Day-by-Day: Saturday, May 24, 2008
The Last Day - Already?
What seemed like it took forever to get here is almost over! No doubt with new pins, new friends and better old friends.
Destination ImagiNation Global Finals is where teamwork and creativity is not only accepted, is it the norm. Situational management helps these teams thrive. And these teams love it!
This is the last day of competition and ends with the Closing Ceremony.
Join us for the webcast of this event May 24th at 7:30 PM EDT /2330 GMT.
Meanwhile, click on the newspaper to the left for the newspaper on campus today!
Thank you! See You Next Year!
We Have A Lot More Photos To Post! Please come back soon!
Global Finals just started! Or so it seems. Now the 1,031 teams from around the World will be heading to closing ceremony at Thompson-Boling Arena at the University of Tennessee.
The Mysterious Power Cube at Closing Ceremony!
Video and photos of this event will be here soon!
While still cloaked in mystery, the Power Cube will be unveiled this evening. This 15-by-15-by-15 foot cube is part of the finals for the National Dairy Council’s Nutrition & Fitness Challenges. All we can divulge is that it involves a gi-normous number of 3-by-3 cardboard boxes.
The other main ingredient of the Power Cube is the printed graphics that cover all six sides of each box. That’s 750 sides by 9 square feet per side, which is almost 7,000 square feet! After doing the math, DI looked for a company to help with this project.
Avery Graphics, makers of mailing labels and other self-stick materials, stepped up to the plate and donated the super wide self-adhesive vinyl to print and then adhere to the sides of the boxes.
“The company supported DI’s Power Cube project not only because it was a worthy cause, but also because it was quite an interesting use of Avery’s products,” says Tom Durner, Avery Dennison’s manager of Strategic Alliances.
Avery and Durner also recognize the value of what DI teaches its student participants. “One cannot ignore the fact that the very skills that Destination ImagiNation cultivates in their members are utilized by businesses everywhere,” Durner says. “So in essence our support is helping to develop tomorrow’s business leaders.”
Below are the views of World's Fair Park during the Club DI, the Class of 2008 that walked down the aisle with their creative peers, and
I DO DI-IDOL. More photos will be posted soon!
Video of the Out-of-the-Box Costume Ball!
The sponsor expo and pin trading areas are busy, and teams are having a great time! Many are taking part in the Nutrition and Fitness Challenge of the National Dairy Council, while others can't help but have their photo taken with Elsie the cow from Borden!
The above is a 360-degree panorama of Opening Ceremony.
This requires Apple Quicktime download if you do not have one.
WELCOME: US Deputy Secretary of Education Raymond Simon
We are pleased to welcome U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Raymond Simon to Global Finals. Below, Deputy Secretary Simon listens to participants about the benefits of being a part of the World's largest creative problem solving organization.
Camps: Tuning Up Creativity
Some teams have opted to take part in creativity camps at Global Finals. The Rev It Up photo albums has been posted in the
Photos -> Events section of the web site.
[Download the schedule of events ]
Daily Schedule
| 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration | TRECS |
| 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Competition (All Levels) | UT Campus/Knoxville Convention Center |
| 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Team Manager Clubhouse | Knoxville Convention Center , 301E |
| 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Sponsor Expo | Knoxville Convention Center |
| 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Nutrition and Fitness Challenges | Knoxville Convention Center and University Center Plaza |
| 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | We ART DI! | Specified Info Tents |
| 10:00 a.m. - Noon | projectOutreach ® Team Presentations | Knoxville Convention Center , 301C |
| 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Presentation Center | Knoxville Convention Center , 301B |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | DI eXtreme ® Max Presentations | University Center Ballroom/Plaza |
| 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | University Level Meeting | University Center Ballroom |
| 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Closing Ceremony | Thompson-Boling Arena |
| 9:30 p.m. - Midnight | Pre-Teen Party | Aquatic Center Parking Lot/IM Fields |
| 9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. | Teen Party | Staff 9 Parking Lot across from Neyland Stadium |