Response2-PaigeB

In a college setting you are almost always surrounded by friends, familiar classmates or teachers. It can be difficult to find someone who is able to critique your work with an unbiased perspective. In my life there have been many times where I have finished a long paper and just needed someone to read it who would automatically say “this is good” just to make me feel good about it. The solution my team came up with to that problem is the “Confidential Critique Cafe”. This cafe is a place where you can sign up for times to meet with professionals in the field you’re writing or working on to help judge or critique your work without any bias. This idea was inspired by one found in one of the articles in “Beautiful Trouble”.

This could be categorized into a few of those found in the New Media Strategies article.

1. Crowdsource the Job
   1. Crowdsourcing is the act of using the community or general public to help contribute to a piece of work. By allowing a stranger to help on papers or projects, you are essentially crowdsourcing the public.
2. Distribute and Connect Information
   1. With this “confidential Critique Cafe” There is also the possibility to have an online version, where you work in chat rooms with professionally educated strangers who are able to help critique your work (after having signed a nondisclosure agreement of course).
3. Mobilize People
   1. With the online cafe, comes the usage of mobile phones. Having the ability to share and critique work will on the go allows you to be connected to outside non-bias sources wherever you go.