Emerge Together Challenge
Create a sustainable future for you and your center by learning collaboratively with a network of innovative industry professionals and thought leaders
Do you feel uncertain about the direction of where the business education industry is going and where we will end up? The only certainty is that big changes are happening now.
Do you feel like you are working more than before the crisis? So many online meetings, webinars, and hangouts along with never-ending requests for events?
Do you feel like you are on your own island trying to build a boat to get to “civilization”? A whole bunch of people are telling you what to do via a small screen of your computer, but not too many are on board and committed with you on the journey.
You are not alone. Since March 15th we’ve had countless conversations with members of the ProEd/CMED community and they share many of those feelings: uncertainty, overload, and exhaustion. However, they are grateful for the connections they’ve made at the conference and are making now during online collaborative meetings because they have a community of like-minded people to rely on. This community has been built over 40 years of sharing at the Conference on Management and Executive Development, topical workshops, and ProEd Membership meetings.
Once more, we will overcome the crisis and emerge together on the other side of it stronger, more innovative, and more connected together with our customers.
To play on strengths of our unique Collaborative Learning Community, we invite you to join the Emerge Together 3-Month Challenge starting on June 2nd, 2020. This program is designed to bring together the best minds in the industry and beyond to share, learn and co-create in an open and fun environment. We do not show you the direction to go, instead we assemble the best people from the industry and invite you to join them to emerge together on the other side of this crisis.
An average time commitment is around 1.5 hours per week. For 3 months you will participate in live sessions (or watch recordings) on a broad range of relevant topics, discuss emerging trends affecting our industry now, and innovate with other practitioners from the industry to create sustainable solutions. Live sessions are scheduled every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Recordings are available shortly after each session. Every week there will be a topic up for a discussion beyond live sessions. Also, participants in the Special Interest Groups will address issues facing their particular function or area. You can participate as little or as much every week as your priorities change.
You cannot afford NOT to participate…
Agenda at a Glance
- Introduce yourself – 10 points
- Participate in live conversation or watch at least 1/3 of the sessions (from Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday) – approx. 1.4 hours per week on average – 1 point per session watched
- Write down (as a comment) at least 3 ideas from each session you watched – 1 point per post
- Comment on at least 3 comments of other people in the session you watched – 1 point per reply
- Connect with at least 10 people you have not met before – 2 points per person
- At the end of the challenge record a video or write a statement of what you want to implement (or have implemented) as a result of the learning – 10 points
Everyone, who acquires 76 points or above will receive a Digital Badge. Also, there will be special prizes for top performing individuals and teams.
In addition to engaging topics-specific sessions there are multitude of opportunities to share, learn and innovate together:
Best Response to Crisis Contest: peer-voting on a mini-stories submitted by participants celebrating agility, innovation and creativity.
Special Interest Groups: select participation during registration, own moderator, off-site meetings, decide on a webinar later in the challenge, invite speaker.
Topic of the week: discuss an important trend, method or situation that effects our industry right now and in the future
In addition to all the learning, innovation and networking we prepared something special for your and your team:
Everyone, who acquires 76 points or above will receive an Digital Badge
Individual 1st place (highest score) – Complimentary Admission to the Conference on Management and Executive Development in November 2020
Team 1st place (highest score) – 50% off the Admission to the Conference on Management and Executive Development in November 2020
Best Response to Crisis Contest Winners will receive prizes determined by the CMED Award committee
*Session topics, their order and other program parameters are subject to change
Bonuses
Act before June 15th to join a community of like-minded professionals!
Join this unique community to participate in industry transformation and bring viable innovative solutions to your organization faster.
Current Member Universities of the Challenge
Athabasca University, Bay Bath University, Belmont University, Boise State University, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Davenport University, University of Dayton, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Utah State University, Indiana University, Kennesaw State University, Lehigh University, Madison College, McGill University, Merrimack College, Mohammad bin Salman College, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, Rollins College, Ryerson University, Santa Clara University, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Temple University, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, The Ohio State University, TheCamp, University of California, Irvine, University of North Carolina Wilmington, University of Southern Australia, University of Arkansas, University of California, Davis, University of Denver, University of Nebraska, Omaha, University of Notre Dame, University of Richmond, University of Texas at El Paso, University of the Pacific, University of Victoria, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Vanderbilt University, Xavier University, York University
Fee: $300 per person for a team of 3+ from ProEd Member organizations ($350 per single registration), $400 per person for a team of 3+ from non-member organizations ($450 per individual registration)
APPLY – Join the Collaborative and Innovative Community to Tackle Issues our Industry is Facing
“We are proud to support and participate in the Challenge as we found the ProEd community to be a valuable resource for us.”
“I’ve been attending CMED conference for probably fifteen years. I gain quite a bit from having a variety of centers here ranging from Continuing Education to Executive Education and coming from a variety of universities in Canada, US, Australia and other parts of the world. Also, the big benefit for me is to be able to share best practices with one another. It has been an excellent experience!”