Gallup Education Conference:

Aiming at Career and Life Wellbeing

Education has lost its way by aiming at the wrong outcomes because degrees will not matter if students fail to achieve success and wellbeing in their lives and careers. Grades, graduation rates, and gainful employment are inadequate in proving the value of an education. At best, they are intermediate measures on the way to a more important and ultimate outcome: career and life wellbeing. Decades of Gallup research measuring workplace engagement and wellbeing worldwide point toward a better direction for education. Everything changes if we aim at the more profound outcome of higher career and life wellbeing for our students and graduates.

Agenda and Speakers Join us July 18-19, 2013, for the Gallup Education Conference. Gallup is bringing together the best minds from K-12 and higher education to identify the ultimate outcomes for education. Our confirmed speakers so far include Tony Wagner, Ed.D., the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard and renowned speaker on education reform; Andy Chan, Vice President for Personal and Career Development at Wake Forest University and an innovative leader in higher education; Kenneth M. Bird, Ed.D., President and CEO, Avenue Scholars Foundation, and former superintendent of the Westside Community Schools; Karen Cator, President and CEO of Digital Promise, and former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education; and Joshua P. Starr, Ed.D., Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools. Gallup will kick off the conference on Thursday, July 18, at 8:00 a.m., with a continental breakfast and opening talk at 8:30 a.m. You will have an opportunity to hear keynote speakers and take part in round-table discussions, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities. Gallup will also host a cocktail reception on Thursday evening and provide a grab-and-go lunch at 1:00 p.m. at the conclusion of the conference on Friday, July 19, 2013. Preconference Workshops Gallup also invites you to join us on July 16-17, 2013, for strengths learning and development at our preconference workshops. Your participation in these sessions and your leadership in strengths-based education will make a difference in schools knowing how to better engage their students through strengths and using a strengths-based approach to make career counseling more effective. Conference Location and Registration The conference will take place at the CenturyLink Center Omaha. The Omaha Hilton is connected by a direct walkway to the CenturyLink Center Omaha, where the conference events will take place. Gallup will offer a special rate to those attending both the conference and the preconference workshops. The cost to register for the conference is $395 per person (U.S.); the cost to register for the conference and preconference workshops is $495 per person (U.S.). To register, visit www.gallup.com/EducationConference.
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Gallup education Conference

Lodging Options Gallup has reserved a block of rooms for the conference sessions at the hotels listed below, with check-in on July 17, 2013, and checkout on July 19, 2013. Gallup has reserved a block of rooms at Omaha Hilton at a preferred rate of $114 per night. Attendees can register online or by calling +1-800-HILTONS. When reserving a room by phone, mention the Gallup Education Conference to receive the conference rate. You must make reservations by June 17, 2013. Omaha Hilton 1001 Cass Street Omaha, NE 68102 +1-402-998-3400 Gallup has reserved a block of rooms at Country Inn & Suites at a preferred rate of $89 per night. Attendees can reserve rooms by calling +1-800-456-4000 or +1-712-347-5600. When reserving a room by phone, mention the Gallup Education Conference to receive the conference rate. You must make reservations by June 1, 2013. Country Inn & Suites 2210 Abbott Drive Carter Lake, IA 51510 +1-712-347-5600 For more information contact: Krista Volzke, Gallup +1-402-938-6001 krista_volzke@gallup.com

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