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2007 Kick-Off2007 Kick-Off

Awards and Judging CriteriaAwards and Judging Criteria

““To create a world where science and To create a world where science and technology are celebrated. . .where young technology are celebrated. . .where young people dream of becoming science and people dream of becoming science and technology heros.”technology heros.”

~ Dean Kamen~ Dean Kamen

You’re not just dreaming it….you are You’re not just dreaming it….you are doing it!doing it!

Today’s DiscussionToday’s Discussion Behind the ScenesBehind the Scenes

Role of the Judges Role of the Team

Winning Team AttributesWinning Team Attributes Overview of 2007 AwardsOverview of 2007 Awards

Types of Award Presentation Level (Regional vs. National) Decision-makers Criteria & Advice

Key TakeawaysKey Takeaways Q & AQ & A

Role of a JudgeRole of a Judge

Ambassador of FIRST and its missionAmbassador of FIRST and its mission Role models to students and future Role models to students and future

participantsparticipants Detectives to Detectives to collect evidence ofcollect evidence of

Team performance Machine performance

ReporterReporter Impartial Advocate of ExcellenceImpartial Advocate of Excellence NoNo rule interpretation or referee rule interpretation or referee

dutiesduties

Role of the Team Role of the Team Be effective communicatorsBe effective communicators

Know your story – understand your strengths (& improvement areas)

Anticipate their questions and be prepared Prioritize the information that you want to

share – focus on the most important first Use examples to illustrate your points; be

specific, be concise Advocate considerations they may not have

asked about

Role of the TeamRole of the Team

Make it easy for the Judges toMake it easy for the Judges to::

Find you -- well marked pit; have multiple spokespeople to ensure coverage

Remember you – positive impression; powerful examples; compelling stories; printed takeaway materials (easily traceable by Team #)

Know you – don’t forget to do your yearbook page

Attributes of a Truly Great Attributes of a Truly Great TeamTeam

A Judge’s PerspectiveA Judge’s Perspective

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Clearly Stated Team Mission/GoalClearly Stated Team Mission/Goal

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Defined Team StructureDefined Team StructureAn example:

Team LeadMarketing LeadFinance and Accounting LeadTechnical Lead (Design, Engineering, Fabrication)Programming LeadDocumentation LeadTransportation/Logistics Lead

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Clear Roles & Responsibilities; Clear Roles & Responsibilities; Clear Accountabilities Clear AccountabilitiesAn example: Marketing Public Relations Public Speaking Writers/Illustrators Fundraising

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamsAttributes of a Truly Great Teams

• Defined Communication Defined Communication Methods & AccountabilityMethods & Accountability

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Evidence of SustainabilityEvidence of Sustainability Business Plan Sponsor/Mentor other teams (FRC, FLL,

FVC, etc.)

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Team Interaction and OutreachTeam Interaction and Outreach Community

(Schools, Businesses, Public/Private Organizations)

Other FIRST TeamsRemember this is a “Co-opetition”

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Summary of Team Summary of Team AccomplishmentsAccomplishments

Acknowledgement of successes -- every team member should know them

Understanding of improvement objectives

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Pit AreaPit Area Easily identified -- memorable Student-led SAFE Working Environment Clean, neat, organized

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

RobotRobot Students understand & can articulate Functionality

Students clearly involved in Design Process

Recognize and effectively describe Special Features

Differentiate themselves from other robot designs

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team

Effective SpokespeopleEffective Spokespeople Official delegates

All team members can advocate for team

Attributes of a Truly Great TeamAttributes of a Truly Great Team Spokesperson AttributesSpokesperson Attributes

““Tell me something about your team/robot”Tell me something about your team/robot” Generates Excitement Good Storyteller Positive Attitude Clean – Neat – Organized Concise, Rehearsed Presentation Focuses on Team/Robot Strengths Understands and describes how team meets

specific award qualification criteria Helps Judges remember key points

Provide Team and Robot Marketing Brochure Enrolls the Judges in team’s vision

Attributes of Every TeamAttributes of Every Team

And above all, demonstration of And above all, demonstration of Gracious Professionalism throughout Gracious Professionalism throughout the competitionthe competition

