There’s one thing magical about Los Angeles. From the long-lasting Hollywood signal and the star-studded sidewalks, to the limitless palm bushes reaching into the clear, blue California sky; each nook of town exudes glitz and glamor. Consequently, once I heard that NASPA was holding its 2019 Annual Convention in LA, I knew it was going to be particular.
In the present day, probably the most prestigious Pupil Affairs convention on the planet started in probably the most prestigious metropolis on the planet and is scheduled to run until March thirteenth. Throughout that point, over 7400 attendees will take part in over 600 classes on subjects starting from Socioeconomic & Class Points in Larger Schooling to Integrating Information and Analysis to Assist Pupil Success. As a Platinum Sponsor, Prepared Schooling is effectively represented with a sales space within the exhibitor corridor (#419), 3 classes, a partner-social, a highlight throughout the VPSA luncheon, and numerous in-person interactions.
Day 1 of the convention took a while to heat up. The primary half of the day began off within the exhibitor corridor the place 169 distributors arrange their numerous cubicles. Throughout us, banners, backdrops and a number of giveaways had been being setup. The Prepared Schooling workforce did their half making an attempt to make the Prepared Schooling sales space stand out from the gang. As everybody was organising, a small sprinkling of attendees got here by means of the exhibitor corridor to get a lay of the land. The remaining had been certainly riffling by means of the convention program, making an attempt to finalize their schedule for the following few days.
The VPSA luncheon happened within the afternoon with over 150 VPs in attendance. Danial Jameel, CEO of Prepared Schooling, took a minute to have fun the onerous work that VPSA’s do regularly, and thanked them for his or her dedication to scholar success, each inside and outdoors the classroom.
The day ended with the Prepared Schooling workforce going out for a workforce dinner to Gus’s (World Well-known) fried hen – A chance we merely couldn’t flip down! It additionally allowed us to re-fuel for the busy day forward.
Tune in tomorrow for a recap of Day 2 at NASPA 2019. It’s going to be a giant one!
And for those who’re at NASPA 2019, come say hello to us at sales space #419!
