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Winners of the 2009 US Imagine Cup Microsoft Student Competition
Huge Congratulations to all the Imagine Cup participants and winners!  Here are your 2009 US Imagine Cup winners: 1st Place:  Multi-Point Web ($8,000 trip to Cairo, Egypt for WW finals) 2nd Place:  Mango Bunnies ($4,000) 3rd Place:  Read More...
US Imagine Cup Announces Top 3 Teams at the Microsoft Student Competition
The results are in for the top 3 US finalists in Imagine Cup, Multi-Point Web, Special Child, and Mango Bunnies are all competing first prize!  Congratulations!! Later today will be the big announcement of who took #1, #2, and #3.  Imagine Cup Read More...
The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint
As it turns out many people find my blog by searching for this rule, so I thought I’d make a post that’s more on target for people to find.  This is a great concept and especially relevant for teams headed to the Imagine Cup US finals in Cambridge, Read More...
First all girls team in the US Imagine Cup Finals
I was excited to see Mary Jo Foley’s post about the All-women's team making the Imagine Cup contest finals   Ashley Myers, Erin “Ed” Donahue and Malisa Vongskul are working on Computer-Assisted Medication Regimen Adherence (CAMRA) and make up team Read More...
Imagine Cup Countdown Gadget
Excited about Imagine Cup Egypt?  Check out this new Imagine Cup Egypt count-down gadget created by Andreas Balzar Read More...
Due Today! Imagine Cup US Software Design Submissions
Diane and I have been working around the clock to get people excited about Imagine Cup and the deadline is finally here.  If you’re working on a Qualifying Round submission or have a great idea, you have until tonight January 22nd at 11:59 pm PST.  Read More...
Why should you compete in Microsoft’s premiere Imagine Cup IT Challenge Competition?
1. Free practice for the “real thing”  (IT Challenges quizzes are like mini Microsoft certification exams…and we even offer free practice tests for the IT Challenge quizzes themselves!) 2. Free e-learning benefits (over 100 hours of free e-learning Read More...
Welcome Back Springboard Blog!
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Imagine Cup IT Challenge – How to Compete
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Imagine Cup 2009 Kicks Off
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Imagine Cup US Finals: Gaming Style
The national finals included a track on Innovation and Entrepreneurship as well as a track for gaming and digital design. Student interviewed a panel of recent grads from EA and spoke to social media entrepreneur David Henderson. Check out these videos Read More...
Imagine Cup US Finals: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
You missed your chance to network with congressmen, Venture Capitalists, and Microsoftees like Andy Sterland from the Popfly Team , but you CAN see some of the presentations now available on Channel8 , Microsoft’s channel for students. Channel8 and MTVU Read More...
Imagine Cup US National Finals: Behind the Scenes
After a full day of judging multiple sections of the Imagine Cup US Final teams, check out what Andy, Neil (Randy), and Kevin thought about what they saw. They cover presentation styles, innovation, initiative, and even some spy activity. Channel8 has Read More...
Imagine Cup US Finals: Meet the Teams
From left to right: Joe Zhou, Adam Risi and Zachery Shivers, a quartet of sophomores and juniors from Rochester Institute of Technology, are the 2008 U.S. Imagine Cup Finals winners of the Software Design category. Displayed here is their winning project Read More...
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