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Collaborating with the World
Most of you are aware that our Washington, D.C., office helps ISTE interact with the
U.S. Congress, government agencies,
and other policy-making and regula-tory bodies. A lesser-known benefit
of our location in the U.S. capital is
our ability to connect and collaborate
with other national and international
organizations—a critical strategy to
achieve ISTE’s mission of advancing
excellence in learning and teaching
through the effective and innovative
uses of technology.
Lynn Nolan, our senior strategic
initiatives officer, is in charge of exploring, developing, and maintaining
relationships with other educational
member associations.
On April 26, ISTE hosts its eighth
annual National Association Leader-
ship Summit in Washington, D.C.
This event typically attracts senior
and executive leadership from 20 to
30 national and international associa-
tions as well as representatives from
the U.S. Department of Education
and, on occasion, other agencies and
organizations. ISTE collaborates to
establish a theme each year and then
provides a noted expert speaker to
provoke thought, stimulate an en-
gaging and interactive forum, and
document consensus on the theme’s
implications for associations and their
members. Topics have included:
