An Expat Educator in Asia

Next Wednesday I have a 10 minute spot on a Hong Kong International School Administrators meeting to pitch to them as to why they should attend our 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong conference this October. I now have the challenge of thinking how I am going to convince them to attend in only 10 minutes.
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Readers will know that I am very, very keen to have a student strand to the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong conference this October. I really feel that this will add a strong air of authenticity to what we are going to be discussing at the conference. I have blogged previously about how authentic [...]

I have mentioned in some previous posts that the conference I am planning for October will have an evening opening function. I guess I am stealing this from other conferences I have been to where this initial function has been a great opportunity to be an ice-breaker for those who have traveled to the event [...]

I just sent the following letter out to the members of the sub-committee charged with the challenging but enormously motivating role of trying to realise a dream of having a worthwhile and successful “Student Strand” to the conference this October.

Once again I acknowledge how busy you all are and trust that you are finding [...]

One of the things about the conference planning that it going to cost me sleep is the fact that I want to get a clear message out to groups that I know are at different stages in their journeys.
Some conferees, like librarians and media specialists are at the leading edge of the use of 21st [...]

The collective group of interested educators planning the 21st Century Learning @ HK conference next October need to decide on a theme that captures all that we wish to convey as soon as they can. It is a truism about conferences like this that once the idea is “born”, as it were, we all suddenly [...]

This morning I am writing to representatives in Hong Kong and regional schools about the progress in arrangements for the conference. I will share out the Google doc that we are using for planning so that everyone has access to as much information as they can lay hands on. I will also share out the [...]

Have you ever been to a workshop/conference/seminar and met colleagues who are disappointed in the quality of the speakers in spite of the speaker being “on the money” WRT the stated outcomes of the conference? I guess that some folks can seem impossible to please. Having said that, as an experienced conference organizer, I am [...]