Team:Shanghai Metro Utd/Communication
Team: Healers on vessels
Our team started a roundtable
bioethics panel to discuss the reaction between
Angiogenin and Heparan sulfate. We set our goal to get the expression vector and recombinant protein, then
observe the endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis for future applications.
Picture 1: Ice breaker event on the first day!
Picture 2: Discussing our wiki contents (Wendy, Justina, Sheila, John)
We set our goal with this topic
because we want to cure those who are burdened with illness. In addition, we want to lift the heavy burdens
put on the patients and their families. Therefore, our team pays attention to the potential value of
angiogenin, which can effectively treat Parkinson's disease, tumor, cardiovascular, frostbite, and benefit
patients.
Official WeChat Account:
We decided to create an official
account for our team in order to numerously promote our topic, process, experiments, products, etc. We used
social media such as Wechat, Weibo, etc. Our official account name is called Bloody Marry.
Picture 3: Official Account
We would post daily about our team and project. We would also publish the date of
our Charity Bazaar and
Seminar for more people to join and visit us.
Street Interview:
Our goal for this street interview is to understand how the public feels about our
topic. Before we started the street interview, we planned questionnaires with questions we wanted to ask the
people. These questions are separated into three types: acknowledgment about cardiovascular, willingness to
try new cures, and ways to stay healthy.
We sent out eight teammates to Lujiazui, one of the most popular regions of
Shanghai city, and separated them into two groups. One to the east and the other to the west. Initially,
they decided to go to the community parks to start their interview. Then, however, the population density
did not meet their expectations, and they decided to change to plan B, which is beside subway stations and
popular shopping malls.
Picture 4: The process of interviewing (Jingjing and Sheila)
We interviewed a total of
twenty-three people: twelve teenagers, eight adults, three elders. The process was fun for both the
interviewers and the interviewees, even though we got rejected a few times.
We concluded that the elders and adults have more comprehensive knowledge about
cardiovascular than many teenagers. However, teenagers are more willing to accept new ways of cure and
medicine than most elders and adults. But most of them all have a common flaw: not knowing how to prevent
cardiovascular disease.
Propaganda:
Since we are a new team with new products, it is hard for many people to notice us.
So, we decided to propagate our team and products. We used methods such as posters, flyers, social media
posts, and seminars.
We designed our posters, flyers, social media posts, and seminars. Even though none
of us specialized in art, we still did a great job planning our propaganda.
Picture 5: Picture of the whole dry team!
Charity Bazaar:
We decided to create a two-day
charity bazaar in order to raise our research
products' popularity and help the people learn more about cardiovascular disease. We decided to choose the
location for our charity bazaar in downtown Shanghai. One of the most important reasons is that there is a
high density population.
Picture 6: On the way to finding our location! (Alex, Justina)
We called many shops in order to
find places for us to set up our charity bazaar. We chose to call small cafes, restaurants, and animal
cafes. We believe these locations are where people could stay and listen to us promote our research products
and preach for cardiovascular disease.
Picture 7: Found our first location! (Alex and Justina)
Using both Alex and Justina’s
brilliant communication skills, we successfully found three places where the owner would let us set up a
charity bazaar for free. Even though it was a difficult trip under the burning hot summer sun, we learned a
lot of communication skills.
Picture 8: Charity Bazaar at Shanghai No.1
After doing the charity bazaar, we
found out that it is difficult to sell the products to the public because they may think our products are
worthless if they buy them. They would question our products and not trust us. They believe that we are
frauds and are trying to bulk them into buying our products. Some of the public would even say some hurtful
words to us.
Picture 9: Charity Bazaar at Shanghai No.1
However, we never gave up. We
repeat our topic to the public again and again. We also walked around to promote our products. Finally, some
people began to buy our products. It was really nice to hear people say how brave we are to do charity to
the public at such a young age. Through this charity bazaar, we learned how to promote our things to others
and how to communicate with the public.
Seminar:
In order to let more people know
about cardiovascular disease, we decided to plan a seminar in a company
located in Pudong and Xuhui.
Picture 10: Both dry and wet team
During this process, we ask a lot
of institutions or companies where there are a lot of people. Most places
ask us to rent which we can not afford. But finally our effect is not in vain. Two companies gave us
permission to use their space without charge. After we went there to check if the places are good fit for
our seminars, we all agreed because they provide equipment and areas where we could fit our audiences in and
most of the people are pretty young who don't really know how to take care or prevent this illness.
Picture 11: Our 1st Seminar!
The seminar was a really great for
all of us. While we are educating our audience, we are also reviewing
the facts at the same time. Even though one seminar was canceled because of the storm, we still had a online
seminar available for us. We all love the fact that we can teach others who are novice to this disease.