Expedition Planning Seminar

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Expedition Planning Seminar
Alua Suleimenova
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Plan your expedition

• What kind of expedition do you want to do?
• Where do you want to go?
• What outcome do you expect?

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Top TipsFailure to prepare is preparing to fail

• Keep it simple and feasible
• Be realistic
• Try to make it relevant
• Start planning early
• Be enthusiastic!

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Planning 7 Steps

• 1. Do extensive research!
• - Share out the planning
• 2. Build a team
• - Who are you going with?
• 3. Set up a timeline
• - How long are you going for?
• 4. Plan your expenditures
• - How much will it cost?

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Planning 7 Steps

• 5. Do the right courses be prepared
• First Aid, Wilderness Medicine, Navigation etc
• 6. Start fundraising
• Travel funds, bursaries and grants
  (UoE, RGS)
• Sponsorship (e.g. North Face)
• Fundraising events
• 7. Fill in your proposal form
• If youre applying to be the UoE expedition

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UoE Expedition Status

• Deadline for proposals 20th January 2011
• Helen.Greenhalgh_at_ed.ac.uk
• http//www.expeditions.ed.ac.uk/

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Funding
Internal University Funding James Rennie
Bequest British Association Travel Fund Weir
Fund Davis Fund External Funding Royal
Geographical Society
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http//expedsoc.weebly.com
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Be Persistent!
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Funding

• Getting well paid part-time job
• Careful budgetting of existing outgoings
• Fundraising activities

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Proposal

• Eligibility
• Criteria
• Clear Aim
• Headings
• Sound Experimental Procedure
• Timeline
• Outcome (general personal)
• Expenditure (including visa, insurance etc.)

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Proposal

• Expedition team members (roles)
• Expedition courses that you took
• Pilot study
• Funding (e.g. pending)
• Contacts in your host country

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Dissemination of Results

• Write an Expedition Report
• Set up Web-site / Blog
• Participate in the EUSci seminar
• Come to the ExpEd Show Tell

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Submit an article
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Submit an article
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EXPLORE (RGS London)

• The annual RGS expedition and fieldwork planning
  weekend
• - Logistics (e.g. kayaking, bicycle
  expeditions)
• - Fieldwork and skills (e.g. GIS and
  mapping)
• - Media (e.g. Photography)
• 18 November - 20 November (Friday - Sunday)
• www.rgs.org/explore