Convening 2024
July 9–10, 2023
Franklin Marriott Cool Springs
Location Key
Tuesday, July 9
Morning
10:00 – 11:00
Registration, Exhibit Set-Up
11:00 – 11:30
Welcome
11:30 – 12:30
Common (and Uncommon) Ground Networking Activity
Afternoon
12:30 – 1:30
Literacy Lunch & Learn: Memphis Teacher Residency
1:30 – 2:15
The Power of AmeriCorps Partnerships Panel
Boardroom Benevolence: Perspectives from Nonprofit Trustees & Donors Panel
From Proof Point to Scale: Improving Literacy at Home, In School, & Across the Community
2:15 – 2:25
Break
2:25 – 3:10
Celebrating Language and Early Literacy: Insights from LENA Initiatives in Tennessee Panel
Kindergarten Shouldn’t Be All Work and No Plays
One Book Read City: A Community Wide Initative
3:10 – 3:15
Break
3:15 – 4:00
Keynote: Lauren Tarshis
4:00 – 5:00
Exhibits open
5:00 – 7:00
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, July 10
Morning
8:00 – 9:00
Breakfast/Check-In Exhibits open
9:00 – 9:30
Welcome
9:30 – 10:30
Break
10:40 – 11:25
Empowering Literacy Through School District Partnerships Panel
Ink to Impact: Insights from Early Education Fundraisers Panel
Strengthening Home-School Connections... Save the Children’s Whole School READ Project
11:25 – 11:40
Lunch, Exhibits open
11:40 – 12:25
Literacy Lunch & Learn: SCORE
Afternoon
12:25 – 1:30
Regional Planning
1:30 – 1:45
Closing
1:45 – 2:30
Keynote: Oliver James
2:30 – 2:40
