Previous Speaking Engagements

2019

12/2 - 12/4/19 - Presentations in Shenzhen, China at Tencent Headquarters and The Avenues World School
10/23/19 - Keynoting EdSpaces National Conference (Wisconsin Center, Milwakuee, WI)
10/3/19 - Keynoting The EdLeader21 Annual Conference (Mariott Marquis Houstion, Houston, TX)
9/18/19 - Jacksonville Education Fund Keynote (Omni Jacksonville Hotel, Jacksonville, FL)

2017

10/27/17 - International Baccalaureate Global Conference Keynote (The World Forum, 2517 JW, The Hague)

2016

11/18/16 - Keynoting the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (Mystic Marriot, Groton, CT)
11/4/16 - Keynoting The Independent Schools Association of The Central States Fall Conference (Greater Columbus Convention Center (Columbus, OH)
10/21/16 - Keynoting The New Jersey Principals & Supervisors Association Fall Conference (Ocean Place Resort, Long Branch, NJ)
9/10/16 - Showing of Most Likely To Succeed with q&a via Skype (Gilman School, Baltimore, MD)
8/13/16 - Showing of Most Likely to Succeed, followed by a discussion with the NH Ed Commissioner & myself (The Holderness School, Holderness, NH)
6/15/16 - Keynoting Colorado Education Initiative Showcase event Westin (Snowmass Resport, Snowmass Village, CO)
5/13/16 - Showing Most Likely To Succeed & Speaking at the National Summit for Principal Supervisors (Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa, Fort Lauderdale, FL)
4/30/16 - Keynoting Boulder CO STEAM Fest event (Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont, CO)
4/11/16 - National School Boards Association Keynote (Boston Convention Center, Boston, MA)
4/9/16 - Keynoting Creativity Summit (Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH)
2/29/16 - 3/1/16 - Presentations in Australia, sponsored by Pricewaterhouse Coopers

2015

12/08/2015 Keynoting Annual Illinois Conference for Teachers of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students (Hilton Resort and Conference Hotel, Oak Brook Hills, IL)
11/05/2015 Keynoting the Florida Council of Independent Schools (Orlando, FL)
11/02/2015 Keynoting the Georgia Independent Schools Association Conference (MOUNT PISGAH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, Johns Creek GA)
10/21/2015 Keynoting the Grantmakers for Education Conference (Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, CA)
10/06/2015 Keynoting the CBE Making Shift Happen Amsterdam Conference (Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam)
09/30/2015 Keynoting the Edleader 21 Conference in Dallas
09/25/2015 Keynoting the Challenge Success Conference Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
07/07/2015 Keynoting the Northwest Evaluation Association Annual Conference Chicago Hilton, Chicago IL
06/18/2015 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Moderating Harvard Faculty Panel Discussion of "Most Likely To Succeed" Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA
05/14/2015 Keynoting New Jersey Association of School Administrators Conference Caesars, Atlantic City NJ
04/17/2015 Keynoting NY Tech Expo Conference Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor NY
04/10/2015 - 04/11/2015 Presentations at Amherst College Amherst College, Amherst MA
04/07/2015 Keynoting World Education Leadership Summit Star Performing Arts Center, Singapore
03/25/2015 Presidential Lecture Series Presentation at Utah Valley U. Utah Valley University, Orem UT
03/18/2015 Speaking to education leaders at Harvard/Scholastic Literacy conference Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge MA
03/12/2015 Dan Pink & I share a conversation at the Creativity Forum Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco CA
03/11/2015 Most Likely to Succeed at SWSX edu Austin, TX, Austin TX
02/17/2015 Featured Speaker at Dow World Leaders Summit Ritz Carlton, Key Biscayne FL

2014

12/16/2014 Speaking at Future of North Carolina Forum The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary NC
11/23/2014 Keynoting Canadian Higher Education Summit Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto
11/19/2014 Speaking to parents and teachers of Avenues, The World School Avenues, New York NY
11/17/2014 Speaking to faculty and parents at the Sidwell Friends School Washington, DC, Washington DC
11/12/2014 Keynoting Scholastic Event Closed Event, Miami Florida
11/04/2014 Keynoting the World Innovation Summit for Educators (WISE) World Innovation Summit for Educators (WISE), Doha
10/09/2014 Keynoting Momentous Institute Changing The Odds Conference Hyatt Regency Dallas, Dallas Texas
10/08/2014 Keynoting Scholastic event Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia
09/29/2014 Keynoting GetSmartSchools Conference in Denver, CO
09/26/2014 Keynote and breakout session at the Navajo Prep School in Farmington, NM
07/30/2014 Keynoting the New Hampshire State-Wide Education Summit
07/25/2014 Keynoting the Northwest Evaluation Association conference in Portland, OR
06/12/2014 Joining Thomas Friedman to speak at a special 1 day conference on technology, innovation, and education, sponsored by The New York Times in San Francisco
06/10/2014 Keynoting Charleston Educators Conference
06/09/2014 Keynoting the Learning and The Brain Conference in New York City
04/11/2014 Keynoting Oppi Education festival in Helsinki, Finland
04/08/2014 Keynoting The Lego Foundation Ideas Conference in Billund, Denmark.
04/03/2014 Speaking at the Graland Country Day School, in Denver, CO
04/01/2014 Keynoting International Finance Corporation Conference on Rethinking Education in San Francisco
03/19/2014 Keynoting the Scholastic Literacy Conference at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA
03/16/2014 Featured Speaker at the ASCD Annual Conference in Los Angeles, CA
03/14/2014 Speaking at Teaching & Learning 2014 National Conference in Washington, DC
03/08/2014 Keynoting (via Skype) School District Reform Collaborative Summit in Fairfield, CT
03/07/2014 Presenting at Purdue University
02/08/2014 Presenting to the Board of Directors of ASCD in Miami, FL
02/07/2014 Keynoting the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest conference in New Orleans
02/03/2014 Speaking at the University of Chicago Lab School in Chicago, IL
01/15/2014 Special presentation for leaders, sponsored by Nation's Well, in New York City

