Were you the on a Destination Imagination (DI) Engineering team and now you’re an architect? Maybe you loved the Technical Challenge and have become a coder, or created stunning scenery for your team and now work as a graphic designer. If this sounds like you or someone you know, we want to hear about it! […]
Tabetha Noel-Ratcliff, a 15-year-old at Northwest High School in Texas, wanted to pursue her passion of playing the mellophone in the school’s marching band. She was born with symbrachydactyly, a rare congenital hand condition. Noel-Ratcliff has full control over her right arm, but her hand and fingers are not fully developed, which makes it difficult […]
The 2019-20 Tournament Guide for Teams is now available! The Tournament Guide tells you what to expect at your team’s tournament. Inside this guide, you will find information that includes what will happen at your Presentation Site and tips from teams and Team Managers on how to have a great tournament experience. Here are the most […]
Thank you to all of the students who participated in our Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest! For this contest, we asked kids and teens to use their imagination and CRAFTivity to celebrate the good, the bad and the ugly of the winter holiday season by designing their own Ugly Holiday Sweater. We’re excited to announce our […]
Use your creativity to earn a scholarship! Thanks to the Destination Imagination (DI) community’s amazing support this past season, the Destination Imagination Scholarship Committee (DISC) will offer up to $30,000 in creativity and volunteerism scholarships to deserving candidates. To be considered for one of this season’s DISC scholarships, applicants are required to create a solution in one of two categories: Marketing or […]
We are excited to announce that the applications to become a Destination Imagination (DI) Team Challenge or Instant Challenge Developer are now available! Becoming a member of a Challenge Development team is a great way to engage with DI as an adult volunteer. By bringing together varied, like-minded, and collaborative people, DI has been able […]
At Destination Imagination (DI), we believe we have the ability to make a tremendous impact on the lives of both students and communities around the globe – but we can’t do it alone. As a volunteer-led nonprofit, we rely heavily on the efforts and energy of volunteers in more than 45 states and 30 countries. […]
As a drama teacher, I have spent years writing and editing plays for kids. I’ve also helped countless children write their own short plays. This can be extremely challenging. If you have tried to get your team members to write their own stories/scripts, they may have turned out something like this: Once upon a time […]
Reminder for Destination Imagination (DI) volunteers! If you are a Team Manager, Challenge Master or Affiliate Leadership volunteer, please remember to take our youth protection course called, “Keeping DI Participants Safe.” Earlier this season, we implemented a Youth Protection Policy to provide all Destination Imagination participants, Team Managers, Appraisers, Challenge Masters, Affiliate Directors, Regional Directors, employees, parents […]
As a Destination Imagination (DI) Team Manager, do you struggle with the performance aspect of DI Challenges? Here are three common performance problems that most DI Team Managers face: Team members do not face the audience. Team members do not project their voices. Their stories and plays do not make sense. If you do not […]