1. Welcome to New Team Manager Training
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Welcome to New Team Manager Training

2. New TM Training Part 1
Topics: Getting Started Teambuilding What is an Instant Challenge? Understanding the Team Challenge

3. The Importance of Process
Destination Imagination is a process of learning.
Focus on the team’s progress – teamwork, collaboration, project management, planning, creativity, etc.
The tournament is only one part of the process

4. Team Manager (TM) Responsibilities
Know the rules of the program – “Rules of the Road”
Point team to relevant sections
Prepare – Training, Roadmap and Travel Guide for Teams
Organize team meetings
Maintain a safe environment
Keep team members on task
Provide access to resources
Guide team through the creative process from imagination to innovation
Actively avoid Interference
By using the Roadmap, DI University (diuniversity.org), and the content of this training presentation Team Managers should feel comfortable with the various aspects of the Destination Imagination program. This training will focus on the learning interactions of the Team Manager with the team. We want to equip all TMs to effectively guide teams through the creative process. By doing so, TMs can help to meet our goal of teaching the creative process from imagination to innovation. 4

5. First – Meet with Parents
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Delegate and get help:
Co-Team Manager(s)
Identify meeting time & location(s)
Transportation
Gathering supplies
Snacks
Identify Tournament Appraiser
Identify Tournament Volunteer 5

6. Meeting with Parents Discuss/Establish:
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Discuss/Establish:
Time commitment
Expectations
Interference Policy & Contract
Roadmap pp 28-29
Meeting schedule
A budget and collect funds
Get Contact and Emergency Information
Including Allergies or other Special Needs 6

7. Your Role: Facilitator
Know the Rules of Interference
Encourage your team without suggesting solutions to the team’s Team Challenge
Provide help without interfering
Ask questions without leading the team to a particular solution
Encourage cooperation and collaboration
Teach Basic Skills
Team Schedule - meeting time and location

8. Celebrate! Getting Started 2-4 Weeks 2-4 Weeks 2-4 Weeks 2-4 Weeks
Building your Team Understanding the Challenge
2-4 Weeks
Generating and Incubating Ideas/Research/
Inquiry
2-4 Weeks
Focusing/
Preparing for Action/Putting it All Together
2-4 Weeks
Ready, Set, Go! Preparing for your Tournament
Celebrate!
Support:
SVDI Coffee Talk;
Attend Team Manager Walkthrough (1/9/16)
Support:
SVDI Coffee Talk;
Attend
DI Skills Workshop for Team Managers
(12/5/15)
Support:
SVDI Coffee Talk;
Attend Team Manager Training sessions.
Support:
SVDI Coffee Talk;
Take your team to Instant Challenge Workshop (11/14/15)
Silicon Valley Regional Tournament 3/5/2016 in San Jose

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Basic Team Schedule
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Practice Instant Challenges
Team Building, Select TC
2 - 4 weeks
Tournament !
March 5, 2016
Idea Generation, Skills Building, Research, Idea Focusing, Prototyping
> 4 weeks
Getting to know each other (team members), Sitting around the table, Doing stuff, Rehearsing
Schedule shopping trips (materials/tools), field trips,
Timed rehearsal
Develop TC solution: Build/Implement, Write, Integrate, Test
> 4 weeks
Rehearse, Tweak, Prep Tournament Docs/Logistics
> 3 weeks (Feb. 12th)
October
November
December
January
February
March

10. What To Do at First Meetings?
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What To Do at First Meetings?
Set rules for behavior
House Rules, Safety Rules, & Team Rules
Pick a Team Name & Create a Team Sign
Do Team Building Games and Activities
Practice Instant Challenges
Review the Team Challenges
See the Roadmap for 16 Agendas for meetings and supporting activities 10

11. Early Meetings - Tools Use the Roadmap
Introduce Creative Problem Solving tools
Roadmap pp.34-42, 56, 65
Useful when choosing Team Name and Team Challenge
Talk about Project Management and Planning
Help the team develop a Project Plan
Roadmap pp
Calendar and Timeline with goals for certain dates
Resources
Team Ground Rules and Constraints

12. Early Meetings Team Building is important Specialties Inventory
Team Roles
Theater games
Presentation skills
Improvisational skills
Instant Challenges
Team building and Teamwork
Skill building
Creative and critical thinking
Time Management

13. At Most Meetings – Do and Review
Review goals and progress
Allocate time for solving Team Challenge.
Include at least one Instant Challenge (IC) at every meeting
Have theater games and extra ICs ready
Useful when the team gets tired or looses focus
The process takes time
Progress is not always visible

14. Team Building

15. Team Building Is An Investment In Your Team’s Success
Spend time developing teamwork
Throughout the year
Part of the Process
Team building
Generates Conflict
Requires Conflict Resolution
Initiate and Collaborate – Roadmap pp 80-91
Research, explore, experiment with ideas
Don’t focus in on ideas too soon
Define goals and create a project timeline
Plan and incorporate group activities into meetings
Team and Trust Building Games and Activities
Play games that require social interaction and physical activity
Field trips

