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Tell Us Your Story Video Contest

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 [...]

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Fundraising Ideas

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 – [...]

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Critical Thinking Skills Learned With Destination ImagiNation North Dakota

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 [...]

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The Secrets of Writing DI Challenges

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 [...]

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‘Ask CreateND’ provides answers for real questions

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 [...]

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New ‘Team Resources’ Page on CreateND.org

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 [...]

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DI University Launched

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 [...]

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Tips for parents on choosing the most beneficial after school program

With schools across the nation now back in session, parents should be scouting for after school programs for their kids that will be enriching, fun, educational and challenging. Experts say that keeping kids engaged in meaningful activities outside the classroom actually leads to better performance on tests, improved self confidence, and in general a heightened [...]

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Create North Dakota names three new members to Board of Directors

FARGO, N.D.;  August 23, 2011 – Create North Dakota, sponsor of Destination Imagination® in North Dakota has named Erica Johnsrud of Fargo, Lisa Anderson of Casselton and Rachel Stone of Fargo to their board of directors. Each brings a varied skill set as Create North Dakota continues to grow the Destination ImagiNation® program. Johnsrud, a [...]

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