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| Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund will speak at the Dr. Effie H. Jones Memorial Luncheon, Feb. 13, 11:30 a.m. |
| U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will address the conference on Feb. 12. |
 | 7 Compelling Insights from Malcolm Gladwell
Here is a sample answer from the writer on his books that will help form his General Session at the National Conference on Education. |
| | Why did you write Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers?
I write books when I find myself returning again and again, in my mind, to the same themes. I wrote Tipping Point because I was fascinated by the sudden drop in crime in New York City—and that fascination grew to an interest in the whole idea of epidemics and epidemic processes. I wrote Blink because I began to get obsessed with the way that all of us seem to make up our minds about other people in an instant—without really doing any real thinking. In the case of Outliers, the book grew out of a frustration that our understanding of success was really crude—and there was an opportunity to dig down and come up with a better set of explanations. Read seven questions and answers. |
| Michael Fullan explains his 7 Elements to Setting Change in Motion |
 | Jason Ryan Dorsey, the Gen Y Guy®, offers the Top 10 Answers About Gen Y. |
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Phoenix Convention Center, 100 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004 |
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