Keynote Speaker | Angela Maiers

Technology is shaping the future, but it will be HUMANOLOGY that will determine how technology is used to transform the way we learn, work and live. To stay ahead of an increasingly digital and automated.... world, we need to start cultivating our most human abilities and put a premium on our uniquely human skills: judgment, vision, wisdom, creativity, and resilience.
There’s nothing soft about these skills, and we can’t afford to leave them to chance.Harnessing wide-ranging research on human evolution, biology, and psychology, Angela shares a framework for illustrating and understanding what is possible when we blend our technology with our humanity and work and when we work together toward making the world a better place to be human for us and for our children.

When we think of people who made the biggest impact in our lives, it was the ones who most sincerely believed in us, and who let us know through their words and actions that we mattered.Everyone in our lives need that same validation.
Mattering a universal human need. We cannot capture the minds of our students, colleagues, employees and customers if we do not first capture their hearts.
You matter is not a statement of inspiration. It is not a project, or strategy, an event, or an item on the agenda. It is the agenda. Mattering is not something that just happens to you. It is something you actively pursue.
This workshop will leave you with the knowledge, habits and attitudes you need to transform the culture in your organization into one in which everyone knows they matter.

Curiosity, Courage, Creativity Agility and Adaptability are not fluffy, nice-to-have value-adds.
They’re hard-won and rigorously maintained abilities that are better.... referred to as “power skills” so vital to personal and organizational success across and within every field and discipline.
The best part is they are TEACHABLE, and we have the data to prove that not only can they be taught at every level; they must. Come explore with me what that looks like, sounds like and feels like in your organization.

Life changes when we become literate. Our entry into the “literacy club” affords us power and privilege that is unprecedented, and yet we present the idea of literacy to teachers and students as a “set of skills” to be mastered. New literacies do not make past literacy obsolete, but it will require a new look at the way we nurture and teach our future readers and writers.
This presentation explores the differences and similarities between literacies of the past and new digital competencies and investigates how technology challenges those perceptions.

For centuries bravery has been a crucible of leadership and a fundamental principle for battle of any type and kind.
-But, what does BRAVE look like?
-How does BRAVE act and behave?
-And most importantly how big can YOUR BRAVE be? This presentation seeks to answer these questions by putting these elusive concepts of leadership and learning in place to deliver better results faster for you and those you seek to lead and serve.
Your mission is sacred. The world is hungry for people to step onto their power to affect change. It is by daring to act with the courage we wish to see more of that we grow our capacity for influence and amplify our impact in the world.
Let's not wait another second!

Imagine a classroom where passion-driven genius work is not extracurricular, but is a part of the routine.
Students are invited and expected to collaborate to support each other’s genius; to experiment with ideas, discover new possibilities and make epic things happen. Genius Hour is more than a “program” where students do fun projects together. It is an unprecedented opportunity for teachers to guide students in how to be effective learners and citizens, by helping them connect what they do in school to the broader community.
It’s our job to nurture our geniuses so they can change the world. Join us today to unlock a world of genuine curiosity, wonder, and innovation.

Life changes when we become literate. Our entry into the “literacy club” affords us power and privilege that is unprecedented, and yet we present the idea of literacy to teachers... and students as a “set of skills” to be mastered.
New literacies do not make past literacy obsolete, but it will require a new look at the way we nurture and teach our future readers and writers.
This presentation explores the differences and similarities between literacies of the past and new digital competencies and investigates how technology challenges those perceptions.
Emerging digital platforms give us new venues in which to assert our right, set forth in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Liberating Genius is not an inspirational or Utopian hope for our students; nor is it a quick-fix program to building a better system. It’s a movement designed to help leaders and learners break free... from the addiction of security and acceptance of mediocrity and rekindle the genius within. We can no longer afford as individuals or as a nation to allow our best talents to remain buried beneath well-intentioned but lifeless rules of school. Liberating Genius is a framework and system that fuels innovation, creativity and ability to impact our learning and the world.

There is genius within; together let’s unleash it.

Mattering in not just an agenda reserved for special days and special occasions. Mattering IS the agenda. Insignificance is the single most common ailment of the modern world and does not discriminate by age, title, or position...The impact of insignificance holds true whether you are a brand fighting for a place in the market or you are a person fighting for your place in the world.

Mattering is as essential to our life, work and well being as is food, water, shelter, and air. Angela explores how to take these common-sense principles and turn them into commonplace and common practice - with frameworks grounded in neuroscience, and proven by 31 years of practice. Be prepared to be transformed.

There is no doubt bravery is needed to lead and succeed. For centuries bravery has been a crucible of leadership and a fundamental principle for battle of any type and kind.

But, what does BRAVE look like?

How does BRAVE act and behave?

And most importantly how big can YOUR BRAVE be?

This presentation seeks to answer these questions by putting these elusive concepts of leadership and learning in place to deliver better results faster for you and to those you seek to lead and serve.