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AKA: Vivek Paramasivam
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Re: Chairmans Award tips

Here is our team's winning 2011 chairman's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w03Tx...3&feature=plcp

And these guys won the Championship award last year (Hawaiian Kids 359) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9IV1chHJtg


Good luck! =D

EDIT:

Also, I wasn't on the chairman's award team (the group that did the actual essays and video) but I do know some of the ideas they worked with:

1. You don't need to describe all of your team's activities/accomplishments in every submissions. e.g. you don't need to mention that you volunteered at a certain event in your presentation, video, other essays etc. Don't try and cram everything in if you think it woudl be better to fully describe other activities in mroe detail.

2. BE CREATIVE. Our team sent three people to the chairman's presentation, and they made sure to have the judges laughing, or at least smiling, the entire time. (they had puns, singing, etc. the judges loved it) You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n5Eb...1&feature=plcp
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Treasurer, Senior Build Officer, Saints Robotics 1899
Seattle Olympic Regional Chairman's Award 2011
Seattle Olympic Regional Winner 2011 (Thanks 2990 & 3393)
Seattle Olympic Regional Best Website Award 2011

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