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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><img width=624 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image001.png@01D480C9.61C0E3C0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>DI Season is Underway!<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'>Can you believe it's November? Time is flying by. If your Team is just now getting started, don't worry, it’s still early. It’s time for you to create a Goals Calendar with your Team. This will help your team stay focused and use solid project management principles to stay on target for the season. Have them mark on a calendar when they think they should be finished with major parts of their solution- script, costumes, props, technical devices, etc. Pull that calendar out at every meeting and talk about how long they have to get things done. Ask if anybody wants to work on certain aspects on their own and bring them back in at a future meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'>Remember that kids have their own way of looking at the world, and getting them to focus can be a challenge, especially younger teams who have not had to work with others on a long term project. This can be very frustrating for you an adult, especially if they might get stuck in the “storming” stage of team development, or lose sight of their goals. Refer to the Roadmap, DII blogs and Team Manager trainings for some ideas of how to help your team past some of these roadblocks, and realize that your team may have to readjust their goals (or you may have to readjust your thinking of what they “should” accomplish) and that it is okay. Our Florida tournament is conducted as a celebration of what your teams have accomplished, and we work very hard to make sure our appraisers understand that. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'><img width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Online Team Manager Training Available<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'>In addition to the Adobe training offered by Destination Imagination headquarters, our California Affiliate of Destination Imagination has posted several wonderful online videos of their team manager training session. These are great refresher courses, or excellent for new team managers. You can find the videos </span><a href="https://gadi.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20&id=a355d227c5&e=cdf241c009" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF'>here</span></a><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'>. We would like your feedback on these videos, so please drop us a note at </span><a href="mailto:difl.info@yahoo.com"><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>difl.info@yahoo.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'> if you use any of these<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Are you looking for more help to be a successful team manager? If so, check out </span><a href="https://gadi.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20&id=ba8dab6785&e=cdf241c009" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF'>Destination Imagination’s blog post</span></a><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>. The blog is full of helpful tips on how to be the ultimate facilitator for your team.<br></span><a href="https://gadi.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20&id=5cff41daa4&e=cdf241c009" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF'>California Destination Imagination</span></strong></a><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'> has shared some webinars that they have created for each of the Challenges. These are really worth your time to dive deeper into the Challenge that your Team is doing.<br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Don't Forget to Practice Instant Challenge!<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1> <o:p></o:p></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=150 height=150 id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/ad29454b-800a-48c8-9940-68409b6c8c7a.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Instant Challenge counts for 25% of your Team's total score at Tournament. Teams should practice IC at every meeting! The Roadmap that came with your Program Materials is full of great Instant Challenges. You will also find a set of Practice Instant Challenges in the DI Resource Area. There is a set of Practice IC's in the</span><a href="https://gadi.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20&id=e85a667761&e=cdf241c009" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF'> Resource Area</span></a><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>, and more can be found </span><a href="https://gadi.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20&id=8af3903fa5&e=cdf241c009" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF'>here</span></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>.</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1>Keep up with Clarifications<o:p></o:p></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=0 style='width:153.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;margin-bottom:5.75pt'><tr><td width=204 style='width:153.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><img border=0 width=200 height=112 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt=004><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'>Please check frequently for published Clarifications. There is a published clarification for the technical challenge “On Target”, so make sure you review it if your team is working on that challenge. Clarifications can be found </span><a href="https://gadi.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20&id=074371cdde&e=cdf241c009" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#2BAADF'>here.</span></a><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'> You will also find procedures there for asking for a Team Clarification if your Team has a question that they feel is not covered in the Challenge or in the Published Clarifications. If you ask for a Team Clarification, the answer is shared only with you and is not made public, so don't worry that another Team might see your idea and put it to their use. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Tournament Volunteers Needed<o:p></o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=0 style='width:165.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;margin-bottom:5.75pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=221 height=166 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'>A great group of Volunteers is essential to a successful Tournament. The appraiser can be any adult, over 18 years old (and not in high school) – a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, friend or teacher. We can’t hold a tournament without these most critical volunteers. If you know of someone who would like to know more about the program, appraising is a great way to get informed. Most of our training is done online, with final instructions done the morning of our tournament. Volunteer registration is open and can be done through </span><a href="http://www.floridadi.org"><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>www.floridadi.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black'> VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Pin Contest Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Remember that the deadline for pin and tee shirt design submissions is December 1. If anyone associated with your team has been working on a design, they need to get it submitted. Go to our mainpage </span><a href="http://www.floridadi.org"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>www.floridadi.org</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'> PIN CONTEST for more information about the contest.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:19.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Team Tournament Registrations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Please register your team challenge selection with Destination Imagination. Knowing what challenges you are working on, helps Destination Imagination and us at Florida DI with our tournament planning. Remember that you need to register with both DII and Florida DI. Our Florida tournament registration is now open, so that you can start to enter your team’s information for us as well. You may change any information on your registrations for us until registration closes on January 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:19.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Florida Tournament Registration closes January 31, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Florida DI tournament in Maitland Saturday, March 30, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Global Finals tournament in Kansas City, Missouri May 22 through 25, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=530 height=50 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D480C9.61C0E3C0" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>We wish you safe travels this holiday season, and wonderful celebrations with family and friends!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Erica Bowler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Affiliate Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Florida Destination Imagination<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><a href="http://www.floridadi.org">www.floridadi.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><a href="mailto:DIFL.info@yahoo.com">DIFL.info@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><img border=0 width=317 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image006.png@01D480C9.61C0E3C0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>