- Request for Proposals: UCLA's Tarjan Center looking to fund innovative USA teachers who include students with disabilities in SAGE activities
- Worldwide SAGE Project to Assist Haiti
- The site for the 2010 USA SAGE Tournament has been selected. It’s Buffalo/Niagara Falls on May 28-30, 2010
- We expect at least two more states to join the SAGE network in 2010: Minnesota and Illinois. We also hope to add New Mexico, Texas and Hawaii.
- The SAGE World Cup 2009 will be in Brazil on August 9-12, 2009.
- Join together and help send Chico State Sage Leaders to Brazil.
- Download 2009 SAGE World Cup Agenda and Rules (Doc)
The Multimedia Presentation
Competition presenters should write their own parts of the presentation so they are very familiar with the contents. Visual documentation should accompany the oral presentation. Presentations vary, with teams using slide projectors, video monitors, or computer presentations for visual documentation. You may want to ask the college mentors, your BAB, or your speech and drama teachers at your school to critique your presentation and make suggestions for improvement. Presentation team members need to be familiar with EVERY activity. An example of an excellent 15-minute presentation can be found by downloading the Holy Angels Academy (second place: SAGE USA, 2008) video at http://sageglobal.org.
Presentation Details
Each SAGE team will be given a 30-minute time block at the competition. During the first 5 minutes teams will immediately display their annual reports on the computer projection screen. While the judges are reading the annual reports, the team will set up its equipment, set up props, etc. The team will then have 15 minutes to give their oral/audio-visual presentation, followed by a 5-minute mandatory question and answer period. Finally, in the last 5 minutes, students will remove all their equipment and exit the room while the judges score the team.
Anyone may assist the team with set up or operation of AV equipment. However, only the student team members may participate in the presentation or answer questions from the judges.
Presentation Equipment Provided by the SAGE Host |
- one large screen and two extension cords
- a visual projection system compatible with PCs (not MACs)
Every effort will be made by the host university to supply the proper computer equipment, but it is a wise idea to bring your own laptop and visual projection system to be on the safe side.
Practice time in practice rooms |
Every effort will be made by the host university to allow SAGE teams to practice time in designated practice rooms. Teams should be respectful of other teams, and only remain in the room for 15 minute periods unless no other teams are waiting.
General Information |
- Except for the annual report (and media, if any), no handouts to judges are permitted. However, teams may display products by holding them up during and after the oral presentation.
- If you are using PowerPoint or other presentation software, please save your presentation on a zip disk and/or CD, to be loaded onto the computer in the presentation room. Make sure your presentation file is PC compatible (not Macintosh).
- Members of local TV, radio, or newspaper media have full access to all presentation rooms at any time. All teams should be prepared for the possibility of the media taking video or photos of their presentation.