Budapest | 2020

Budapest | 2020

The ELMLE Steering Committee is preparing for an innovative conference in Budapest in 2020. It will be our third conference in the Pearl of the Danube. Plan to join us January 23-25, 2020!

We're designing an updated conference for you. Check out what you can expect:

• Inspiration is important to drive initial action as quickly as possible. So we need to help every speaker and participant understand how they can present their ideas to leave everyone with Inspiration + Possibility.
• Networking is important: being with our tribe, forming a team. We're designing structures for this to make sure everyone is able to participate in this way so that they can continue to inspire our kids.
• The story of the event itself should be coherent. We're designing for one storyline to bind each and every session so that we're all engaged in the conversation about what middle school could be.
• The conference provides a time to focus, but in the months around it, ELMLE will use its network and newsletter to share interesting stories of impact from members, speakers, and participants.
• We want to make sure that some of the biggest ideas emerging around the event continue to be developed, and become 2021’s Big Thing. To do this, we're designing ways for participants to identify and build on those "Big Ideas Worth Sharing" (to steal from TED).
• Great facilitation provides amazing learning for teachers in itself - it’s more than content. So for every format, we'll make sure we help presenters do their best work, and learn something new for themselves in the process.