RealBridge & BAMSA: Teacher and Coach Conference - General Information

What is it all about?

The last 5 years have seen a decline in newcomers to the game, and also a drop in participation by existing players. There are a number of reasons for this.

But the last few years have also shown that there are many new opportunities. Communication is easier, faster, and more affordable. Engagement channels such as Facebook, Zoom and Twitch are readily available and better understood. Practitioners are more open to hearing ideas from other people. There is more understanding of, and openness to, collaboration and cooperation.

Topics

Information on new approaches to teaching
Channels, ideas and tools to market the game and the services
Benefits of providing or earning accreditation
How teachers can become the best version of themselves through personal development
Youth players: organizational considerations, successes, issues, attitudes of schools
Best ways to teach children and youth: practices, techniques, interactions, differences from adult teaching
Approaches to coaching: supporting and overseeing the entire development of a player (as distinct from instructional teaching)

The presentations will mainly be case studies.

What do we hope you will achieve by taking part in this event?

Obtain insights into latest trends, to inspire you
Recognize opportunities and pitfalls
Exchange views on shared challenges
Network and collaborate
Meet people you have heard about
Understanding what can be achieved within typical budgets and timescales

Out of scope

Demonstrations of bridge-specific software
Fundraising

Practicalities

Where and when?

Dates: 7 & 8 October 2023, depending on time zones. Each session is 3 hours.

	UTC	EDT New York	BST UK	CEST Paris	AEDT Sydney	NZDT New Zealand
Session 1	Sat 7 Oct 08:00		Sat 7 Oct 9:00 am	Sat 7 Oct 10:00	Sat 7 Oct 7:00 pm	Sat 7 Oct 9:00 pm
Session 2	Sat 7 Oct 20:30	Sat 7 Oct 4:30 pm	Sat 7 Oct 9:30 pm	Sat 7 Oct 22:30	Sun 8 Oct 7:30 am	Sun 8 Oct 9:30 am
Session 3	Sun 8 Oct 13:00	Sun 8 Oct 9:00 am	Sun 8 Oct 2:00 pm	Sun 8 Oct 15:00	Mon 9 Oct 00:00

This conference is online, on Zoom. This is a free conference. Anyone can attend.

Live presentations will typically be 20 minutes long, with an additional 5 minutes for Q&A. Pre-recorded and subtitled presentations may be a little longer than that, and will be available for view in advance of the conference. The provisional plan is that there are 5 presentations per session. So, in total 15 live presentation over all three sessions, and a further 13+ pre-recorded presentations. Some of them will be translated to French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Spanish.

How to take part?

Please complete this form so that we can send you more information about the event, pre-conference material, and joining link. The information we collect from you is solely related to this conference.

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To contact the event organizers: please email events@realbridge.online

Where to get more information?

Please continue to visit the conference website, here. We will be adding material to the site as the conference date approaches.

The conference is organized by RealBridge and BAMSA. We are grateful for the publicity provided by the NBOs and Zonal organisations.

Navigation to other pages of interest:

Timetable of speakers
Directory of speakers, with links to the conference material
How to use automated translation at Zoom meetings, and on YouTube (Acrobat file with instructions).