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Day 3 — Synthesize and Share

Day 3 is your second major work block. Your team has about 4 to 4.5 hours of team time to turn your work into a clear story.

This is not the day to start a new project. This is the day to refine, synthesize, and communicate what you made or learned.

By the end of Day 3, your Summit team should have:

  • A clear story
  • 1–2 strong outputs
  • A clean final report page
  • A 6-minute Summit Report Out

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D3-A — Align the story

Main pages: Project Question, Define, Explore, Data, and Methods, Results

Spend 20–30 minutes making sure your question, product, and results match.

Ask:

  • What did we actually make, test, design, or learn?
  • Does the question match what we can show?
  • Can someone outside our team understand why this matters?
  • What should we remove because it distracts from the story?

D3-B — Clean the evidence

Main pages: Data Exploration, Method and Code, Results

Make your work understandable. Remove anything confusing.

For each important claim, make sure the page explains:

  • What you used
  • What you tried
  • What you found
  • What remains uncertain

Be honest about uncertainty.

D3-C — Choose 1–2 strong visuals or artifacts

Main pages: Results, Polished Outputs, Final Summit Report Out

Do not overload the page. Clarity is more important than volume.

Choose 1–2 strong visuals or artifacts.

Good options include:

  • A figure
  • A map
  • A workflow diagram
  • A prototype screenshot
  • A short table
  • A concept sketch
  • A notebook link
  • A brief or handoff document

D3-D — Build the 6-minute Summit Report Out

Main page: Final Summit Report Out (Day 3, 6 minutes)

Spend 30–45 minutes max preparing this.

Use this structure:

  • Why it matters
  • What you tried to make
  • What question guided the work
  • What you used or tried
  • What you found, built, or learned
  • What remains unfinished or uncertain
  • What should happen next

Do not read everything. Use the page to guide the story.

D3-E — Make it reusable

Main pages: Polished Outputs, Cite & Reuse

Add only what someone needs after the Summit:

  • links
  • data sources
  • code or notebooks
  • credits
  • citations
  • next steps

This page should work after the Summit.

D3-F — Final check

Before presenting, make sure:

  • The page loads
  • Images and links work
  • Instructions are hidden or out of the way
  • The story is clear
  • You can present in 6 minutes

Day 3 finish line

You are done when someone outside your team can understand your work in under 6 minutes.