the one of the Tokyo Olympic concept, will reduce investment.
4. It effects only psychologically.

Citation
Tokyo Olympic Games, Retrived July 21 2016