2007 Awards2007 Awards““Blue Shirt” Judged AwardsBlue Shirt” Judged Awards

Team Attribute AwardsCreativity & Innovation AwardsMachine Performance AwardsChairman’s Award

Additional AwardsAdditional AwardsLeadership Awards“Virtual” AwardsIndustrial Safety AwardCompetitive Performance Awards

Team Attribute AwardsTeam Attribute Awards

Team Attribute AwardsTeam Attribute Awards Focused on teaming behavior & Focused on teaming behavior &

team accomplishmentsteam accomplishments DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Imagery Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Rookie All Star Engineering Inspiration Rookie Inspiration Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Entrepreneurship Judges’ Award

DaimlerChryslerDaimlerChrysler Team SpiritTeam Spirit

Celebrates Celebrates extraordinary enthusiasmextraordinary enthusiasm and and spirit through an spirit through an exceptional partnershipexceptional partnership and teamwork. and teamwork.

Regional Championship

XX

ImageryImagery

Celebrates Celebrates attractivenessattractiveness in in engineeringengineering and outstanding and outstanding visual visual aesthetic integrationaesthetic integration from the from the machine to team appearance.machine to team appearance.

Regional Championship

XX

Johnson & Johnson & JohnsonJohnson Sportsmanship Sportsmanship

Celebrates outstanding Celebrates outstanding sportsmanshipsportsmanship and and continuous continuous gracious professionalismgracious professionalism in the in the heat of competition, both on and off the heat of competition, both on and off the playing field. playing field.

Regional Championship

XX

Rookie All StarRookie All Star

Celebrates Celebrates the the rookierookie team exemplifying a team exemplifying a young but young but strong partnershipstrong partnership effort, as well effort, as well as as implementing the mission of FIRSTimplementing the mission of FIRST: to : to inspire students to learn more about science inspire students to learn more about science and technology.and technology.

Championship Qualifier Regional Championship

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Engineering InspirationEngineering Inspiration

Celebrates a team’s Celebrates a team’s outstanding outstanding successsuccess in in advancing respect and advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and appreciation for engineering and engineersengineers, both within their school, , both within their school, as well as their community. as well as their community.

22ndnd highest honor FIRST bestows to a highest honor FIRST bestows to a team.team.

Championship Qualifier Regional Championship

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Rookie Inspiration Rookie Inspiration

Celebrates a Celebrates a rookierookie team’s team’s outstanding successoutstanding success in in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineersand engineers, both within their school, as well as in , both within their school, as well as in their community. It is the 2their community. It is the 2ndnd highest honor FIRST highest honor FIRST bestows to a rookie team. (bestows to a rookie team. (Rookie Teams are Rookie Teams are numbered from team #1981 in 2007)numbered from team #1981 in 2007)

Regional Championship

XX

KleinerKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Perkins Caufield & Byers EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship

Celebrates the Entrepreneurial Spirit -- Celebrates the Entrepreneurial Spirit -- recognizes a team, which since its recognizes a team, which since its inception has developed the framework for inception has developed the framework for a a comprehensive business plancomprehensive business plan in order to in order to scope, manage and obtain team scope, manage and obtain team objectives. This team displays objectives. This team displays entrepreneurial enthusiasm and the vital entrepreneurial enthusiasm and the vital business skillsbusiness skills for a for a self-sustaining self-sustaining programprogram..

Regional Championship

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Judges AwardJudges Award

Reserved for a a team whose Reserved for a a team whose unique unique effortsefforts, , performance or dynamicsperformance or dynamics merit recognition, merit recognition, yet doesn’t fit into any of the existing yet doesn’t fit into any of the existing award categories. award categories.

This award can be for either team This award can be for either team attribute or technical accomplishmentattribute or technical accomplishment

Regional Championship

XX

Industrial Safety AwardIndustrial Safety Award

Celebrates the team that progresses Celebrates the team that progresses beyond safety fundamentalsbeyond safety fundamentals by using by using innovative ways to innovative ways to eliminate or protect eliminate or protect against hazardsagainst hazards. . 

