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Welcome to
Destination
Imagination
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© 2001 Destination ImagiNation, Inc.
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Just Imagine...
Imagine a program where your kids build
confidence through learning,
Imagine a program where discovery is
the only teacher,
Imagine a program that builds
lifelong learning and
problem-solving skills.
Made Possible by
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Destination Imagination® is . . .
Destination Imagination® is a non-profit corporation
supported by International Affiliates throughout the
world working together to offer a global, kid-powered
& team-driven, creative problem-solving program.
In which the kids have fun, and learn without realizing it!
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You can help shape tomorrow’s leaders!
Destination Imagination® provides opportunities to
explore and discover unlimited creative potential through
teamwork, cooperation, and mutual respect. The key to
the Destination Imagination® program is discovering the
process of creative problem-solving. Teams may choose
to solve one of 6 competitive Team Challenges
emphasizing technical/mechanical, scientific, fine arts,
improvisational, structural or service learning elements.
Teams also compete in Instant Challenges on Tournament
Day.
The kids discover problem-solving techniques
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Destination Imagination® teaches...
• Creative problem-solving
• Teamwork to solve a complex Challenge
• No single answer (Challenges open-ended)
• Balance time, budget, creative ideas
• Presentation skills
All in a supportive environment where all ideas
are team-generated so that team members have
ownership of the solution.
Total Team-generated Solution without parent “interference”
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What Business is Saying…
“Destination Imagination® participants STAND
OUT among our new employees. Their
presence, confidence and ability to lead put
them YEARS AHEAD of their age and
experience. Destination Imagination® is
making a difference in the high-tech future on
a global basis.”
--Roger Garriock,
IBM Canada director of e-commerce development
Destination Imagination® gives our kids an edge!
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Destination Imagination® Program Structure
• Teams form in the fall (5-7 students)
• Throughout the school year, they work as a team to
solve a central Team Challenge as well as learn
the techniques of brainstorming and instant
problem solving through Instant Challenges and
the use of Improv items.
• What they learn during this process are the tangible
rewards of the program
• The culmination of their work is showcased at
Destination Imagination® tournaments
• Local and Regional Tournaments, State Tournaments,
and the Destination Imagination® Global Finals
Tournaments are incredible expositions of student creativity
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Destination Imagination® Program Team Challenge
Teams use art, technology, performance, and real
world relevance as they tackle one of the five Team
Challenges. The Team Challenge solution can take
from several weeks to several months to develop.
The teams must do the research and
experimentation needed to solve every aspect of the
Team Challenge and develop a performance-based
Presentation demonstrating the team’s solution.
Teams work together to solve complex problems
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Destination Imagination® Program Instant Challenge
Instant Challenges provide participants the
opportunity to use their Creative Problem Solving
(CPS) skills in a manner that mirrors life’s day to day
challenges. Kids are afforded the opportunity to
respond within a short period of time to Challenges
they have never seen prior to the tournament.
Instant Challenges teach our kids to think quickly with confidence
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Destination Imagination® Program - Improv
Participants practice Improv using presented random
materials and verbal responses to demonstrate their
creative talents on the spot. With this component,
participants have the opportunity to learn creativity
skills, divergent and convergent thinking, risk taking,
time awareness, team skills.
Improv teaches our kids to see things from a different perspective
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Participant Eligibility
• Kindergarten to College
Participants compete in 5 agebased or grade-based levels:
Primary (K to 2nd grade),
Elementary (3rd to 5th grade),
Intermediate (6th to 8th Grade),
Secondary (High School),
College & University
No formal academic requirements
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Learned Skills
• TEAM WORK
• COOPERATION
• COLLABORATION
• TIME MANAGEMENT
• COMMUNICATION
Lifelong skills
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The Destination Imagination®
Program Requires
• T-shirts (Team Managers, Appraisers, kids- Regional,
State and Global)
• Food during the tournaments and training (Team
Managers, students and Appraisers)
• Housing - Many of the teams must travel a long way to
competition, as do Appraisers. Transportation needs are
part of this.
• Tournament Sites and required custodial/security
services
• Signage at Tournaments, Name Tags for Appraisers &
Volunteers
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The Destination Imagination®
Program Requires
• Scholarships - college and “start-up” scholarships for
new programs (“needy” areas)
• Training - for students, Team Managers and Appraisers
• Printing - training (Team Managers, students and
Appraisers), scoring materials, sponsorship materials
• Hardware Supplies – including Instant Challenge and
Improv supplies
• Annual audit of Regional and Affiliate books
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The Destination Imagination®
Program Requires
• Hardware Supplies – including Instant Challenge and
Improv supplies
• Publicity
• Computer Support & Web site sponsorship
• Office equipment/supplies - Postage & phone service
• Team sponsorship - funds for teams to represent their
Affiliate at Global Finals
• Certificates/Awards/Trophies
• Souvenir pins for students - for local and Globalsbound teams
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You Can Help
Destination Imagination®...
•By supporting us with financial donations
•By Volunteering
•By donating the materials and services
needed to maintain the DI program
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Volunteer/Parent Roles
• Team Manager/Assistant
• Most rewarding role
• Tournament Official and Volunteers
• All levels of competition
• Workshops
• Parent helper
• Snacks, errands
• Transporting/storing props
• Skill presentations
• Support their children and the
Program
Volunteers make this program possible
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Destination Imagination® has:
•A clearly defined marketplace in the “Safe”
marketing environment of EDUCATION
•A mixed audience of parents, educators, civic
leaders, and a total span of the planet’s best and
brightest students
•A complete range of geographic, cultural,
economic, and religious audiences
•An incredible message life-span because of
unparalleled program loyalty
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We want You to become a part of
Destination Imagination®!
You will make an Impact!
Teaching the Creative Process:
From Imagination to Innovation
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“Imagination is more
important than
knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the
world!”
-Albert Einstein
Destination ImagiNation ®
International Sponsor