16. Some Team Building Activities
Instant Challenges
Theater Games
Team Building Activities are in the Roadmap
3D Human Sculptures – page 19
Paper Tower – page 23
Stack ‘Em Up – page 32
On the Ball-oon – page 36
Shape Up – page 38
And many more…
Social Interaction Game Ideas
Red Light Green Light
Duck Duck Goose
Human Knot
Hodgy Podgy
Many more ideas on web sites ….
These are some the of the activities included within this training module. You can have these available for TMs regardless of whether you use them for the training. Many new Team Managers are not familiar with quality team-building activities and will greatly appreciate the various options and possibilities. Also, feel free to include some of your own favorites, the more helpful information you can provide TMs the better. 16

17. What is an Instant Challenge?

18. What Is An Instant Challenge?
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What Is An Instant Challenge?
A surprise Challenge
Solve ONE at the Tournament
Teams generally have only 6 to 8 minutes to solve the Instant Challenge
May be task and/or performance based
Practice Instant Challenges at every meeting!
Instant Challenge Practice Set
Roadmap
Resources for Team Managers listed on the websites 18

19. Instant Challenge Basics Manager’s Role
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Give your Team Instant Challenges to practice at every meeting
Choose different types and difficulties
Consider extending time limits at beginning
Repeat Challenges
You may make suggestions on how to solve ICs when you practice 19

20. Video – Team Solution To An Instant Challenge
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Video – Team Solution To An Instant Challenge 20

21. Understanding
the
Team Challenge

22. Understanding the Team Challenge
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Understanding the Team Challenge
Teams work on a solution to one of six published Team Challenges
Most include technical, structural, science, engineering, and fine arts elements

23. Understanding the Team Challenge
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Understanding the Team Challenge
Teams generally spend 3 to 4 months working on their Team Challenge solution.
Team Challenge solutions are presented at the Silicon Valley Regional Tournament in front of a live audience and Appraisers.

24. Reading the Team Challenges
The team needs to read and understand the Team Challenges and all of the Team Challenge requirements
Every team member needs a copy of the Challenges
Every team member needs a copy of the Rules of the Road
Team Managers can help their team understand the Team Challenges
Roadmap p 38-40
Learning to Read A Challenge
Quick Tips to Help You Navigate your Challenge
Team Challenge Overviews with ACM’s in November
Registration info on California State website –

25. PREVIEWS CHALLENGE
FOCUS 25

26. BUDGET
TIME LIMIT
RULES OF THE ROAD
CLARIFICATIONS 26

27. DEFINITIONS 27

28. 28

29. 29

30. OBJECTIVE
SUBJECTIVE 30

31. Scoring Summary Charts31

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Team Choice Elements
Every Challenge except Improv has two Team Choice Elements
These two elements show off a team’s interests, skills, strengths, and talents
Scored on
Creativity and Originality
Quality, Workmanship or Effort
Integration into the Presentation
They are presented as part of the Team Challenge solution
Cannot be a scored element

36. Clarifications
If your team is having trouble understanding the Challenge, they may request a Team Clarification
Rules of the Road pp
Destination Imagination may write and post Published Clarifications during the course of the season.
Published Clarifications become part of the Challenge and are posted by Team Challenge at
Your team must be aware of all Published Clarifications
Rules of the Road page 28

37. Rule Hierarchy Published Clarifications Team Challenge
Rules of the Road

38. Video – Team Solution to a Team Challenge
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Video – Team Solution to a Team Challenge 38

39. Understanding the Team Challenge
Know the Rules of the Road
Team Budget and Expense Report p
Exempt Items p. 22
Prohibited Items p
Safety at the tournament p
Presentation materials must fit through a Standard Doorway p. 35

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Important Dates
Events and important information is posted on the
Silicon Valley Regional web site – sv.caldi.org
Nov. 14, Instant Challenge Workshop for Teams
Dec. 5, DI Skills Workshop for Team Managers
Jan. 9, Team Manager Walkthrough
Jan. 30, 2016 – Appraiser Training Part 1
Feb. 6, 2016 – Appraiser Training Part 2
March 5, 2016 – Silicon Valley Regional Tournament
April 2, 2016 – California State Tournament, Riverside, CA
May 25-28, 2016 – Global Finals, Knoxville, Tennessee

41. Thanks for coming! New Team Manager Training Part 1
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42. Welcome to New Team Manager Training Part 2
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Welcome to New Team Manager Training Part 2

43. New TM Training Part 2
Topics: The Creative Process Rules of the Road Interference Important Dates and Tournament Requirements

44. The Creative Problem Solving Process
Creative Thinking Process – Idea Development
Generate as many ideas as possible
Originality – novel, clever, unusual and original possibilities
Expand, stretch, build, combine ideas
Use various Idea Generation tools
Critical Thinking Process - Selecting Ideas
Evaluate choices
Choose ideas or options that merit a closer look
Test Choices

45. The Creative Problem Solving Process
Idea Creation – Lots of different ideas
Quantity counts
Defer judgment
Encourage wild or silly ideas
Piggyback and combine ideas
Document all ideas
Ideas belong to the Team
Idea Creation Tools are suggested in the Roadmap pp 34-35, 56, 60, 64

46. The Creative Problem Solving Process
Idea Focusing Goals
Organize
Analyze
Rank and Prioritize
Narrow and Choose Options
Elaborate
Idea Focusing Tools can be found in the Roadmap on pp 40, 83-84, 90-91

47. Idea Focusing Guidelines
Be deliberate - Apply a process or tool when making choices
Review progress towards identified goals and objectives.
Is the team moving closer to it’s objectives?
Is the team working on things that will move the team in a positive constructive direction?

