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Ready by 21 National Meeting

Every year, the Ready by 21® National Meeting brings together hundreds of leaders from around the country who are working to get all young people ready by 21 – for college, work and life.

1:00pm EDT

Pre-Conference Business Sessions (Pre-registration Required) Marriott

3:30pm EDT

Registration Rivercenter Lobby

4:00pm EDT

Ready by 21 Primer Room 1

5:30pm EDT

Welcome & Networking Reception Rivercenter/Madison Lobby

7:30am EDT

Weikart 'Rise and Shine' Ballroom D

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Ballroom B-C Registration Rivercenter Lobby

8:30am EDT

Opening Plenary: The Quest for Readiness Ballroom B-C

10:45am EDT

A Collective Impact Case Study: The Northern Kentucky Education Council Room 10 A Dialogue Among Brother's Keepers: What Does It Mean to Increase Supports for Young Men of Color? Room 2 Am I REALLY Doing Collective Impact? Room 1 Blending & Braiding Public Dollars to More Effectively Serve Children and Youth Ballroom D Community Engagement in Master Planning Room 3 Competency-Based Education: Promises and Possibilities for our Communities, Schools and Kids Room 5 Moving the Needle: Performance-Based Accountability Systems Room 7 Partnering: The Next Generation Room 4 State & Local Leadership Councils: How to Build a Structure for Success Room 6 The Nuts & Bolts of Collective Impact Room 9 YPQI 101: Introduction to Performance Management in Extended Learning Time Room 8

12:15pm EDT

Luncheon & Effective Partnerships Plenary: What We've Learned about Collective Impact and Where We're Going Northern Kentucky Convention Center

2:15pm EDT

Peer Exchange Roundtables Northern Kentucky Convention Center Primer on Performance Partnership Proposals Ballroom D

2:45pm EDT

Networking Break Northern Kentucky Convention Center

3:15pm EDT

Bringing a Data-Driven Culture to Collective Impact Room 10 Building Social and Emotional Competence - A Report from the Field Room 3 Does Quality Matter in Afterschool? Expanded Learning & Youth Outcomes Room 7 Funding Your Backbone: The Basics Room 8 Integrating Data Systems: How & Why Room 6 Leveraging Community Resources to Build a Youth Master Plan Room 1 Stay Steady in Times of Change: Sustaining Collaborative Efforts Across Administrations Room 4 The Role of Local, State & Federal Policies in Supporting Collective Impact for Children and Youth Ballroom D This is Not Las Vegas: Know the Odds that Your Partnership Plan Will Produce Outcomes Room 9 Transforming Human Services through New Partnerships Room 5 What's Your Story? How to Craft Compelling Communications About Collective Impact Room 2

4:45pm EDT

Leader Roundtable - Leading the Charge: How Business, Education and Elected Leaders Can Drive a Readiness Agenda Northern Kentucky Convention Center

5:45pm EDT

Youth Master Plan Meet & Greet Embassy Suites Atrium

6:45am EDT

Walk/Run (optional) Marriott Lobby

7:30am EDT

Networking Breakfast Northern Kentucky Convention Center

8:30am EDT

Effective Policies: When Policymakers Work Together for Impact Northern Kentucky Convention Center

10:00am EDT

A Model for Effective School-Parent Collaboration Room 7 Beyond the Numbers: Appreciating What Matters in Community-Focused Change for Young Men of Color Room 5 Different Teams, Common Causes: Aligning Initiatives for Joint Action on Cross-Cutting Issues Room 10 Don't Just Send Money: Making Business a Real Partner in Collaborations Room 9 Gallup Student Poll Data: Tips for Utilization, Communication and Visualization Room 6 How Schools are Partnering with Communities to Expand Learning Opportunities Room 8 Juggling Multiple Community Initiatives Room 3 Mapping Public Resources for Youth & Families Room 1 We're in This Together - Building Trusting Partnerships to Improve Youth Outcomes Room 4 YPQI 2.0 Leading Indicators: A Discussion of System-Level Dashboards Room 2

11:30am EDT

Developing Leadership: Lessons from the Field Room 7 Engaging Youth: How to Shift the Focus to Those Most Affected Room 6 Innovative Financing Models Room 2 Learning to Succeed from Others' Failures: A Case Study of a Competency-Based School Room 5 Leveraging Public Media to Help Communities Address Youth Outcomes Room 3 Strengthening the Middle Grades Experience to Increase High School Graduation Rates Room 4 Talk Data to Me! Room 8 The Enhanced Gallup Student Poll: How One Community Uses the Power of Youth Voice Room 10 The Push: Building Strategies to Recruit and Retain OST Youth Room 9 What Funders Look for When They Invest in Collaborative Efforts Room 1

12:45pm EDT

Luncheon & Effective Practices: More 'Better Learning' = More 'Ready Youth' Northern Kentucky Convention Center

2:15pm EDT

Closing Remarks Northern Kentucky Convention Center