😱 Share Ditch Summit, win prizes!

We’re only two weeks away from the Ditch Summit — our free annual online conference for educators.

And since you signed up for it, I wanted to tell you about TWO prize contests we’re running to help get the word out to educators.

You could win free books, Apple AirPods, and more!

But first …

📺 What is the Ditch Summit?

It’s a free online conference for educators from Dec. 16 to Jan. 10. It includes …

• ~100 on-demand video presentations

• Great, interesting, inspiring sessions

• Engaging, relatable presenters

• Certificates of completion for PD credit

• Downloadable PDF notes

💡 SESSION TOPICS: Between new 2024 sessions and previous sessions, everyone is covered. This year’s new sessions include artificial intelligence, student voice, curiosity in learning, and more. Previous sessions include:

• tech tools,

• creativity,

• project-based learning,

• teacher wellness,

• student engagement, and more.

🎙 PRESENTERS: They include national teachers of the year, New York Times bestsellers, top speakers at edu conferences, and some of your favorite online educator voices and personalities. Previous speakers include:

• James Clear (author, Atomic Habits)

• Kim Bearden (Ron Clark Academy)

• Austin Kleon (author, Steal Like an Artist)

• Brad Montague (co-creator, Kid President)

I’ll send you more info as the summit gets nearer. But for now, there are more pressing matters!

🎁 How can I win the prize contests?

Here are the two contests we have going right now …

1) 📚 Win books / merch / stickers by posting on social media! 🤳

Win prizes by telling others about the summit on social media! Here’s how …

1. 🗄️ Make a copy of the template (Google Slides / Canva)

2. 💛 Share your excitement (and image) on social media. You can use/edit this sample text or write your own:

I’m going to Ditch Summit, a FREE online conference for educators from Dec 16 to Jan 10.

Topics include student curiosity, AI, student voice, PBL, practical teaching ideas, and much more!

➡️ Register at ditchsummit.com

3. 📝 Enter to win! Fill out this form to share your post with us. You may enter multiple times if you post on different platforms. Please fill out the form for each post. We'll draw 3 winners on Wednesday, December 11 and notify them via the email address provided.

2) 💥 Win free AirPods Pro 2 and copies of my books! 💥

Win AirPods + copies of my books for sharing Ditch Summit!

Email others about the Ditch Summit to enter this prize giveaway!

Follow these directions carefully to enter to win …

• Copy the text from this document about Ditch Summit. (Feel free to adjust or add to it.)

• Put it in an email to 10+ colleagues / coworkers / edufriends.

• Add [email protected] to the “To:” or “Cc:”.

• Press send!

I’ll draw a winner at random before I send my email on Thursday December 12, so you have 10 days to enter to win!

FYI #1: Notice the email address — [email protected]. It’s different from the email that sends you this newsletter. Be sure to use the right email address!

FYI #2: If you’ve already emailed 10+ people about the summit, just forward that email to [email protected] to enter to win.

I wish you the best of luck in this prize contests! I’ll have more information for you about the summit soon. Happy December!

Take care …

Matt Miller
Creator, Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit
Founder, Ditch That Textbook
Educator, Author, Speaker, Podcaster
[email protected]