Dear GEC Community Members,
We are excited as our annual main community event is fast approaching! Here are several important reminders as we gear up for our 6th annual free and online conference. This event will take place November 16-19, 2015 around the clock.
- The call for proposals ends in TWO weeks on November 1, 2015. Please submit your proposal by this date.
- Proposals should NOT focus exclusively on technology or general education topics; all proposals must have an international aspect and relate to our mission: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/notes/The_GEC_Mission_Statement
- If you would like to get further involved with this conference and meet education professional from around the globe, please consider joining our advisory board and also our volunteer group for the conference.
- Advisory Board Application
- Volunteer Group (we are seeking volunteer session moderators and translators)
- If for profit companies would like to benefit from our convening, including through presentation opportunities, sponsorship is required. Contact Steve Hargadon at steve@hargadon.com for details.
Please make sure you have joined appropriate groups to receive updates from us. If you are:
- a presenter, make sure you have joined this group: http://bit.ly/2015presenters
- an advisory board member, make sure you have joined this group: http://bit.ly/2015advisoryboard
- a partner or sponsors, make sure you have joined this group: http://bit.ly/2015partners
- a volunteer, make sure you've joined this group: http://bit.ly/2015gecvolunteers
Our advisory board and partners are meeting this week. We have 3 different times available and advisory board members and partners are encouraged to attend one of these. Use timeanddate.com to do your own time zone conversions. Meetings will be recorded for viewing afterwards if you are unable to attend.
- Partner and Advisory Board Meeting #1 at 7 PM Central/GMT-5 on October 18 https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/cjne2kbqoi4c806p29taf8dn614
- Partner and Advisory Board Meeting #2 at 8 AM Central/GMT-5 on October 19 https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/cin9j3g17bt4j4g9es7ttaoqd7o
- Partner and Advisory Board Meeting #3 at 3 PM Central/GMT-5 on October 20 https://plus.google.com/u/1/events/ct23um0lb6hb34gm4j3leetmbj0
Finally, if you are curious as to how GlobalEdCon will run, check out Steve Hargadon's Teacher Librarian Day tomorrow, and his Librarian 2.015 conference which starts on October 20.
Thanks for your support,
Lucy Gray
Conference Co-Chair
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