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Registration is OPEN for the 2024 GHHN Annual Conference!
Embracing Innovation
2024 GHHN Annual Conference & Awards for Excellence
October 15, 2024
Reid Castle at Manhattanville University, Purchase, NY
9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
GHHN Members - $75.00 | Non Members - $85.00 | Student (with valid ID) - $45.00
What does ‘embracing innovation’ mean? For some, it conjures up visions of robots, glowing lights, and systems known by their acronyms only – AR, VR, AI. For others, it’s the welcome integration into our everyday lives – the autocorrect function when we send a text, the traffic notifications and route suggestions in direction apps, and the ability to turn on the lights using our voices. Embracing innovation is not about one specific change, but a mind shift. It’s a wholehearted acceptance that our world is constantly changing, and we cannot cling to past ways of doing things if we wish to remain relevant. In the same way we welcome new visitors, new staff and volunteers, and new communities to our sites – we should also welcome new systems of work, new revelations, new perspectives, and new technologies.
At this year’s Annual Conference, we are exploring what it looks like to embrace innovation at our sites, whether that means re-envisioning the stories we tell, utilizing new technologies, or enacting meaningful change in our workplace culture. Together, we can bravely step into new action - we hope you'll join us.
The conference will be held on Tuesday, October 15 at Reid Castle at Manhattanville University in Purchase, NY (Westchester County). It will be a full day of learning, conversation, activities, networking, office hour opportunities with grant funding organizations, as well as a lite breakfast, luncheon, full-day exhibit hall, the Awards for Excellence ceremony and poster session, and more!
The Annual Conference will once again feature the extremely popular "Follow the Speaker" format - blocks of 10 minute TEDx style presentations followed by opportunities to speak with presenters further to help sites engage at a more direct level. (Haven't attended a conference with the "Follow the Speaker" format? Keep reading for an explanation of how it works!).
How the "Follow The Speaker" Format Works:
The Conference is divided into blocks of speakers - each presenter will present to ALL Conference attendees. Within each block, speakers will have 10 minutes to present a TEDx style talk. At the conclusion of the block, all the speakers from that block go to a separate space where interested participants can come to sit and chat with presenters to ask their questions directly and engage in conversation for up to 30 minutes. The "Follow the Speaker" format allows for participants to choose if they'd like to hear more about each presentation, and fosters a deeper conversation.
Have any questions? Contact us at info@greaterhudson.org or 914.592.67
