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Originally Posted by JesseK
In the end, you forget about the blue banner.
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I could not agree more. After attending the Chairman's Chat at last year's Championships, our team took a totally different approach this year.
We did not do things for the sole purpose of the Chairman's Award (CA). We set out to do things that met the following criteria:
1. benefited the community in a positive way
2. could use the opportunity to pass on the importance science and technology
3. we felt like it was the right thing to do
4. it needed to be fun
Based on these requirements we set up events and made appearances. The end result, a fun way of spreading the STEM imitative to the local area. Yes, we ended up winning the Chesapeake RCA. We knew what we did was great (same scenario as you Jesse), to get a banner (our first in 10 years of existence) was just icing on the cake. We have more events lined up. Why? Because as a team we feel they are important, not because of a blue banner.
This is the approach we took. CA gives you a generic starting point, but be creative in the solutions and make sure you are doing things for the right reason.