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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS
Chairman's in a nutshell:
-Focus only on the last two years of efforts (you can mention longevity of projects)
-Remember that you have a presentation and a paper. The presentation should not be a summary of the paper. Expand on what you said in your paper with the presentation. You have two opportunities to show the judges how cool you are.
-A chairman's team is a model team in all aspects of FIRST.
-You also have an executive summary/essay. This is a third place to show them how cool you are. Information should be related in each piece
-Some teams (my old team included) will pick a theme for their paper. Examples would be a robot analogy (mentors are like the wheels, etc) or a puzzle (all these pieces fit together). This makes it easier to integrate your paper and your presentation.
-Have Fun
-Its not just what you do, but why its important. Don't just tell them "We showed our robot to middle schoolers", also tell them "This got the students excited in a time when many lose interest in STEM. It also is a recruitment tool to help sustain our team."
If you need any help, PM me. I'm willing to help edit team's papers, but I'm warning that I'm a pretty harsh editor. If you would like to see the winning paper that I helped write, I'm willing to share.
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Hello Katie_UPS i was wondering if you could email me a copy of the paper you are talking about?
my team is going after the chairman's award this year. This is our second year as a team and we know how big this is and that it requires a lot of work, bet we believe we have potencial... we just need alittle help.