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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>User guide to applying to Design Challenges</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/w/documents/3825/user-guide-to-applying-to-design-challenges</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>User guide to applying to Design Challenges</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/w/documents/3825/user-guide-to-applying-to-design-challenges</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:32:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:859dc727-93f9-4229-b5f9-c1dc443e0636</guid><dc:creator>Dudley</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/w/documents/3825/user-guide-to-applying-to-design-challenges#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by Dudley on 9/25/2018 9:32:43 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:15px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;"&gt;The key to a great application is to provide as much meaningful information about your proposed project as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;font-family:Verdana, &amp;#39;Verdana Ref&amp;#39;, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#333333;"&gt;It should demonstrate to the judges that you have an understanding of the problem you are going to solve, a design plan, a plan for how the kit will be used, images, drawings, rough sketches, and how you will solve the problem. Adding your past involvement in Design Challenges or &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-socialgroup-small" href="/products/roadtest/" style="font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:#007fac;"&gt;RoadTests&lt;/a&gt; is a positive. You should also include a short bio on your professional background.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;font-family:Verdana, &amp;#39;Verdana Ref&amp;#39;, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#333333;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;font-family:Verdana, &amp;#39;Verdana Ref&amp;#39;, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#333333;"&gt;Please note that we use your application to judge your quality of work and judge your commitment for the 11 week build process. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;font-family:Verdana, &amp;#39;Verdana Ref&amp;#39;, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#333333;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;font-family:Verdana, &amp;#39;Verdana Ref&amp;#39;, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#333333;"&gt;We might contact you afterwards for a phone or video call to double check your commitment. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;font-family:Verdana, &amp;#39;Verdana Ref&amp;#39;, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#333333;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;font-family:Verdana, &amp;#39;Verdana Ref&amp;#39;, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:#333333;"&gt;Some applications may be made public (without the contact fields) so please do not put any sensitive information in the main body of text. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example Application &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challenges-projects/design-challenges/sixth-sense-design-challenge/w/documents/3858/sixth-sense-design-challenge-example-application"&gt;Sixth Sense Design Challenge: Example Application&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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