Team Organization and Management
(a) Communications with FIRST
(b) Timelines & Deadlines
(c) Handbooks and Manuals/DVDs
(d) Organizational Structure of Team
(e) PR/Media/Marketing
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(a) Communications with FIRST
Team Information Management System (TIMS)
FRC Senior Mentor Teleconference Recordings
FRC Blog - News direct from the Director of FRC at FIRST
(b) Timelines & Deadlines
FRC Season Calendar & Important Deadlines for 2012-2013
(c) Handbooks and Manuals/DVDs
FRC Handbook - How to guide your team through the season. Includes sample team budgets and schedules in the appendices.
Team 358 - Separate handbooks for advisors, parents, mentors, officers, students.
Team in a Box - FRC Team 341 has created a free how-to DVD for new FRC teams.
MOE, Team 365, 2007 Championship Chairman''s Award Winner, Wilmington, DE - MOEmentum: Team 365’s information database on everything needed for a team''s initial year.
Rookie Resources from Penfield Robotics, Team 1511
Raider Robotics, Team 25 RINO’s (Rookies in Need of Support)
FRSee: Virtual Collaboration Network created by Team 1986
Search FIRST: Team 357 - Google hosted, internet search engine that facilitates content specific searching of the web, linking only to FIRST related sites.
(d) Organizational Structure of Team
1. Mentors
National Mentoring Month - January 2012
A Mentor Is (NEMO)
Recruiting and Retaining Mentors (NEMO) Sample MOU between school and mentors (NEMO)
2. Students
Recruiting New Students to Your FIRST Robotics Competition Team (NEMO)
3. Parents
101 Ways Parents can Help a FIRST Team (NEMO)
Parents Meeting (PowerPoint presentation) from Penfield Robotics
Parent information session (PowerPoint Presentation) from Penfield Robotics
Parent's signup letter (Word document) from Penfield Robotics
4. Community
Team Management Plan, from Skunkworks Robotics Team 1983, download via Chief Delphi
Project Management Basics for FIRST Teams (Word document, download via Chief Delphi) Project Management Basics For FIRST (PowerPoint presentation, download via Chief Delphi)
Chief Delphi CD-Media Home - White Papers & Photos (contributed by hundreds of FRC teams). Thousands of ideas, including examples of business plans, fundraising ideas, and scouting sheets
Chief Delphi Team Organization Sub-Forums - Operational nuts and bolts posted by the FRC community
Team Organization Tips (NEMO)
501(c)3 Nonprofit Status: What is it, do we need it and how do we get it? (PowerPoint presentation NEMO)
Communicating with Your Team (PowerPoint presentation via NEMO)
(e) PR/Media/Marketing
FIRST's FRC Team Marketing FAQ
FRC Marketing Tools - Official handouts, graphics, logos, PowerPoint summaries and facts to be used by FIRST teams
FIRST in the News - The latest media coverage of FIRST
FIRST Newsletter Archive - subscribe now
Publicity FIRST - White paper from Team 358 (NEMO)
Publicity Tips (NEMO)
Communicating with the Community (PowerPoint document via NEMO) - Includes press release template; view in Notes format
