June 17, 2024: Wish you were here!

Monday Morning Magic from Inkandescent® PR + Publishing Co. — Hello friends! We are having a fabulous time here at the beautiful Marriott Grand Hotel in St. Louis for the 2024 USDLA National Conference. If you can’t be here in person you still can join us virtually. Click here to check it out.

One event you won’t want to miss is our annual Awards Ceremony, which is open to members and non-members alike. Let by our awards chairwoman Wendy Pate, nominations are typically submitted in January, judged by committees of peers, and then awarded at a festive banquet as a highlight of USDLA’s National Conference. We invite you to join us from afar as we honor our 2024 winners! Click here to watch the live stream: Meeting ID — 992 8317 2943, passcode — usdla

Five categories of awards will be presented:

USDLA Trendsetter in Distance Learning Award
USDLA Dr. Jan McMahill Rising Star Award
USDLA Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching/Training Award
USDLA Outstanding Leadership Award
USDLA Excellence in Distance Learning Research Award

Another event we know you won’t want to miss is our Leadership and Policy Summit on Thursday, June 20 from 9am to 12:30pm. It will feature a series of short talks, interspersed with roundtable discussions. We’ll be sharing footage from that popular session in the coming weeks on our YouTube channel, USDLA.tv.

Until next Monday: I hope this week is filled with as much fun and educational information as we’ll be having here under the Gateway Arch. — Hope Katz Gibbs, founder and president, Inkandescent® Inc. Inkandescent.us

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