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2015 - 2016
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Why Support Destination Imagination? Destination Imagination, Inc. is committed to providing affordable access to innovative 21st century programming that will help prepare students for success in school, their careers, and life. Each year, we offer high-quality, STEAM-based (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) challenges that help bridge the gap between what students learn in school and the skills they will need to thrive in an ever-changing economy. Founded more than 30 years ago, our organization has impacted more than 1.5 million students worldwide and has become a leading, trusted development resource for students and educators. With
your help, we can continue to empower the next generation of creative thinkers and innovators who will lead the future workforce. “All children should have access to quality education that will prepare them for success in an ever-changing world.”- Dr. Chuck Cadle, Destination Imagination CEO
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DI provides opportunities for our children to think, take risks and work together to solve common problems that will get them to rule the world.” Raymond Simon, Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Education
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Organizations like DI are teaching tomorrow’s workforce that careers in engineering and technology are not only fun, but also within their reach.” Matt Blakely, Motorola Solutions Foundation
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OVERVIEW
Our Impact
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Looking back nine months to the start of the DI season, I would have never guessed how right I was about DI being uniquely effective at developing real-world, NASA-like innovation skills in our kids.” Scott Dalgleish, NASA Engineering Project Manager, DI Team Manager
Scott Dalgleish chronicled his story in a blog titled, “Destination Imagination and the Real World: My Parallel Experiences as a DI Team Manager and a NASA Engineering Project Manager.” His observations serve as a testament to the DI program and experiences that students gain from the journey. To read his story, click here. DESTINATION IMAGINATION
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About Us Incorporated as a non-profit in 1982 and reaffirmed in 1988, Destination Imagination licenses state, provincial and country organizations to administer the 21st century learning Challenge Program. Currently, there are 65 licensed organizations. Through collaborations with NASA, 3M, Disney, Mayo Clinic, Oracle Academy, Project Management Institute Educational Foundation, ShareSpace Foundation, Motorola Solutions Foundation, PCG Education, National Geographic, Morgridge Family Foundation, U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Partnership for 21st Century Learning, and other industry organizations, DI has been able to inspire and engage its participants in a wide variety of programming that touches many disciplines.
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These students will be the ones that take the rockets NASA is working on now to destinations unknown.” Tammy Rowan, NASA
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If each and every student had opportunities such as these made possible through DI, our children would undoubtedly be future-ready!” Helen Soule, Partnership for 21st Century Learning
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WHAT WE DO
DI Challenge Program Destination Imagination annually develops multidisciplinary Team Challenges that are designed as a fun and engaging system of learning. Each Challenge participant will gain knowledge and experience in areas including creative and critical thinking, project management, team building, conflict resolution, informed risk-taking, STEM, perseverance, and a completion mindset—the very skills that the National Association of Colleges and Employers have highlighted as important for success.
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WHAT WE DO
Celebrating Innovation and Education Global Finals Each year, teams from around the world qualify for Global Finals, the largest annual celebration of creativity in the world and the culminating event for the DI Program. Global Finals 2015, which was hosted by the University of Tennessee and sponsored by Disney, brought more than 17,000 people to Knoxville, Tennessee. More than 1,400 top-tier teams from around the world presented their solutions to DI’s annual, multidisciplinary Challenges. Participants also had the opportunity to learn from top companies through skills workshops and DI’s Innovation Expo, which featured exhibits by NASA, U.S. Space & Rocket Center, National Geographic, Microsoft, Oracle Academy and Vizitech USA. In addition, students had the chance to view two premiering movies from Disney and National Geographic and to attend special events like the International Passport Party and the Duct Tape Costume Ball. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and international entertainment star Paula Abdul attended Global Finals to share their life stories with attendees.
