Challenges facing higher education event planners in the 2024-2025 school year

This past school year was one of the most volatile for higher education ever – quite a statement considering that we are only a few years removed from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, political and cultural trends around

Clever back to school night ideas for 2024

Back to School Night Ideas for Educators and Planners in 2024

Whether you are a parent or a school employee, you’ve probably experienced Back to School Night – for better or for worse. A hallmark of every school’s calendar, Back to School Night offers an important opportunity for families to get

Case Studies – The Bush School

Schools and education institutions are community-building organizations. A major strategic community-building lever for schools is to host events. These events might be engagement events, like celebrations, open houses, and parent-teacher conferences, designed to foster a sense of belonging and community

Case Studies – KEDC

For nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting education systems – such as providing assistance to direct service providers, training professionals, creating and analyzing data, connecting data and programming to policy  – two primary strategies stand out: events and data.   Events

Event Spotlight: Kent School Regional Supper Clubs

What inspired you to create this event? What should people know about it?   The Kent School is a private, co-ed, college prep boarding school founded in 1906 in Connecticut. Their Regional Supper Club series was created to help Kent

Why school event planning is ripe for innovation

11 years ago, I began two very different careers. By day, I was a high school English teacher, employed at Northside College Prep, a magnet school serving gifted students in the Chicago Public School system. But when school was on

Use these back to school event ideas to make your event memorable

Back to school event ideas and software

As the calendar turns to August, parents, teachers, students, and school professionals all know that creeping feeling. Another school year is about to begin, and aside from all of the normal worries, excitement, and logistics of starting another academic calendar,

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