Chairmans Award tips

[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.