Determined by Safety Advisors, not the Judges

Regional Championship

XX

Creativity and InnovationCreativity and InnovationAwardsAwards

Creativity and InnovationCreativity and Innovation

Focused on ingenuity and elegance of Focused on ingenuity and elegance of designdesign Delphi’s Driving Tomorrow’s Technology Innovation in Control Xerox Creativity

Note: Generally apply to a component, subsystem

or strategy

Regional Championship

XX

Delphi Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology”“Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Celebrates an elegant and advantageous Celebrates an elegant and advantageous

machine feature -- recognizes any aspect machine feature -- recognizes any aspect of of engineering eleganceengineering elegance including, but not including, but not limited to: design, wiring methods, limited to: design, wiring methods, material selection, programming material selection, programming techniques, and unique machine techniques, and unique machine attributes. The criteria for this award is attributes. The criteria for this award is based on the based on the team’s ability to concisely team’s ability to concisely verbally describe, as well as demonstrate, verbally describe, as well as demonstrate, this chosen machine feature.this chosen machine feature.

Regional Championship

XX

Innovation in ControlInnovation in Control

Celebrates an Celebrates an innovativeinnovative control system or control system or application of control components to application of control components to provide provide unique machine functionsunique machine functions..

Regional Championship

XX

Xerox CreativityXerox Creativity

Celebrates Celebrates creativecreative design, use of a design, use of a component, or a creative or unique component, or a creative or unique strategy of play.strategy of play.

Regional Championship

XX

Machine PerformanceMachine PerformanceAwardsAwards

Machine PerformanceMachine Performance

Focused on machine quality and Focused on machine quality and durabilitydurability General Motors Industrial Design Motorola Quality

Regional Championship

XX

General Motors Industrial DesignGeneral Motors Industrial Design

Celebrates form and function in an Celebrates form and function in an efficiently designedefficiently designed machine that machine that effectively achieveseffectively achieves the game challenge. the game challenge.

Regional Championship

XX

Motorola QualityMotorola Quality

Celebrates machine Celebrates machine robustness in conceptrobustness in concept and and fabrication.fabrication.

Regional Championship

XX

Chairman’s AwardChairman’s Award

The Essence of The Essence of FIRSTFIRST Spirit Spirit

Chairman’s AwardChairman’s Award

Honors the team that best represents Honors the team that best represents a a modelmodel for other teams to emulate for other teams to emulate and which and which embodies the goals and embodies the goals and purpose of purpose of FIRSTFIRST. Celebrates the team . Celebrates the team judged tjudged to have created the o have created the best best partnershippartnership effort among team participants effort among team participants and to have best exemplified the true and to have best exemplified the true meaning of meaning of FIRSTFIRST through through measurable measurable impactimpact on the participants, school and on the participants, school and community at large. community at large.

Regional ChampionshipX

Regional Chairman’s AwardRegional Chairman’s Award On-line Submission (www.firstawards.org)

Specified questions & 10,000 character max essay Up to 4 photos Cannot exceed 1.0MB Must by signed (electronically) by Student Leader and

Adult Mentor certifying accuracy and completeness DEADLINE: February 22, 2007 11:59PM EST

Judges use Yearbook Page (www.my.usfirst.org) Team selects Regional at which entry will be

judged Team must be registered at selected Regional Woodie Flowers Award & Chairman’s Award must be

submitted to same regional

Regional Championship

X

Regional Chairman’s AwardRegional Chairman’s Award Qualifying Award for Chairman’s AwardQualifying Award for Chairman’s Award

Judges seek evidence through official team submission, interviews and observation

On-site Interviews 10 minutes

5 minute Team Presentation 5 minute Judge-led Q & A

No more than three (3) students / mentors Encouraged to bring and leave documentation to

support submission

National Qualifier Regional Championship

X

Leadership awardsLeadership awards

Allaire Medal Woodie Flowers Award Regional Woodie Flowers Award

Allaire MedalAllaire Medal

Celebrates Celebrates outstanding student outstanding student leadershipleadership and and charactercharacter that embodies that embodies the spirit of the spirit of FIRSTFIRST Selected by Chairman’s Award winning team

members Junior or Senior accepted at 4-yr college/

university Up to $10,000 scholarship

Regional ChampionshipX

Woodie Flowers AwardWoodie Flowers Award Celebrates Celebrates communicationcommunication in the art in the art

