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The 2026 Destination Imagination Pin Auction Is Underway

Destination Imagination Pin Auction graphic featuring collectible DI pins, graduating students, and a pin towel. Text promotes bidding on pins and other auction items to support future DI graduates. Auction items close May 22–24.

For more than 25 years, teams, Affiliates, volunteers, and alumni across the Destination Imagination community have created pins to showcase their creativity and trade at tournaments and Global Finals. Over time, those pins have become more than collectibles. They represent memories, friendships, team identities, state and country pride, and little moments of DI history shared […]

Stream Global Finals 2026 Live

Excited students at Destination Imagination Global Finals cheer in a crowded arena beside text promoting the Global Finals 2026 livestream happening May 21 and 24.

Every year, Global Finals brings together some of the most creative, collaborative, and courageous young people in the world. And this year, even if you can’t be there in person, you can still be part of the experience! Families, teams, alumni, volunteers, and supporters from around the globe are invited to tune in live for […]

Help Improve Roadmap for Team Managers

Graphic promoting a “Roadmap Feedback Survey” with a purple background, winding road design, and images of the DI Roadmap guide and students working together. Includes a “Take the Survey” button and text about helping improve support for teams throughout the season.

If you’ve managed a Destination Imagination Challenge Experience team, you know that Roadmap is something many Team Managers return to throughout the season. It’s there when you’re figuring out how to start, when your team hits a roadblock, or when you’re trying to balance structure with letting students take the lead. It can also help […]

Team Spirit Spotlight: Celebrate Your Journey!

A DI team and their Team Managers wearing colorful matching shirts and posing together against a dark blue graphic background with the words “Team Spirit Spotlight.”

Tournament season is here, and we want to celebrate your team’s journey! Over the next several weeks, we’ll be celebrating the creativity, teamwork, and hard work our teams put into their solutions this season—but we can’t do that without you! We want to see your team in action—whether you’re building, performing, problem-solving, or celebrating a […]

We’re Hiring: Global Finals Service Associate

Graphic with Destination Imagination branding that reads “We’re Hiring! Customer Service Associate” alongside an illustration of a person wearing a headset and working at a computer, with an “Apply Now” button.

Destination Imagination is a nonprofit organization that advances creativity as an essential skill for innovating, collaborating, and driving positive impact. Each year, teams from around the world participate in the Destination Imagination Challenge Experience, culminating in Global Finals — a celebration of student creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving. We’re hiring a Global Finals Customer Service Associate […]

Apply for a 2026 DI Scholarship

Two smiling graduates wearing caps, gowns, and red stoles pose with peace signs on a blue background beside the headline “Scholarship Opportunities” and text about Destination Imagination scholarships recognizing creativity, leadership, and impact.

We’re excited to announce three incredible scholarship opportunities for students participating in the 2025-26 season of the Destination Imagination Challenge Experience: the DI Graduate of the Year Award, the Founders Award, and the DI Scholar Award. Applications are officially open! Scholarship Details Who Can Apply? These scholarships are open to students graduating from high school […]

Creativity in Motion: Destination Imagination’s 2025 Annual Report

Five students stand indoors next to a large, team-built display made of cardboard and painted materials. The display includes tall structures, boxes, and props. On the left side of the image is text reading “Destination Imagination 2025 Annual Report.”

Creativity rarely looks like a single moment of inspiration. More often, it takes shape over time through trying ideas, working through challenges, collaborating with others, and learning along the way. Destination Imagination’s 2025 Annual Report highlights what that process looked like across our global community during the past fiscal year. At its core, the report […]

Yeti’s Winter Workshop STEAM Challenge

Illustrated cover image for “Yeti’s Winter Workshop Sorter” STEAM Challenge by Destination Imagination, featuring playful yeti characters in a snowy scene with simple materials like a cardboard tube, spoon, and scissors floating around.

Looking for a winter STEAM activity that goes beyond worksheets and crafts—one that invites students to think creatively, collaborate, and work through a real problem together? Yeti’s Winter Workshop Sorter is a hands-on STEAM challenge designed to do exactly that. In this playful, winter-themed scenario, a snowstorm has swept through a Yeti’s workshop, mixing up […]

Welcoming Mark Giordono as Destination Imagination’s CEO

Graphic featuring a portrait of Mark Giordono in a blazer against a blue background. Text reads “Welcoming Our New CEO: Mark Giordono,” alongside the Destination Imagination logo.

As we begin a new year, we’re excited to share an important leadership update with the Destination Imagination community. Destination Imagination is pleased to welcome Mark Giordono as our next Chief Executive Officer. Mark will officially step into the role on January 15, following Michele Tuck-Ponder’s tenure as CEO. Mark brings more than two decades […]

A Holiday Update from DI Headquarters

Destination Imagination winter break graphic with a blue-to-pink gradient sky, falling snowflakes, and snow-covered trees. Large text reads ‘Winter Break.’ Smaller text says ‘Happy Holidays, and we’ll see you in the new year!’ Includes the Destination Imagination logo.

At this time of year, some of our international teams are stepping onto tournament floors, sharing their ideas, and presenting the solutions they’ve worked so hard to create. At the same time, many of our U.S. teams are still deep in the process—meeting, building, testing, rethinking, and discovering what their solutions might become as they […]

Thank You for the Journey: A Message From Our CEO

Purple background with soft light effects and the words “Thank you for your support and dedication.” A collage shows Michele Tuck-Ponder speaking on stage and smiling with Destination Imagination students and teams at events, celebrating community and creativity.

Dear Friends, Supporters, and Partners, As I prepare to conclude my time as CEO of Destination Imagination at the end of 2025, I want to take a moment to share my appreciation with our incredible community of learners, donors, volunteers, staff, and partners. It has been an honor to serve this organization and to witness […]

Stories Brought to Life: Celebrating the 2025 Team Film Challenge Winners

A red film-themed banner with the Destination Imagination logo and “Team Film Challenge.” Four stills from student films appear in a filmstrip. At the bottom, “2025 Award Winners” is displayed above a clapperboard and movie icons.

Each year, the Destination Imagination Team Film Challenge invites students around the world to step into the role of filmmakers—dreaming, designing, and producing an original short film in just eight weeks. The experience blends creativity, collaboration, and hands-on problem solving, all guided by the Destination Imagination Creative Process that helps students turn their ideas into […]