My name is Ben. I am currently a sophomore in college. I have been actively
involved in Destination Imagination in the Southside region of Virginia since the fifth grade.
I have competed at the regional tournament 6 times, moved on to the affiliate tournament 4 times,
and traveled to Global Finals once. Around 2006, I developed a strong interest in the Instant Challenge.
I acted as an assistant Team Manager for 4 Elementary Level DI teams over my last two years of high school, primarily focusing
on Instant Challenge Training. I have also provided direct assistance with Instant Challenge training of about 3 other
Elementary teams. I have been somewhat of a team manager to 4 of my own Destination Imagination teams, and I more or
less acted as the school coordinator at my high school.
A few years ago, I decided that I have competed in enough Destination Imagination events for
now, and decided to help out by appraising. So far, I have appraised the Instant Challenge twice at my regional tournament
and acted as a stuDIo Appraiser for Chorific! at the DIVA affiliate tournament. I plan on appraising this tournament
season as well.
If you need advice on team managing, I would be more than happy to help via e-mail. Check out
the link in the left sidebar to the advice column I'm trying to start.
What else do you do?
Well, for one thing, I make roller coasters out of pretzels.
I have also been known to write scripts, build sets, execute special effects, and make puppets.
