Preparing Your Chairman

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Preparing Your Chairmans Award Almost as Fun as
Building a Robot!

• Presented by
• John Larock, FRC 365
• Linda Grusenmeyer, FRC 365

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Outline

• Why Submit?/ Organizing Your Team
• Submission Process/Tips
• Presentation Process/Tips
• CA All Star Panel QA

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Why Submit?

• To organize, document, and communicate what your
  team does
• Recognition of what your team has already done
• Allow students another avenue to demonstrate
  their skills and creativity
• To satisfy your competitive urges another way
• Must submit if your team received a NASA grant
• Should plan to submit if you are vying for the
  Rookie All-Star Award

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Organizing Your Team

• Know the judging criteria
• Select your Chairmans Award team
• Individuals should know what your team is all
  about
• Individuals should be committed to whole task
• Determine where to submit
• What do you consider your home regional?
• Other strategic reasons

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What Do You Include in Your Submission?

• What are the mission, vision, goals of your
  team?
• How does your team demonstrate the CA criteria?
• How can you best tell your story to meet
  criteria?

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Submission Components

• Yearbook Page
• Executive Summary
• Chairmans Essay Submission
• Select Which Regional
• Present to Regional Judges
• If you qualify, present to Championship Judges

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Executive Summary / Essay

• First, list all team qualities, activities, and
  strengths
• Exec Summary
• Answer questions asked
• Focus on time frame (past three years)
• Focus on concrete results
• Chairmans Essay
• Use creativity
• How can you best tell your team story to meet
  criteria
• Balance results, creativity, and emotion

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Presentation Process

• Complement info from Exec Summary and Essay
• Reinforce topics you want judges to hear
• Develop a script
• PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!
• Tell your story in the allotted time
• Be prepared for questions

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Additional Tips

• Its not only about what is submitted and
  presented
• Observations of your team at events
• Your team should walk the talk
• Every team member is an ambassador of your team
• Get feedback on presentation from non-FIRST
  affiliated reviewers
• Choreograph your audio-visual and your talk

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Chairmans Award All-Star Panel

• Cathy Beck, Team 103
• Robert Janke, Team 254
• Walt Hickok, Team 67
• Sharon Rybarczyk, Team 111
• John Larock/Linda Grusenmeyer, Team 365

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QA Chairmans Award All-Stars

• Question 1
• What one or two team initiatives or activities do
  you believe differentiated your Chairmans
  submission / presentation the year you won the
  award?

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QA Chairmans Award All-Stars

• Question 2
• Which one or two team attributes or
  characteristics do you believe differentiated
  your Chairmans submission / presentation the
  year you won the award?

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QA Chairmans Award All-Stars

• Question 3
• What media did you use during your Chairmans
  Award presentation?

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QA Chairmans Award All-Stars

• Question 4
• What did you learn from judges feedback during
  previous presentations that was helpful to you?

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Questions For the Panel?