Team Organization

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Team Organization
A Presentation by Joe Passofaro
Mentor of Team 2169, KING TeC
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The FIRST Team Mentor

• Facilitate
• Promote creative thought
• Mentor
• Listen to everyone
• Mediate among group members
• Be aware of your effort on the team
• Organization, Meetings, schedules

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The Business of a Team

• Run the team like a real life company
• Provide kids with
• Real world experience
• Networking
• Communication skills
• Work ethic
• Organize departments
• Appoint heads

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Teach more than you do

• Teach/Allow students to Manage/Organize
  Activities
• Put the power in their hands
• Everybody must contribute
• Allow students to have a voice
• It is their team
• Develop Philosophy
• Set team on a goal
• Make it professional

• Budget
• Competition Entry Fees
• Travel, Lodging and food
• Robot parts
• T-shirts
• Giveaways (swag)

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Organize

• Appoint rules master and tool organizer
• Keep everything in order
• Create action plan such as
• Week1 Draft designs assemble chassis
• Week 5 Finish robot, begin testing
• Keep workspace clean
• Only 5-6 people in the pits

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Go Beyond

• Outreach
• Get the team involved
• Create team relationships
• You spend 6 weeks on a robot
• Get more than one use out of it
• Community events
• School programs
• Gives kids a sense of presence

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Team Organization
Mentor
Captains
Heads of departments
Finance
Marketing
Mechanical
Travel
Electrical
Programming
Fundraising
CAD
Scouting/Strategy
Outreach
Budget
Communications
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Team STRUCTURE

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Programming
• Marketing
• Strategy
• Scouting
• Prototyping current game/future games
• Build Team
• Drive Team

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The Crate

• Build it early
• Build it large
• Build it strong

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Home Base

• Get a common location
• Divide into scouting teams
• Get to work

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The Pits

• Organization is key
• Have a design
• Designate a tool specialists

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More of The Pits

• You only get one table
• You have to bring your own tools
• You only get a couple of outlets

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Safety First

• Everyone on the floor wears goggles

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Too many cooks spoil the pie

• Designate your pit crew
• All others stay out of the pit
• Visitors welcome
• The Judges are coming

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This is NOT a Drill

• Check measurement before they do
• Leave room in your design for error
• Remember the Flag

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Practice Early, Practice Often

• Check the schedule
• Sign up early
• Sign up often

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Troubleshooting

• Check for problems
• Test your systems

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Marketing

• You must be see to be noticed
• Developing alliances
• Bling Bling Bling

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These robots cook

• Robot Casserole
• Cohesive design
• Fun concept

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Your Sponsors Rule

• Your Robot
• Your T- Shirts
• Your Bling

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Transportation

• Build a cart
• Build a drivers board

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Training and Instruction

• Attend the meetings
• Follow the rules
• Dont forget this is still a game

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Let The Games Begin
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Awards

• Check the Manuel
• Aim high
• Try to compete on several levels

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Even
WIN!!
Rookies
CAN