Partnership Invitation

Dear Non-Prot Organization: We invite you to partner with us as we prepare to hold our third annual global education extravaganza this November. Our annual conference seeks to present ideas, examples, and projects related to connecting educators and classrooms with a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action towards solving realworld problems. The free 2012 Global Education Conference will take place entirely online during International Education Week (November 12-16, 2012) and thousands of students, educators, and representatives from NGOs will gather around the clock in our Blackboard Collaborate virtual rooms to connect and collaborate. This year, we are very pleased to be co-organizing the conference with the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) as they will be holding their annual conference and youth summit virtually and simultaneous to our event. In addition to general sessions presented by individuals and groups focused on global collaboration, other conference highlights include a virtual lm exhibition in which professionals, amateurs and students can showcase their work. We also have an array of thought leaders on board to deliver keynote addresses. Among many notables, a few keynote speakers are Andrew Revkin of the New York Times, non-prot social media specialist Beth Kanter, and childrens author Seymour Simon. Last years conference consisted of over 300 general sessions, 18 keynote addresses, and over 10,000 participant logins.100+ partner organizations and dedicated volunteers have been involved in the planning, promotion and execution of this event over the past two years as well. The Global Education Conference represents a special opportunity for those involved with global education to network and learn from each other, and we sincerely hope that your organization will join us for this years journey.

The Global Education Conference

November 12 -16, 2012

Partnership Invitation

Our partnership program is designed to promote information about your organization and to involve people from your networks in our conference activities. In exchange for broadcasting conference details to your colleagues or membership, we will spotlight one representative session conducted by a representative from your organization during the Global Education Conference. We will also post contact information about your non-prot in our partner directory and will informally use social media frequently to share news and resources posted by our partners. Underlying our partnerships is the extensive reach that my co-chair Steve Hargadon and I have developed while working across the eld of education. To give you an idea of how we can help you connect to others, here are a few numbers. We have approximately 11,000 members in our Global Education Conference network to date Our membership has more than doubled in the past year Membership is comprised of teachers, library-media specialists, administrators, nonprot and commercial entities Approximately 160 countries are represented Our collective reach via social media and associated networks is over 100,000 people of whom many are authentically engaged in educational improvement efforts Twitter - combined reach of approximately 30,000 followers Facebook - over 3000 likes and rising fast Classroom 2.0, Future of Education and other Web 2.0 Labs networks 100,000+ membership list Our web site trafc during the past year has steadily increased with 608,173 page loads 271,723 unique visits 219,493 rst time visits 52,230 returning visits

The Global Education Conference

November 12 -16, 2012

Partnership Invitation

We expect our reach to continue to grow rapidly in the next few months leading up to our November conference, and we need your help for this. There are still many educators and nonprots that wed like to see get involved as presenters or attendees, particularly outside of the United States. Please consider joining us as a partner and be a part of an extraordinary networking and learning opportunity. To get started, we need you to join our network and specically, this group: http:// www.globaleducationconference.com/group/2012-conference-partner-organization-rep. Fill out the required form, and we will post your information on our partner page as time permits: http:// www.globaleducationconference.com/group/2012-conference-partner-organization-rep. Next, we would appreciate you passing along GEC information as you best you see t. We have press materials, including Spanish translations, available here: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-press-and-media. Finally, you can follow us on Twitter (@GlobalEdNing, @GlobalEdCon) and like us on Facebook. Well follow you right back! Tweets about the event can also be found if you search Twitter for the hashtag #globaled12. If you would like to support our work and increase your organizationss visibility and reach through various leveled sponsorship opportunities, please contact Steve Hargadon directly at hargadon@gmail.com for further information. Non-prots can partner and/or sponsor; corporate entities must be sponsors in order to present at the conference. In either case, sponsorship will give your organization increased visibility during Novembers conference and beyond. We look forward to potentially building a working relationship with you. Please let us know if you have any specic questions.

Regards,

Lucy Gray Co-Chair The 2012 Global Education Conference lgray@lucygrayconsulting.com

Steve Hargadon Co-Chair The 2012 Global Education Conference hargadon@gmail.com

The Global Education Conference

November 12 -16, 2012