Schedule – The Leave No Child Inside Central Ohio Collaborative Summit

8:30 AM Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM Welcome from Glen Helen team, Central Ohio & Miami Valley LNCI, Children’s Voices for Nature Performance with Open Air Village
Richard Louv video
Get-to-Know-You Activity

Creating the Nature Conversation Groups – Open Space Technology Facilitation is the method we will use to create Nature Conversation Groups based on attendee participation

Connect to Nature Site Award Presentation

10:30 AM Panel Discussion: Former Ohio Governors Ted Strickland and Bob Taft, ODNR Director Mary Mertz, Arc of Appalachia Director Nancy Stranahan, and Leave No Child INSIDE Central Ohio Collaborative Co-Founder Jenny Morgan.

Golden Twig Award Presentation

11:45 AM Lunch

Session 1 Nature Conversation Groups: (Group Generated Topics & Featured Activities)

Report Out from Nature Conversation Groups

Session 2 Nature Conversation Groups: (Group Generated Topics & Featured Activities)

Report Out from Nature Conversation Groups

Closing Circle

3:00 PM Summit ends

Highlights of the Summit

* Story Corps-style Video Recording Booth to tell your story, record a promo for your organization, or share an insight from the day to take back. Use our “PadCaster” setup.

* All attendees will receive the Summit Summaries (after the summit) comprising all of the great ideas shared on that day

* The Ohio Outdoor Bill of Rights

* Live Music

* Enjoying the beautiful grounds at Stratford Ecological Center complete with greenhouse, farm animals, apiary, woods, fields and trails

* Collaborating with attendees from a variety of fields (parks, education, medicine/health, gov’t, etc.)

* A delicious, locally sourced boxed lunch

Our schedule and program for the day will be posted here a few weeks prior to the event.