Crowley's Ridge BEST

As a part of the BEST Award competition, teams will give an oral presentation in which the team members should view themselves as employees of a “company” that is marketing their “product” (robot) to a potential buyer (judges). This marketing team is an integral part of the engineering team that has designed a specialized robot.

The marketing presentation should provide information about their company, the engineering team involved in the design and construction of the product, and why their product is the best one on the market that can complete the assigned task. The potential buyer will be assessing the following:

• The company’s design and manufacturing process (engineering process of “design to market”, including a discussion on the advantages of your company’s robot design)
• The technological resources your company used to design and construct the robot
• Marketing strategies to promote the product (e.g., school and community involvement, promotional efforts, etc)
• The company’s demographics and operations (e.g., diversity of team members involved, team building experiences, displays of sportsmanship, etc)

Teams may sign up for a 30 minute time slot, which includes 5 minutes to set up, 15 minutes to make your presentation, 5 minutes to pack up (and 5 more minutes for the judges to deliberate).  Presentations will occur simultaneously in the ASU Student Union "Spring River" rooms A and U, so two teams may sign up for each available time slot.  Room assignments will be made on Game Day during team check-in.  Times are first-come, first-served; sign up early to get your preferred time!
 
Teachers:  REGISTRATION WILL OPEN AT 8:00a.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
To register, just log in, then click the "Register for event" button (or link) and follow the instructions there.