[Jacob Bendicksen]

We usually give the judges a nicely formatted copy of the essay/executive summary/photos (with our team fonts, etc.), buttons, stickers, and a program book. We put a decent amount of time into the program book - it ends up being ~30 pages of pictures and text, and it's a great way to give the judges a better idea of what we do. We actually put an identical book on the marketing kiosk in our pit so anyone can look through it.

Andrew does have a point, though - there's no guarantee that they'll look at the materials at all. I always half-jokingly say that the *thud* that the materials make when you set them down on the table is more important than the actual contents - if they're impressed by how big your binder is, then you're good.