Take a look at this video call from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for more Americans to host exchange visitors/students. It makes a difference around the world.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
A Week Later - Conference Success Stories
Whoa - has it been a week (or two!) since Albuquerque. The praise continues to roll in. Between the youth and adult conference we had over 500 participants from nearly 20 countries. Were you there? See who was by checking out the attendee list.
The Africa and Mexico days were well attended and fostered a very useful dialogue.Our counterparts from US-Mexico Sister Cities Association and the Mexico-US Sister Cities Association were on hand and added a great deal.
Alicia Anstead led a terrific series of conversations around Arts & Culture for the day and her keynote speaker, Bob Lynch from Americans for the Arts.
The kick-off economic development presentations and networking breakfast were a huge hit. Kudos to the State of New Mexico Economic Development office.
Keynoter Anna Munio from Continuum challenged sister city leaders to look at their work through new lenses. Take a look at her PPT and other presentations from the conference.
We also transformed two conference sessions into webinars. Our popular Social Media and Fundraising sessions can be found online for members who didn't make it to the conference. Take a listen.
Many thanks to...Richard Buckler from the Albuquerque Sister Cities program and his army of volunteers, the Albuquerque CVB and mayor's staff, Carol Robertson Lopez for her support as a board member and well-connected New Mexican from Santa Fe, and our sponsors who helped us make it happen.
The debate and dialogue in the workshops, panel sessions and networking events covered the gamut and folks left with a renewed energy, a pocketful of ideas, and inspiration for another year of sister city exchanges and programs.
Join us next year for our anniversary conference at a special time of year: our 55th Annual Conference in Arlington, Virginia USA on March 3-5, 2011. Visit www.sister-cities.org/conference for speaker and session details and to secure the early bird discounted registration rate today.
The Africa and Mexico days were well attended and fostered a very useful dialogue.Our counterparts from US-Mexico Sister Cities Association and the Mexico-US Sister Cities Association were on hand and added a great deal.
Alicia Anstead led a terrific series of conversations around Arts & Culture for the day and her keynote speaker, Bob Lynch from Americans for the Arts.
The kick-off economic development presentations and networking breakfast were a huge hit. Kudos to the State of New Mexico Economic Development office.
Keynoter Anna Munio from Continuum challenged sister city leaders to look at their work through new lenses. Take a look at her PPT and other presentations from the conference.
We also transformed two conference sessions into webinars. Our popular Social Media and Fundraising sessions can be found online for members who didn't make it to the conference. Take a listen.
Many thanks to...Richard Buckler from the Albuquerque Sister Cities program and his army of volunteers, the Albuquerque CVB and mayor's staff, Carol Robertson Lopez for her support as a board member and well-connected New Mexican from Santa Fe, and our sponsors who helped us make it happen.
The debate and dialogue in the workshops, panel sessions and networking events covered the gamut and folks left with a renewed energy, a pocketful of ideas, and inspiration for another year of sister city exchanges and programs.
Join us next year for our anniversary conference at a special time of year: our 55th Annual Conference in Arlington, Virginia USA on March 3-5, 2011. Visit www.sister-cities.org/conference for speaker and session details and to secure the early bird discounted registration rate today.
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