42nd Annual NCEA - Minnesota Community Education Association

Featured Speakers
Daniel Pink
Contributing Editor at Fast Company
and Author, A Whole New Mind
Doctors. Lawyers. Engineers. That’s what
our parents told us to be when we grew up.
But were Mom and Dad right? Actually,
the future belongs to a different kind of
person with a different kind of mind:
people like artists, inventors, storytellers,
and caregivers. These right-brained
people are the next business elite. In this
entertaining and provocative presentation,
www.DanPink.com
best-selling author Daniel Pink surveys evidence from around the world
to reveal how the forces of Abundance, Asia, and Automation are
nudging us into an era defined not by traditional, “knowledge workers,”
but by creators and empathizers. He explains what this transformation
means for the future – and he offers hands-on tools and tips, as well as
real-life examples, for how you can navigate this new terrain.
Sponsored by the Schwan Food Company
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 12:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Greenway Ballroom, Lunch Included
William Draves
President, LERN
Come hear the uncanny parallels between
today and 100 years ago. Discover
each of the major nine shifts currently
taking place. Find out how each shift is
changing work, life and education. Then
explore the implications for Community
Education in the 21st Century.
Thursday, Dec. 6, 9:00 am - 10:15 am,
Nicollet Ballroom
SOS Players
Skits Outreach Services, Inc.
www.williamdraves.com
Barbara Coloroso
It’s the deadliest combination going:
bullies who get what they want from
their target, bullied kids who are afraid
to tell, bystanders who either watch,
participate, or look away, and adults who
see the incidents as simply “teasing” and
a normal part of childhood. Discussing
her new book, “The Bully, The Bullied,
and the Bystander,” Barbara Coloroso
will give educators and caregivers the
tools to help kids, from preschool to
high school, break this cycle of violence.
www.KidsAreWorthIt.com
www.sosplayers.org
Teen members of SOS Players live the life they teach through
theatrical presentations to their peers. Teens who understand
the social issues of their generation form the core of SOS (Skits
Outreach Services, Inc.), and they want to influence other teens to
make good choices. Actors with SOS Players walk the walk and
talk the talk as they promote individual responsibility and
demonstrate the power teens have to determine their own futures.
Barbara Coloroso is an internationally recognized speaker and has
served as a classroom teacher, a laboratory school instructor, and a
university instructor. She is an educational consultant for school
districts, the medical and business communities, the criminal
justice system and other educational associations in the United
States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, New Zealand,
Australia and Iceland. She is the author of three international
best-sellers.
Sponsored in part by Ewald
Saturday, Dec. 8, 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Nicollet Ballroom, Breakfast Included
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SOS Players is a non-profit teen acting troupe that has been helping
teen audiences feel hopeful about the future, empowered to affect its
outcome, and informed about available help resources for over 15
years.
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Community Education Association (WCEA)
Friday, Dec. 7, 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Nicollet Ballroom