The National Association of independent Schools Convention Feb. 28th to March 1

The National Association of independent Schools Convention will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center February 28th, 2013 to March 1st, 2013.
General session speakers will include: Jim Collins who is an expert at organizational effectiveness and author of 6 books, Sekou Andrews who is a strategic storyteller who has performed on national TV, Danah Boyd who will be speaking about internet social networking sites, Soutimra Dutta a published author in the area of technology innovations in business.
Special session speakers include many local well known Philadelphians such as Salome Thomas-El and Sherry Coleman. Also included are Nadira Hira who is an expert on generation Y, Lee Hirsh a filmmaker dedicated to the end of bullying, Jacquelyn Hamilton from The Episcopal School and Claudio Sanchez of National Public Radio.
This conference presents an outstanding opportunity to network with the leaders in independent education. The tickets are pricey but you can bring a group for only 200.00 less than an individual ticket so then it becomes economically feasible. To find out more about the conference go to http://annualconference.nais.org/Pages/default.aspx and you can even download a convenient mobile app.
Enjoy the conference and please feel free to place some comments here for what you found the most engaging.