DIAD is a group of DI Affiliate Directors dedicated to facilitating a positive Challenge Experience for students around the world. Join us for this meet-and-greet session to socialize with DIAD officers and share your experiences with DI.
Hosts: Gabi Guererro and Lisa Diner
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to join.
Students who participate in Destination Imagination learn more than just STEAM-based skills. Join the Educational Experiences Team as they discuss how participating in the Destination Imagination Challenge Experience gives team members the opportunity to practice workplace readiness skills such as empathy, teamwork, personal responsibility, self-awareness, emotional regulation, social awareness, and goal-directed behavior. Join us in exploring how these vital skills empower participants to grow and develop into the next generation of innovators.
Speakers: DI’s Educational Experiences Team (Erica Begun-Veenstra, Kris Beisel, Amanda Potter, Johnny Wells)
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to enter.
Do you want to help grow Destination Imagination's impact in your local community? Do you want to learn how to cultivate meaningful win-win relationships with local funders? To you want to get an in-depth look at how to structure powerful partnerships that lead to bringing DI to underserved communities? - if so, this is the session for you!
Speaker: Andrew Whitmire
This session will take place in the Orange Room. Click here to enter.
As a follow up to last summer's session on the American Rescue Plan funding, we will take a look at where the funding is now and how to promote DI as a way for districts to use it.
Speaker: Adam Law
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to join.
Join members of DI's committee for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging as they review the strategies and assessments that are currently being utilized to create a more inclusive DI community.
Speaker: Renee Rainville
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to join.
The elements and processes of Destination Imagination are not merely limited to use with teams of students solving DI Team Challenges and Instant Challenges. Creativity, the creative process, and Destination Imaginations pedagogy are excellent building blocks for use in any learning environment. Not only do these elements energize a project or lesson but these elements bring life-long skills for innovation and success in solving any challenge life presents. Join Director of Education, Johnny Wells, for some tips on motivating learners in the classroom by using Destination Imagination approaches. Attendees are eligible to receive a certificate of attendance for verifying professional development hours.
Speaker: Johnny Wells
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to enter.
Whether you are a well-seasoned Challenge Master or a brand new Team Manager, come learn the ins and outs of running a DI tournament with our online tournament manager, mobile scoring client, and score room software.
Speaker: Adam Law
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to enter.
If you've ever thought to yourself, "Every kid should have access to DI experiences" - well, you're not alone! One of the ways DI can grow locally is through local support from companies, foundations and philanthropists who are passionate about DI's youth-serving mission. In this session, we will dig into the critical ways in which you can attract powerful champions for your cause locally and inspire those champions to raise the financial resources necessary to help make your organization sustainable and available to every child.
Speaker: Andrew Whitmire
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to join.
Training is vitally important to our volunteers regardless of their volunteer role and whether they are new or have been with us for many years. This course will cover learner reports, so you can track your volunteers’ progress; how to get all of your volunteers into the DI Learning Management System; and the courses that are available for your volunteers.
Speaker: Kris Beisel
This session will take place in the Orange Room. Click here to join.
DI's Executive Director and members of the leadership team will talk about DI's past, present and future in this enlightening conversation about the ins and outs, ups and downs of running one very unique non-profit.
Speaker: Michele Tuck-Ponder
This session will take place in the Orange Room. Click here to enter.
In this session, attendees will: - Learn about the Portuguese variations to Destination Imagination - Know the parallel activities and initiatives Torrance Center promotes to enrich the participants’ experience - Learn about the Portuguese Programs’ (Destination Imagination & others) impact evaluation, results, testimonials, and experiences.
Speakers: Margarida Cardoso, Adriana Correa
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to enter.
Practical tools to build inclusion and belonging in our social and professional environments, while learning how to navigate conflict and uncomfortable conversations. The session will cover how to nurture individual and collective authenticity, creative approaches to enhance innovation, and ways to lean in so that everyone has the same opportunity to stand out in their full unique expression.
Speaker: Beverley Akufo-Addo
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to enter.
If you've ever thought to yourself, "Every kid should have access to DI experiences" - well, you're not alone! One of the ways DI can grow locally is through local support from companies, foundations and philanthropists who are passionate about DI's youth-serving mission. In this session, we will dig into the critical ways in which you can attract powerful champions for your cause locally and inspire those champions to raise the financial resources necessary to help make your organization sustainable and available to every child.
Speaker: Andrew Whitmire
This session will take place in the Orange Room. Click here to enter.
Whether you are a well-seasoned Challenge Master or a brand new Team Manager, come learn the ins and outs of running a DI tournament with our online tournament manager, mobile scoring client, and score room software.
Speaker: Adam Law
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to enter.
Creativity is an inherent part of how we learn as human beings. Creativity is more than artistic ability. Creativity is integral to effectively exploring solutions anywhere and anytime. Join the DI Educational Experiences Team as they discuss the creative process, the DI philosophy of learning, and how you can encourage creativity in your team members.
Speakers: DI’s Educational Experiences Team (Erica Begun-Veenstra, Kris Beisel, Amanda Potter, Johnny Wells)
This session will take place in the Orange Room. Click here to enter.
As the world evolves, business success relies more heavily on measuring impact. In this session, we will explore and discuss forms of impact measurement and documentation that go beyond the "numbers reached".
Speaker: Renee Rainville
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to join.
The goal of lead generation is to find the people who will most likely be your next customer and then cultivate them until they become your next customer. This session will be a deep dive into lead generation and the ways in which DI is expanding its marketing efforts. If your looking for real, tangible ways to promote DI in your Affiliate or community.
Speaker: Adam Law
This session will take place in the Purple Room. Click here to join.
This session is intended for Affiliate Directors and their leadership teams to learn the basics of DI's Resource Area. Join us for a live demonstration about how to update your Affiliate information, manage your teams, and more! New Affiliate Directors are strongly encourages to attend.
Speaker: Kelsey Celek
This session will take place in the Orange Room. Click here to join.