& science of engineering & design. & science of engineering & design. Recognizes mentors who Recognizes mentors who lead, inspire lead, inspire & empower& empower using excellent using excellent communication skills.communication skills. Student-nominated Selected from winners of the Regional

Woodie Flowers Award Judged by panel of previous award

winners led by Woodie Flowers

Regional ChampionshipX

Woodie Flowers AwardWoodie Flowers AwardJudging Considerations: Based on team’s description of how teacher or

mentor inspired each member of the team through: Level of student participation Creativity of effort Clear explanation of concepts Demonstrated enthusiasm for science &

engineering Encouragement to work as a team Inspiration to use problem-solving skills Inspiration to become an effective communicator

Mentor’s accomplishments through communication Students’ ability to communicate clearly & concisely

Regional ChampionshipX

Regional Woodie Flowers AwardRegional Woodie Flowers Award Qualifying Award for Woodie Flowers AwardQualifying Award for Woodie Flowers Award

Student-nominated On-line Submission (www.firstawards.org)

600 word essay Up to 6 photos Cannot exceed 1.0MB DEADLINE: February 22, 2007 11:59PM EST

Team selects Regional at which entry will be judged

Team must be registered at selected Regional Woodie Flowers Award & Chairman’s Award must be

submitted to same regional

Regional Championship

X

““Virtual” AwardsVirtual” Awards

““Virtual” AwardsVirtual” Awards

Focused on Focused on excellenceexcellence in use of in use of computer-computer-based based enabling technologyenabling technology AutodeskTM Inventor Award AutodeskTM Visualization Award Website Award

AutodeskAutodeskTMTM Inventor Award Inventor Award

Celebrates Celebrates excellenceexcellence in student in student mechanical mechanical design, coordination and design, coordination and presentationpresentation Utilizes “Inventor” software package Three (3) phase electronic submission Score-based judging (100 points with 10 point

bonus) Two-round judging by panel of industry and

education professionals See Awards Section of 2007 FRC Competition

Manual

Regional ChampionshipX

AutodeskAutodeskTMTM Visualization Visualization Celebrates excellence in student animation Celebrates excellence in student animation

Multi-deliverable award focused on full animation process Staged Due Dates – On FIRST web-site

Paperwork: Storyboard/Animation:

Score-based judging (100 pts max) Concept 35 pts Creativity 35 pts Technical Execution 30 pts

Rookie classification available – See Awards section of FRC Competition Manual

Regional judging by ballot by student animators from submitting teams facilitated by Autodesk representative.

Regional Winners qualify for “professional judging” of Championship Award

Regional Championship

XX

Website Award Website Award

Celebrates excellence in student-designed, Celebrates excellence in student-designed, built, and managed team websitesbuilt, and managed team websites On-line submission (www.firstawards.org

) Deadline: February 22, 2007 11:59PM

EST Judging by website professionals in

advance of event

Regional Championship

XX

Competitive Performance Competitive Performance AwardsAwards

Competitive PerformanceCompetitive Performance

Celebrate Celebrate excellence in performanceexcellence in performance in the in the field of playfield of play Highest Rookie Seed Award

Celebrates the highest seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds

Regional Finalist Award Celebrates the alliance that makes it to the

final match Regional Winner Award

Celebrates the alliance that wins the competition

Regional Championship

XX

Questions ?Questions ?

Key TakeawaysKey Takeaways Judges are Seeking Judges are Seeking EvidenceEvidence Advocate for Your TeamAdvocate for Your Team

Enthusiasm, excitement & passion sell Help us understand your story Enroll Judges in your team’s Vision

Do Your HomeworkDo Your Homework Understand award criteria Position team for appropriate awards

Be PreparedBe Prepared Prioritize critical information Know your facts -- Be illustrative, be specific

Bring the Mission of Bring the Mission of FIRSTFIRST to life to life You’ve Already Won – You’ve Already Won –

Have FUN & Enjoy the Ride!Have FUN & Enjoy the Ride!

Thank You!Thank You!

Good Luck!!Good Luck!!