Reposted from DestinationImagiNation.org Destination ImagiNation hosted its annual Quality Review Panel for the 2012-13 Program Materials at its Headquarters in Cherry Hill, NJ last week. The event, now in its 4th year, brought together many of the organization’s different stakeholders for one common purpose: review the organizations most important product, its Challenges. In attendance were [...]
Reposted from Colorado Destination ImagiNation A story on NPR this morning prompted me to take time from my over-booked schedule to write my first DI blog post. The story states, “Richard Arum, a co-author of the book and a professor of sociology at New York University, tells NPR’s Steve Inskeep that the fact that more [...]
Deadline: March 16, 2012 Destination Imagination (DI) has been changing lives for 29 years. With more than a million alumni and 38,000 volunteers worldwide, it has made a huge impact on many kids and adults. So tell us how DI has changed your life. We want to hear about the late nights practicing, about your [...]
Use the concept of placing 50 flamingos on someone’s lawn. Charge $25 to have them removed and placed on someone else’s lawn. Box and Bowl – use a toilet painted red and purple Using Kohl’s Cares for Kids Talent show Sell ice cream or root beer floats after concerts Throw a Pie for DI – [...]
After school program teaches creative problem solving process, critical thinking skills, giving kids advantage in future job market with STEM FARGO, N.D., Oct. 26, 2011 – Destination ImagiNation is now enrolling youth throughout North Dakota in the 2011-2012 team challenge year, where kids apply critical thinking skills and the creative problem solving process in an after school program that helps them learn to love science, technology, engineering [...]
Reposted from Tennessee Destination ImagiNation Blogger Rick Wimberly Well, here you go. With great threat to my well-being as one of the chosen, I’m about to reveal some long-kept secrets of the mysteries surrounding the development of Destination Imagination challenges. On a mysterious summer weekend in a secure facility in an unnamed city so secret that the [...]
The Create North Dakota Board of Directors is pleased to bring a new resource for anyone involved with Destination ImagiNation in North Dakota. Utilizing Facebook discussion boards, we are opening the floor to questions from anyone. No question is too big or small to answer on the discussion board. Simple go to CreateND.org > Current [...]
Team managers, site coordinators, team members, and potential schools now have all of the Destination ImagiNation North Dakota resources in one spot. The ‘Team Resources’ page under the current season link on CreateND.org provide participants with newsletter archives, all tournament forms, dates to remembers, and links to training resources. Posting resources there along with a [...]
Destination ImagiNation (DI) is pleased to announce the official launch of DI University, a new online training resource for the organization’s volunteers. On its launch date, DI University currently houses online training modules for “Being a DI Appraiser” and “Being a DI Team Manager.” Additional modules will be added during the DI program season. Each [...]
Calling all volunteers! Destination ImagiNation North Dakota needs you! Our tournament is coming up March 31st! http://t.co/GtZ6AYMSWednesday Feb 22 - 5:38pm