The Florida Sterling Council is looking for teams to compete in the 2010 Sterling Team Showcase.  This is a unique opportunity for your organization's teams to showcase their best practice efforts and present how their efforts have contributed to the success of your organization.

In an effort to encourage even more participation in the Team Showcase event, we have revised the process for this year.  The traditional Regional Team Showcases will not be conducted this year.

The new Team Showcase process will consist of the following:

1.  By February 28, 2010, teams will electronically submit  to me at the  Sterling office their 15-page written application.

2.  The applications will be submitted to a panel of judges from around the state for scoring, based on the Criteria as outlined in the Team Showcase Criteria and information on the Sterling website at http://www.floridasterling.com/showcase-overview.html and http://www.floridasterling.com/showcase-criteria.html.

3.  The Judges will choose the up to six teams to represent their organizations at the 2010 Sterling Conference.  Only one team from an organization will be allowed to compete at the Conference Team Showcase, however, there is no maximum or minimum number of teams that can be selected from any Sterling Region.

4.  The finalist teams will then be given an opportunity to update their applications and resubmit them to the Sterling office the first week of May.  The Sterling Regional Team Showcase Coordinator will assist teams in their regions to prepare for the Conference competition.

5.  The Judging process at the Sterling Conference will be the same as in the past, i.e., the State Panel of Judges will review and score the finalists applications, conduct the team interviews, then score each team's presentation at Thursday's Team Showcase.

Note on the Thursday Team Showcase Presentation:  The score, as determined by the Judges, is based on the presentation of the team’s work – not on technology used in the presentation, costumes, theatrics, stagecraft, or acting.  Use of props is encouraged.  Teams should strive to make the presentation interesting and hold the attention of the audience; however, the judging is based on: the team's ability to clearly and succinctly tell its story; support the story through appropriate charts, graphs, and other aides; and clearly describe the lessons learned.

6.  The Florida Team Showcase Champion will be announced at Friday evening's Awards Banquet.

Don't forget the Sterling Conference Storyboard competition.   This is a great opportunity for you and your organization to be recognized and showcased!  It is an easy way to promote and brag about your most successful best practice.  For more information, please visit the Storyboard web page at http://www.floridasterling.com/annualconference_storyboard_competition.html