"i.am.FIRST -- Science is Rock and Roll" airs August 14th

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by rmhooks573

there was a miley cyrus, justin beiber, and britney spears there? does anyone recall seeing these people? i don't

I recall there being several pre-taped bits during the breaks in the performances there (Jack Black and Snoop Dogg come to mind immediately--I've slept since). Perhaps they're in that group?

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by rmhooks573

there was a miley cyrus, justin beiber, and britney spears there? does anyone recall seeing these people? i don't

I was surprised to hear that over the weekend as well.

[Courtneyb1023]

Managed to find this i.am.first site by accident. It has some quick interviews with some of the folks mentioned in previous posts and has a genuine countdown clock. I thought it was worth sharing.

http://iamfirst.dipdive.com/

I did a quick search and didn't see it mentioned anywhere else here but if it's already out there, sorry

[Joe Ross]

Here's a picture of the email I just got from FIRST. Hopefully it worked better for other people.

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by Courtneyb1023

Managed to find this i.am.first site by accident. It has some quick interviews with some of the folks mentioned in previous posts and has a genuine countdown clock. I thought it was worth sharing.

http://iamfirst.dipdive.com/

I did a quick search and didn't see it mentioned anywhere else here but if it's already out there, sorry

I actually disagree with Mr. Jack Black. I think that honor of rock star should go to Dr. Richard Feynman.

[Chris Hibner]

I was checking out articles online about the show tonight and I came across this one: http://www.teenmusic.com/2011/08/12/...m-first-scienc

At the bottom he says he's going to do it every year. Interesting.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

I was surprised to hear that over the weekend as well.

Promotion, pure and simple.

It's interesting to see what happens when you put analytical, data-driven, break-it-sooner-than-later-so-you-can-fix-it FIRSTers alongside the hype and promotion of a major event such as a concert or a TV special. Especially in CD where we ignore, red rep, and/or publicly chastise posters who hype/promote themselves, their team, or their standing.

Really interesting. I think, overall, we're doing pretty good in riding this wave.

Jane

[ebarker]

A little divergence....

We have this Irish American girl on the team that is our webmistress. She has the really interesting purse that a lot of people say "hey, I really like your purse".
I've never seen one like it before. It is made of a ton of beverage can pull tab rings.

So we are watching the FRC kickoff last January and will.i.am comes out wearing this purse, and our webmistress goes "hey, that is my purse, well just like my purse".

Just a random comment for your entertainment.......
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[phoebe.patwell]

I am so proud to be a member of this organization, I'm glad that it's finally getting some decent recognition and publicity. FIRST FTW!!!

[Barry Bonzack]

Post if you had someone uninvolved with FIRST come talk to you today about the special.

I had someone stop by my cubicle today because he remembered I sent out an e-mail in April that I was would be out of the office volunteering for a robotics competition in St. Louis.

This gave me the opportunity to show pictures of Exploding Bacon, invite him to the regional which is 5 minutes away, ask if he knew students interested in participating, and, oh by the way, we build the robot on location if a he knew any savvy engineers such as himself interested in stopping by. Finally, I asked him to talk to other people today to see if they had seen the special, and have them come to me if they wanted further information.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

Post if you had someone uninvolved with FIRST come talk to you today about the special.

I had someone stop by my cubicle today because he remembered I sent out an e-mail in April that I was would be out of the office volunteering for a robotics competition in St. Louis.

This gave me the opportunity to show pictures of Exploding Bacon, invite him to the regional which is 5 minutes away, ask if he knew students interested in participating, and, oh by the way, we build the robot on location if a he knew any savvy engineers such as himself interested in stopping by. Finally, I asked him to talk to other people today to see if they had seen the special, and have them come to me if they wanted further information.

We watched 79's talk on local TV (aired Sunday morning) followed by this in the software lab at work. We talked about FIRST. For casual friday I am debating between 33, 65, 217, 2337 or 3450 shirts. I also have my CD Webhug tshirt now. So many choices...

[torihoelscher]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

Post if you had someone uninvolved with FIRST come talk to you today about the special.

I had someone stop by my cubicle today because he remembered I sent out an e-mail in April that I was would be out of the office volunteering for a robotics competition in St. Louis.

This gave me the opportunity to show pictures of Exploding Bacon, invite him to the regional which is 5 minutes away, ask if he knew students interested in participating, and, oh by the way, we build the robot on location if a he knew any savvy engineers such as himself interested in stopping by. Finally, I asked him to talk to other people today to see if they had seen the special, and have them come to me if they wanted further information.

Multiple people from our second demo from the ABC special on Sunday morning ask us about FIRST and how we got interested. We invited everyone to our events (TNT *September 16th and 17th 2011*, Media Night, and etc.) I believe that the I.am FIRST thing really benefited the whole FIRST community. Now everyone knows what it is, who we are, what we stand for, and etc, its an all win win situation. Today when I went to my high school, I had a lot of people ask what FIRST was and how to join the team. For the Freshman orientation we are setting up a demo for the new freshman to be introduced to this amazing event! Also please come to TNT at the University of Tampa!!! *September 16th and 17th*

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

Post if you had someone uninvolved with FIRST come talk to you today about the special.
.

A few folks stopped by yesterday. One guy has a lot of daughters. He said they were really impressed with "The Space Cookies".

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Help an old guy out here....

Do I promote this as will.i.am and FIRST?

or Black Eyed Peas and FIRST?

Is it correct to promote the man or the group?

I specifically remember the show at Championship being promoted as will.i.am and friends, but they were introduced as the Black Eyed Peas. If I were to give this a name it would be will.i.am promoting FIRST. If that makes any sense. If not, I apologize.

Cass

[nlknauss]

I received an email that Dean Kamen and will.i.am will be the featured guests on the Piers Morgan show Friday (8/12) at 9p. Wonder what they could be talking about?!

I'm loving the publicity coming from this!