FAST FACTS

• ILDI has been involved in running "kids hands-on, adults hands-off creative problem solving programs for over 24 years- this year, "DI" is being done by over 200,000 students in 56 countries and all 50 states.

• Over 9,000 students will take part in Destination ImagiNation Global Finals in May.

• This year, we will have around 1,500 students from Illinois schools and community organizations taking part in the ILDI program!

The following will give you some great information to help explain what Destination ImagiNation is:

Destination ImagiNation FAQ's If you have ever been  asked to describe DI to a parent, an administrator or an newspaper reporter- you will appreciate how helpful these FAQ's are. On this page you will find descriptions of DI in 25,30,60,80,108,140,256,and 339 word formats- among other things! 

The Program Overview (511KB PDF)

How much does it cost? (PDF)

How Do IDODI?  Links to Getting Started, Building a Team, Understanding the Challenge...MORE! (From the idodi.org web site)

Logistics to "Being an ILDI Team (PDF) Flow chart

08-09 membership application (PDF)

Intro to DI Powerpoint

Team Resource Network web resources divided into lots of useful categories !

REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS article "How Destination ImagiNation Is Influencing Creativity In The Corporate World"