Nov 12, 2013 | News, Team Manager Corner, Training
Did you ever wonder what Appraisers look for when they evaluate your team’s creativity at tournament? Well, do WE have a Workshop for YOU! At Saturday’s Team Manager cafe, we are presenting a workshop on creativity for our Veteran Team Managers (TMs). We...
Nov 8, 2013 | Team Manager Corner, Training
We are happy to announce that NH-based cartoonist, musician, and educator Marek Bennett will present a 2-hour session on comic development and visual storytelling in conjunction with the NH-DI Team Manager CAFE at Hooksett Memorial School on November 16. Educators...
Nov 3, 2013 | DI Program, Team Manager Corner, Training
Be sure to register for the All Team Manager Training event on Saturday, November 16th at Hooksett Memorial School – and veteran Team Managers take note: This is an all-new training! This highly-interactive training is designed for veterans, newbies, and Rising...
Oct 26, 2013 | Team Manager Corner, Training
Volunteers from around New Hampshire came to Pembroke Academy to learn how to equip students to become the next generation of innovators and leaders as volunteers for the non-profit NH Destination Imagination. [Photos of this event now posted]. New Team Managers...
Oct 6, 2013 | Coordinators, News, Team Manager Corner, Training
New and Veteran Team Managers -It’s time to register for training! This year’s NH-DI Team Manager training is significantly updated to provide an array of methods and tips to help you help your team succeed, and is designed by people who have “been...
Sep 18, 2013 | Coordinators, DI Program, News, Team Manager Corner
Hey Kids, Team Managers and Coordinators: Start the NH-DI year off with a creative challenge – help us design this year’s t-shirts and pins! We want your best artistic efforts to make this years NH-DI items the BEST ever! Think up a theme, a slogan, a...
Sep 15, 2013 | Coordinators, EduBytes, Educators, KickStart, Team Manager Corner
Ice Breakers are a form of Instant Challenge that help teams build trust, collaboration and situational management skills needed to solve any Destination Imagination Challenge. Here are a few new Ice Breakers to help your teams! The Machine Game Adapted from:...
Sep 8, 2013 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner
In an informative article by Maria Popova on her Brain Pickings site writes that creativity is a grab-all type of term, but what did some really creative people have to say? She quotes Bradbury, Eames, Angelou, Gladwell, Einstein, Byrne, Duchamp, Close, Sendak, and...
Sep 7, 2013 | Coordinators, DI Program, Educators, News, Parents, Team Manager Corner
The extended Challenge summaries for this year are now posted (click for details). They include more information that the original summaries – but not nearly all the information needed to solve the Challenge. (Complete Challenges are available to registered...
Mar 17, 2013 | Team Manager Corner
Not long ago, we asked on our Facebook page, what advice did veteran Team Managers have to share? Here are some of the gems we got: ” I have a very, very bright clipboard. If I need it to be with the team, it goes on the clipboard…directions to the...
Jan 12, 2013 | Educators, KickStart, Parents, Team Manager Corner
Educator and blogger Shelly Terrell put together a good resource of visual aids to help students and educators create or “tell the story” when words sometimes just don’t work out. These organizers can help teams look at alternate ways of generating...
Nov 10, 2012 | Team Manager Corner
Teams need to learn to value and trust each other, and to learn to make decisions as a team. They need to acknowledge that their ideas are not always going to be chosen. They need to develop pride in their work. How do I do that? Get away. Take a field trip,...
