More on Character

I hesitate to follow Cam's great post about character ed. but I thought I'd post a bit more about what we're doing here at CEP.

October is perhaps the busiest month of the year at CEP as we're gearing up for our huge National Forum on Character Education. I usually love organizing get-togethers and fun events but certainly had no idea just how much work it can be to put together a 3-4 day conference for 800+ people. We've all been super busy at the office, but it's a good sort of busy because we're actually accomplishing something. CEP's National Forum is the biggest of its kind in the country, and this year is actually our 17th Forum. Bullying is a major issue on everyone's radar these days, and character ed. is definitely part of the solution, so I'm excited to hear from all of our wonderful speakers at the Forum

This is also the first year that we're holding the Forum on the West Coast, in San Francisco to be exact. As exciting as this big move west is, the 3 hour time difference + shipping issues+ foreign territory have complicated our plans a bit. It definitely keeps us on our toes, but everyone's pitching in and helping out - 20 days to go!