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Power Trip® Well-Being and Leadership Summit for Women District Leaders, hosted by Big Deal Media (BDM), is a one-of-a-kind boutique event in the K–12 education arena. It has received accolades for excellence since its inception in 2019 including a gold Stevie from the American Business Awards for Best Conference. The Summit is designed to address the unique challenges of female education leaders to achieve personal and professional balance, while effectively driving curriculum and cultural change districtwide. The inaugural event took place at Lake Austin Spa Resort (LASR) in 2019 and most recently (2023) at Miraval Austin Resort & Spa. The Power Trip® Well-Being and Leadership Summit for Women District Leaders is a relatively small gathering of 50 leaders and nine sponsors.
Based on 2018 research of 947 female district leaders as well as informal conversations with major stakeholders, BDM identified the need to create an experience that addressed the impact of well-being on effective leadership and to provide a setting in which to understand what it can look like.
During a four-day, three-night event, educators and sponsors have mornings to engage in a range of wellness activities followed by professional development sessions in the afternoon. The experience provides an opportunity for industry leaders and district administrators to form lasting bonds and meaningful long-term relationships. Every year follow-up surveys have shown that
100 percent of attendees would recommend the experience to colleagues, and more than 90 percent say the event exceeded their expectations. For sponsors, the Power Trip provides year-long visibility via newsletter advertising, a follow-up ebook summarizing themes, and individual sponsor webinars.
Kudos from Educators:
••The best professional development experience of my life!
••The collective power of caring, supportive female leaders inspired me.
••Every element of the Power Trip gave me the gift of reflection, introspection, and action.
Kudos from Sponsors:
••You made your sponsors feel appreciated in a way that I have not experienced to date.
•• Arrived as a sponsor, left transformed and awed by the generosity of spirit, power, and purpose embodied by these amazing women leaders.
••Best event of the year!
Nomination Title: Power Trip® Well-Being and Leadership Summit for Women District Leaders