2013

12/06/2013 Keynoting the Northeastern ASCD Affiliates Conference in Boston, MA
12/05/2013 Keynoting the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Conference in Boston, MA
11/30/2013 Keynote for the KY Education Innovation Summit in Lexington, KY
11/29/2013 Keynoting Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy "State of Our State" conference in Phoenix 11/23/2013 Keynoting the Joint Annual Conference of the Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Administrators and Illinois Association of School Business Officials, in Chicago, IL
11/22/2013 Keynoting the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages conference in Orlando, Florida
11/14/2013 Keynoting the American Association of School Librarians Conference in Hartford, Connecticut
11/04/2013 Presenting at the Virginia Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference in Richmond, Va
10/26/2013 Keynoting the Hilton Head Island Institute Imagi-Nation program in Hilton Head, SC
10/24/2013 Keynoting Expeditionary Learning National Conference in Atlanta, GA
10/23/2013 Keynoting the MASS CUE annual conference outside of Boston, MA
10/18/2013 12:00 am The Nueva School Innovative Learning Conference keynote in Hillsborough, California
09/26/2013 Speaking at National Conference of State Legislators Jobs Summit in Austin, TX
09/22/2013 - 09/23/2013 Presenting two keynotes at the CoLabSummit in Atlanta, GA
09/12/2013 Keynoting special "Educating for Entrepreneurship" event at Davidson College, near Charlotte, NC
07/31/2013 Keynoting the Learning Environments & Campus Technology combined conference, in Boston, MA
07/30/2013 Speaking at the National Association of State Boards of Education Annual Meeting in Arlington, VA
07/18/2013 Keynoting Gallup Education Conference, "Aiming At Career & Life Wellbeing," in Omaha, Nebraska
07/11/2013 Keynoting the Oklahoma Department of Education Vision 2020 Conference in Oklahoma City
07/09/2013 Keynoting the National Career Development Association Conference in Boston
06/27/2013 Keynoting The Institute for Student Achievement's Summer conference in Long Island, NY
06/26/2013 Keynoting the Teachers College, Columbia University, June Writing Institute in New York City
06/25/2013 Keynoting the NexusEQ Conference on Emotional Intelligence and Leadership at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts
06/21/2013 Half-day workshop for the Symposium on Education and Technology At Harvard University in Cambridge, MA
06/20/2013 Presentation at the Saginaw Valley State University, College of Education at University Center, Michigan
06/19/2013 Keynoting regional Learning Conference in Birmingham, Michigan
06/18/2013 South Carolina Association of School Administrators Conference keynote in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
06/11/2013 Presenting at the Harvard Macy Institute at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts
06/10/2013 Keynoting the CDIO Engineering Education conference at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts
05/22/2013 Keynoting Lesley University Arts Celebration event in Cambridge, MA
05/21/2013 Keynoting the Golden Apple program in Chicago, Illinois
05/06/2013 Keynoting the Magnet Schools of America Conference via Skype
05/02/2013 Keynoting the Intermediary Network Regional Conference in Los Angeles, via Skype
04/19/2013 Keynoting the The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business conference in Chicago, Illinois
04/12/2013 Keynoting the STEM-H Summit, sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, New College Institute, Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, and Virginia Secretary of Education in Danville, VA
04/10/2013 Keynoting the Conrad Foundation's Spirit of Innovation Challenge Innovation Summit at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX
04/09/2013 Keynoting the The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business conference in Chicago, Illinois
04/02/2013 Presentation to the World Affairs Council In Dallas, Texas
03/21/2013 Presenting at the Scholastic Inc. Intervention Convention at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts
03/20/2013 Presentations to Atlanta area independent schools faculty and parents.
03/14/2013 Keynoting the Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meeting in Panama City, Panama
03/11/2013 Presenting at the Harvard Leadership Institute for Superintendents in Cambridge, MA
02/28/2013 Panelist for discussion of rigor at the Brookline High School in Boston
02/05/2013 North American Jewish Day School Conference keynote in Washington, DC
02/01/2013 Presentations, via Skype, to parents and faculty at the St. Margaret's Episcopal School
01/23/2013 Wisconsin State Education Convention keynote in Milwaukee, WI
01/17/2013 Presentations at the University of Virginia. More information forthcoming
01/12/2013 Montessori state-wide conference keynote in Franklin, MA
01/11/2013 Presentations to faculty, trustees, and parents at the St. Timothy's School in Stevenson, Maryland

