[rachelholladay]

Hi Justin,

Trying to predict what kind of questions will be asked is definitely a difficult but a worthwhile experience. An exercise we've done in the past is have our presentation team give the RCA pitch to people who are heavily involved in outreach but not on the presentation team, and then have the latter ask the former as many questions as possible. Our outreach leaders might ask tougher questions that the judges, but its always best to over-prepare. We find simply practicing the format to be helpful, although it normally become silly nonsensical questions if we go on for too long (or if we do this after a long build session).

I would agree with Alexa that they normally ask you to clarify things mentioned in the presentation., to go into more detail about certain initiatives or explain how those has an impact on your team and the community. Questions we've been asked include "When do you start working on Chairman's" (2010 Bayou), "What event do you guys do that best builds FIRST" "Wait so what is a Mardi Gras parade"(2011 CMP) and "So why is the historian giving the presentation" (2011 Bayou, when I, who was at the time our historian, gave the pitch. I will never forget this question because I never expected it). I believe we've also been asked what our favorite event was and why.

Best of Luck!