48. Team Challenge Interference
Rules of the Road pp
Roadmap pp
SOLUTION
CHALLENGE
AND RULES
SKILLS 48

49. Team Challenge Interference Issues
Your Team Challenge solution is owned and operated by your team!
Every idea for every part of the team’s solution must come from team members.
After your team has decided which ideas they will use, it is up to the team to make them happen. 49

50. Interference - Safety
It is never Interference for a Team Manager or parent to stop/prevent a team from doing something that is unsafe.
RotR, Rules of Interference Rule #7 p. 18
The Team Manager or parent(s) are expected to audit and limit Internet activity to age-appropriate content.
RotR, Rules of Interference Rule #8 p. 18

51. Not Interference
It’s Always OK for Team Manager and other Non-Team Members to:
Facilitate
Team meetings/logistics
Obtaining resources and skills
Purchasing materials
Teach/Explain
Rules/Challenges
Basic skills
Creative problem solving techniques/tools

52. Not Interference
It’s Always OK for Team Manager and other Non-Team Members to:
Transport
Team Members
Team Solution
Set Limitations
Be a Scribe – document team ideas in their words
Schedule appointments for team members

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Interference
It’s Never OK for Team Manager and other Non-Team Members to:
Participate in creating or presenting any part of the Team Challenge solution, including:
Fixing/Finishing elements of the team’s solution
Giving critical feedback or stage directions
Helping with hair/make-up/costumes (regardless of parents’ picture-taking ops)
Leading/directing the team to a particular idea or solution element
Resist the urge to embed your “idea” in your question
You cannot use IC to subvert the interference rule

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Interference
At the tournament, it is Never OK for Team Managers and other Non-Team Members to:
Participate in the team’s live Presentation once their Time Limit begins
Give stage directions
Use hand signals or sign language to communicate with team
Verbally communicate with the team
Retrieve items for them
You cannot use IC to subvert the interference rule

55. Not - Interference It’s OK for TM to ask Open Ended Questions:
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Not - Interference
It’s OK for TM to ask Open Ended Questions:
Who is going to do _________?
What are you gong to do about that?
Where are you going to get _________?
When does _________ need to be done?
How can you do _________?
Can you think of other ways to do ________?
List ways to __________.
How can you find out? 55

56. Interference – The Basics
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Interference – The Basics
The Hardest Thing for a Team Manager to do is……
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!! 56

57. Instant Challenge Interference
Interference rules do not apply when practicing Instant Challenges
Skills learned through IC can be applied to Team Challenge solutions, but you cannot use IC to subvert the Interference rule
The Rules of the Road specifies the role of the Team Manager in Instant Challenge at the tournament
i.e. Be a statue

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Team Registration
Obtain Team Number
From the Resource Area at you can download documents using your Team Number:
Challenges
Roadmap
Rules of The Road
Instant Challenge Practice Set
Travel Guide for Teams (January)
Team Managers also need to register the team and update team information at

59. New Team Manager Training Part 1
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Important Dates
Events and additional information are posted on the
Regional Web site at sv.caldi.org
Nov. 14, Instant Challenge Workshop for Teams
Dec. 5, DI Skills Workshop for Team Managers
Jan. 9, Team Manager Walkthrough
Jan. 30, 2016 – Appraiser Training Part 1
Feb. 6, 2016 – Appraiser Training Part 2
March 5, 2016 – Silicon Valley Regional Tournament
Independence High School, San Jose, CA
March 28, 2016 – California State Tournament
Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, CA
May 25-28, 2016 – Global Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee

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Appraiser
Your team must provide one trained appraiser for the Regional Tournament
Appraisers must attend two Appraiser Training sessions: Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, 2016
Appraisers must be available and plan to appraise at the Regional Tournament ALL DAY on March 5, 2016
Appraisers will NOT see their team perform

61. Volunteer
Your team must provide one Volunteer to assist at the Tournament
3-hour assignment
No training before assignment
Tournament volunteers will be able to see their team perform

62. Points To Remember Team Manager Survival
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Points To Remember Team Manager Survival
Know the Rules and the Challenge/Clarifications
Do not feel that you must tolerate inappropriate behavior.
Inappropriate behavior on the part of a team member is not acceptable.
Use the TM (Google) Group and your Regional Operating Committee resources when you have questions

63. Points To Remember Team Manager Survival
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Points To Remember Team Manager Survival
A month before competition, you will feel that they will NEVER be finished. They will, but almost always at the last minute!
If for some reason the team doesn't complete its solution by the date of the tournament, come anyway.
We celebrate what they have completed and they also get to do an Instant Challenge.

64. The Most Important Thing to Remember …
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The Most Important Thing to Remember …

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HAVE
FUN!

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