NEWS
Month, Day, 2012
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(Your Team Name) earns slot at Destination Imagination's Global Finals;
It's the world's largest critical thinking and problem solving competition
YOUR CITY, STATE -- After winning honors for creativity and problem solving in local,
state and regional tournaments, ( Your Team Name) has earned the right to travel to
Destination Imagination's Global Finals -- the largest creative thinking and problem solving
competition in the world -- to be held May 23-26 in Knoxville, TN.
Team members include (Names, ages and school attended).
They will compete with other teams in the (Challenge Name), one of seven difficult,
open-ended challenges that require youth to apply science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM), in addition to improvisation, theater arts, writing, project management,
communication, innovation, teamwork and community service challenges.
"QUOTE FROM YOU"
"QUOTE FROM ONE OR TWO OF THE KIDS."
Destination Imagination has had a positive impact on more than 1.5 million youth and
adults who have benefitted from taking part in its acclaimed Challenge Program. This year,
another 100,000 have competed in tournaments throughout the U.S. and in 30 countries to
earn a spot at the finals in May.
(YOUR TEAM NAME) is among more than 8,000 students representing 1,200 teams that
will advance to Global Finals, which will be held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville May
23-26.
“The Destination Imagination Program allows students K-College to learn and
experience the creative process. Quantitative reasoning, problem solving, risk taking,
collaboration, presentations, and thinking on your feet are some of the important skills learned
in the Program,” said Chuck Cadle, CEO.
The Innovation Expo at this event will this year feature NASA, Casio, ThinkFun, Texas
Instruments, and many other exhibitors. In addition, students will have a chance to learn about
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environmental sustainability at the 3M sponsored “Explore the Uncharted” exhibit, and brain
health in the Ready-Headset-Go exhibit. There will be book signings by Dr. Paul Nussbaum,
keynote speaker and author of Save Your Brain, and by Tamara Kleinberg, author of Think
Sideways.
BETTER GRADES CREDITED TO DESTINATION IMAGINATION
In a survey on 1,000 students at Global Finals last year, nearly half said taking part in DI
had improved their grades, and a majority reported that DI helps them "do better in school."
The majority also said DI helps them develop critical thinking skills, self-confidence, leadership
and the ability to communicate better.
Destination Imagination is an educational program where student teams are immersed
in the creative process needed to solve open-ended challenges, and then present their
solutions at local and regional tournaments. If they win at those levels, they gradually work
their way up to an invitation to Global Finals.
“The DI competition requires students to work through some very demanding critical
thinking and problem solving assignments that strengthen our educational systems by
enhancing the learning processes taking place in the classroom,” declared Cadle. “We’ve seen
the development of superior aptitudes in analytical thinking, leadership, project management,
teamwork, communication, research and innovation in hundreds of thousands of youth since
our organization’s inception almost three decades ago, and we believe Destination Imagination
has the potential to bridge the gap between what is taught in our schools and the thinking skills
our youth will need to succeed in the world of the future.”
Destination ImagiNation, Inc. dedicates itself to enriching the global community by
providing opportunities for learners of all ages to explore and discover unlimited creative
potential through teamwork, cooperation and mutual respect.
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