2012

12/11/2012 State-wide Education Technology conference keynote in Minneapolis, MN
11/16/2012 Keynoting the Washington State School Directors Association Convention in Spokane, WA
11/15/2012 Keynoting the Iowa Association of School Boards conference in Des Moines, IA
11/08/2012 Keynote for the World Affairs Council national conference in Washington, DC
11/07/2012 Tony is keynoting the first ever Apple iPad summit in Boston.
11/04/2012 Tony is the opening keynote speaker at the K12 Academics Summit in Palm Springs, CA
10/27/2012 Keynote for Columbia University, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Reunion in New York City
09/27/2012 Keynoting state-wide conference on high school transformation at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT
09/21/2012 Presentation at the IdeaFestival in Louisville, KY
09/20/2012 Presentation to parents, teachers, and community members at the University School, near Cleveland, OH
08/21/2012 Presenting at the Council of Chief State School Officer's CEO-CEO Exchange in Napa Valley, CA
08/10/2012 Keynoting Symposium on Educating for Sustainable Happiness, co-sponsored by Cushing Academy and The Bhutan Canada Foundation, on the campus of Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA
08/08/2012 Presentation for the Fairfax County Public Schools, outside of Washington, DC
08/07/2012 Keynoting The Minnesota State Department of Education and Association of School Administrators Conference in Minneapolis
07/26/2012 Keynote Maine Youth Development Institute Conference at University of Maine, Orono
07/20/2012 Keynote for the College Board Advanced Placement conference in Orlando, FL
07/19/2012 Keynote at the 21c Learner and Change Conference in Minneapolis, MN
07/13/2012 Showing of The Finland Phenomenon and Keynote at the International Baccalaureate America's Conference in Riviera Maya, Mexico
07/12/2012 Tony will be a featured speaker at Camp Snowball, organized by Peter Senge and his colleagues. This year's program, which takes place in Tucson, AZ, will focus on how to systematically develop teacher and leader capacity for work on the Common Core Standards
06/30/2012 Keynote at Asia Society's Partnership for Global Learning conference in New York City
06/20/2012 Tony will be discussing his book at a Harvard Business School Association of Boston event
06/20/2012 Presentation to participants of the Harvard Real Colegio Complutense Program on Education and Technology in Cambridge, MA
06/11/2012 Book talk at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA
05/30/2012 Tony will participate in a panel discussion after the showing of The Finland Phenomenon at the Half Hollow Hills High School on Long Island in Dix Hills, NY
05/11/2012 Tony will speak at a special event commemorating the 10th anniversary of MIT's D-Lab
05/03/2012 Presentation at Microsoft's Headquarters, outside of Seattle WA
05/01/2012 - 05/07/2012 A series of presentations and appearances in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the 2012 Stanford Bing School Distinguished Lecture on May 1
04/28/2012 Presentation at the TEDex NYED event in New York City
04/25/2012 - 04/26/2012 A series of appearances/presentations in the Atlanta area. April 25, evening presentation for area parents and educators, sponsored by the Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Global Citizenship Program in Atlanta, GA
04/20/2012 Presentation at Skillshare's "Penny" conference in New York City
04/19/2012 Afternoon workshop and evening presentation to area parents and educators, sponsored by Princeton Common Ground in Princeton, NJ
04/17/2012 Keynote New Schools Project STEM conference in Research Triangle NC
04/17/2012 Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World goes on sale!
04/12/2012 Keynote for Scholastic/American Association of School Administrators program "Focus on What Matters Most- Making School Improvement A Reality" in New York City
04/09/2012 Evening presentation to area parents and educators in Duxbury, MA
04/03/2012 Presentations to educators, parents, and community members in the New Albany, OH school district, near Columbus, OH
04/02/2012 Morning presentation to area educators, evening presentation to parents. Part of the Charles River School Centennial Celebration in Dover, MA
03/20/2012 Presentation at the Harvard Leadership Institute for Superintendents in Cambridge, MA
03/16/2012 Keynote for Scholastic's Intervention Convention in Boston, MA
03/08/2012 Keynote for the Orange County Arts Education Center in Orlando, FL
02/17/2012 Workshop & Keynote, Learning in The Digital Age Conference
01/27/2012 - 02/06/2012 Speaking and consulting for the Think Global School in Chiang Mai, Thailand
01/24/2012 Evening presentation for parents and morning workshop for educators in Charleston, SC