On April 13, you showcased your model solution at the Skirball Cultural Center in a city-wide competition. 

To watch the final presentations, click HERE.

The judges [listed below] saw stellar presentations, and were on the watch for creative, original, and achievable solutions. In addition to the Sneak Peek of the Judges’ Criteria (page 9 of your Playbook), below are guidelines for how your team was judged.

Part One: Written Materials Submitted Prior to April 13

§  Proposal: The judges reviewed your proposal submitted on March 4. This allowed them to see each team’s original goals, solution overview and gain a deeper understanding for how your solution became refined throughout the process.

§  Final written report: Due on April 8, the final written report contained a summary of your solution, highlighted your success and told the judges—in a written format—why your team should win. 

Part Two: Presentation and Showcase

§  On-stage presentation: There were two presentation rooms with 10 teams (selected at random) presenting in each room. A summary of your needs for your presentation was submitted. Your team presented for 7-10 minutes and then participated in a short Q&A on-stage. You were encouraged to incorporate visual and audio elements to create a dynamic presentation. Teams provided their presentation materials to Dropbox by April 11 and also brought them on a jump drive to be extra technologically-prepared. Preferred formats for presentations were Power Point [PPT] for still images and visual representations and .MOV or Quick Time for video.

§  Stationary exhibit: At your exhibit, your team had an opportunity to engage with, and answer additional follow up questions from, the judges. Judges were at each station for 5 minutes. Each team had one standard 6-foot by 2.5-foot rectangular table for this exhibit. Collateral and multimedia features from your seven-week process were highlighted features of each exhibit. There was only 10 minutes for set up and tear down.

Part Three: Final Round

A second on-stage presentation for the six finalists: Following the exhibit, six teams—the top three teams selected from each room—were invited to return to the stage. They were asked to re-present to the full panel of judges.

	TROY CARTER is the founder and CEO of Atom Factory. Carter has established the careers of numerous recording artists, including Grammy-Award winner Lady Gaga, and began his career working for Will Smith. After founding Atom Factory in 2010, Carter has continued his disruptive approach with the creation of various entities. In 2011, he cofounded The Backplane, a silicon valley-based startup that redefines social media by allowing celebrities and brands to connect with fans and cultivate brand loyalty. The following year, he created A \ IDEA, a product development and branding agency, as well as AF Square, an angel fund and technology consultancy.
	MATT CROWLEY recently graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Product Design. While at school, he helped launch two startups and served as a consulting interface and industrial designer for several other companies. Crowley is now at Apple Inc., in the manufacturing design department, where he works to bring new products from concept to mass production.
	NOEMI DONOSO leads local and national education initiatives for Roll Global, LLC, a Los Angeles-based company that has worked to dramatically improve educational outcomes for students in the Central Valley of California and across the country. She brings two decades of proven experience as a senior school administrator, principal, teacher, and teacher coach. Donoso has spent her career focused on creating life-changing opportunities for all youth by guaranteeing college and career readiness. Her accomplishments include achieving unprecedented gains for urban students across the United States in highly complex districts such as Chicago and Denver Public Schools. Prior to coming to Roll, Donoso served as chief education officer for Chicago Public Schools.
	ELY FLORES is the outreach manager for GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles, an organization bringing renewable energy solutions to low-income communities, and founder of  Leadership through Empowerment, Action, and Dialogue Inc. (LEAD). Flores endured a fatherless upbringing, in Los Angeles, that led to being pushed out of high school and into the juvenile justice system. But since the age of 17, he has dedicated his life to social justice. He has worked on campaigns to challenge social issues around the world and in his community, through organizations like the Youth Justice Coalition, Public Allies, and LA CAUSA YouthBuild.
	WILLIAM E. MAYER is chairman emeritus of the Aspen Institute. He is a partner at Park Avenue Equity Partners, which is a private equity firm he founded in 1999. From 1992 to 1996, Mayer was a professor and dean of the College of Business and Management at the University of Maryland. During his tenure, he organized and led an effort that significantly improved the school’s programs and it became one of the top 25 ranked business schools in the country. Previously, Mayer served as a professor and dean of the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, and worked for The First Boston Corporation (now Credit Suisse) for 23 years, where he held numerous management positions including president and chief executive officer.
	WHITNEY MORTIMER is a partner at IDEO, where she has led the company’s marketing since 1997. Prior to IDEO, Mortimer was senior vice president at Supercuts Inc., and held various positions in brand management and strategy at E&J Gallo Winery, Frito-Lay, and American Express. She has taught competitive strategy and led seminars in service management. Mortimer is a trustee for Sonoma Academy, an independent high school in Santa Rosa, California, and founding advisor to IDEO.org, a non-profit founded to cultivate design-centered solutions for poverty alleviation.
	LINDA STONE studies play, attention, technology, and trends, as well as our mind-body on technology. From 1986 to 2002, she worked in a variety of executive positions, ranging from marketing to research, to senior management, at both Apple and Microsoft. Stone was a pioneer in the area of multimedia in the 1980s, and a pioneer in social media in the early 1990s. She considers how our relationship with technology can evolve to support cognition and regulation of attention and emotion. Stone also studies how self-directed play develops our capacity for engagement and attention. Today, Stone writes, speaks, consults, and serves on advisory boards.
	ROSS WIENER is a vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Education and Society Program and leads professional learning networks for urban school district leaders and senior Congressional Education staffers. The program assists policymakers and education leaders in strengthening human capital systems, supporting implementation of Common Core State Standards, and strategically reallocating financial resources. Prior to the Aspen Institute, Wiener worked at the Education Trust, a national, non-profit organization dedicated to raising standards and closing achievement gaps in public education. He managed Education Trust’s research/data analysis, policy development, conference programming, and technical assistance to educators and policymakers.

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