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Advocacy When You Can't Be in the Room - Reaching sponsors, legislators, and partners online and in person, for teams that can't always travel. Conf Room 4 (40) Access & Advocacy Denyse Carroll Robot Design Ideas for FLL Founders - Coaches and mentors trade technical strategies and design possibilities for the new season. Highlands Room (300) FLL Skip Morrow • Kaitlin Ilnitzki • Kyle Wolfe • Robbie Munsey Strategies for Season Build Process - It’s not my robot, why should I care? - Increasing engineering ownership through the introduction of integrated product teams Grand Ballroom B (275) FRC Andrew Koch FTC Registration, Without the Headache - A live walkthrough of the new FTC registration app: what's changed, how to use it, and the mistakes to skip. See it before your next event cycle. Grand Ballroom C (220) FTC Bonnie Crites • FIRST Chesapeake From $250 to Five Figures: Grant Writing That Works - Find the opportunity, write the application, win the award. For every program and every budget. Conf Room 7 (165) Fundraising & Planning Shelly Stoddard • FIRST Chesapeake The Care and Feeding of FIRST Alumni - Your most underused resource: keeping grads connected as mentors, donors, and ambassadors. Conf Room 3 (35) Outreach Matt Sanders • FIRST Chesapeake You Can't Always Win. You Can Always Build Culture. - Concrete moves to build a welcoming, sustainable team, and why they win banners. Board Dining (40) Team Management Shane Donovan Additive Manufacturing On Field and Sea - From Naval Design to your 3D Printer Allegheny Room (80) Technical Arvin Persaud • Malia Mariano 11:30am EDT
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Pseudo-speak: Talking About Code in Human Language Allegheny Room (80) Technical Perry Shank FLL BIOGLOW Preview (Futures | Founders) Festival Drum (Expo Hall + Demos) Kaitlin Ilnitzki The Road to the Champion's Award - How FLL judges evaluate Core Values and the Innovation Project, with practical prep for coaches. Highlands Room (300) FLL Kaitlin Ilnitzki • Robbie Munsey • Skip Morrow FRC Judging - How FRC judges evaluate teams, straight answers on transparency and consistency, and how to prep students for interviews and award submissions. Grand Ballroom B (275) FRC Jessi Brown From Kitbot to Machine Shop - When custom parts beat off-the-shelf, what they make possible, and how FTC 20194 JackBots built machining into their design process. Grand Ballroom C (220) FTC Alicen Adkins Agile/Scrum Product Managment: Applying Project Management to Build & Competition Seasons Conf Room 2 (35) Curriculum Ryan Mosse Your Team in 30 Seconds - A repeatable pitch framework that works on sponsors, school boards, parents, or a stranger in an elevator, and that you can teach your students to deliver. Conf Room 7 (165) Fundraising & Planning Laurie Gray • Alex Bryant There's a Seat at the Table - FRC and FTC advisory committee members on what these groups actually do, why your voice matters, and how to join, whether you're a strategist or a community cheerleader. Conf Room 4 (40) Access & Advocacy Denyse Carroll • Joey Kerns Your Team Is Your Volunteer Pipeline - Every program runs on volunteers, and teams are the strongest engine for finding them. Join FCH and volunteer leaders on building a culture of volunteerism that keeps your program strong at home. Conf Room 3 (35) Outreach Shelly Stoddard • Jen Kerns Community Teams, Shared Solutions - Vector Space shares hard data on rural recruitment and practice-field access, then we open the floor to swap strategies and pool resources. Bring your challenges. Board Dining (40) Team Management Adam Spontarelli • Elise Spontarelli 2:45pm EDT
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