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WHAT WE DO
Celebrating Innovation and Education
International Invitational
Ignite! Innovation for Education Conference
Each year, Destination Imagination selects a global location to host an International
Project-based learning, project management, creativity, multidisciplinary team building, and
Invitational in advance of Global Finals.
global competency are outside the content domains for many educators. Destination Imagination believes it is imperative to provide educators with tools, resources and training
In 2014, 540 teams from China and 25 international teams from Canada, Poland, Mexico,
to help them integrate 21st century skills into the classroom and initiated their first educator
Korea, Turkey, Qatar and the United States competed at the second annual International
conference, Ignite, in 2014.
Invitational in Beijing for their chance to showcase their creativity and innovative Challenge
solutions. In addition to the tournament, the Invitational included an on-site, 24-hour
For 2016, Destination Imagination is partnering with the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and
Extreme Challenge, sponsored by Disney.
Space Camp速 to expand the Ignite conference to reach more educators. Hosted in Huntsville, Alabama, the newly redesigned conference aims to connect leading voices in
For the 2015-16 Destination Imagination season, the International Invitational will be held in
education, technology and innovation, and sets the tone for the future of transformative
Doha, Qatar from February 25-28, 2016. More than 500 local teams are expected to
education. Our goal is to inspire educators to take what they learn back to their
participate from the region, in additional to international teams from 10 countries.
communities and classrooms to help empower their students to change the world.
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Partnership Levels By partnering with Destination Imagination, your financial support covers a wide array of programs and services that include, but are not limited to, new programming, special events, challenge development, DI’s scholarship fund, offsetting the cost of DI’s program to communities in need, and ultimately fulfilling our quest to equip children for success in the future workforce. Destination Imagination offers an assortment of funding tiers that allow every organization to make the contribution that is appropriate for them.
Creativity Collaborator
Champion Partner
Discovery Partner
Explorer Partner
Innovation Partner
Visionary Partner
$1k+
$25k+
$50k+
$75k+
$100k+
We gladly accept in-kind donations from Creativity Collaborators. This can be in the form of products, or by helping DI to develop world-class programming to meet our mission and to help grow the program.
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Partnership Benefits Destination Imagination is excited to work with your organization to customize benefits that will develop brand loyalty and impact your mission, vision and goals. Through partnership with Destination Imagination, your organization will be positioned to receive unique and valuable benefits like the ones below:
Challenge Program • Logo placement on Program Materials. • Your brand in front of thousands of high-level, global volunteers who span every industry segment. • Presence on DI’s website, social media and blog. • Exposure to youth through free customized online content.
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Global Finals • Expand your company’s brand and visibility at the world’s largest celebration of creativity, which boasts over 17,000 attendees. • Outreach opportunities that directly connect the world’s most creative youth to your brand. • Promote your services or products at the Innovation Expo or through custom Skills Workshops.
Ignite! Innovation for Education Conference • Outreach opportunities with teachers from the U.S. and around the world. • Deliver custom brand messaging via classroom breakout sessions. • Visibility among hundreds of 21st century skills educational leaders.
International Invitational • Custom-developed Challenge based on your industry or area of interest to be solved by the world’s most creative students. • Logo placement on a Challenge solved at the event. • Showcase global collaboration of student problem solving.
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Our Community of Partners
We are proud to have respected corporations, professional institutions, foundations and educational organizations invested as valued partners in our mission to develop opportunities that inspire our global community of learners. Join the mission to provide a stronger foundation for our world’s future workforce and sustainability.
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ONLINE RESOURSES
Find Out More 2014 was an amazing and exciting year for the Destination Imagination organization. Thanks to the efforts and support of our volunteers, Affiliates, sponsors and staff, we were able to meet and exceed the goals we had for this year. As you read our annual report, we ask that you also reflect on our cause-based mission and vision for this organization. Click here to download our 501(c)(3) Declaration and Affirmation.
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Click here to view our 2014 Annual Report.
Click here to view our challenge program brochure.
Click here to view our early learning brochure.
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Thank you for investing in our children’s future.
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