Dear reader,

I'm embracing that my seasonal newsletters have slipped into what my daughter Maia calls "seasonal recaps."

This winter I often found myself sitting simply at the center of the Compass, People, taking in the amazing human beings who make my personal and professional worlds go 'round—like my daughters, husband, wonderful SXSW EDU team, and so many of you.

I've continued to shout people out in gratitude for the new events, resources, and stories below. Please share, share back your experiences, and reach out anytime.

To people (and springing out of winter),

Ela Ben-Ur, Founder of innovatorscompass.org



Elon University's Design Forge brings together amazing speakers around community-based design. I’m honored that Director Danielle Lake invited Innovators’ Compass and me to help participants embark and reflACT on this year's intergenerationally-themed convening together.

Most sessions can be joined online — I heartily recommend checking it out!

March 29-31, Elon, NC & Online

Join my design thinking workshop and more of Harvard Graduate School of Education's Everyday Innovation for Early Learning Leadership and Practice! Register by 4/6.

April 27-28, Cambridge, MA

The Innovators’ Compass template in online collaboration tool MURAL is updated!

Heartfelt thanks to Jim Kalbach for first including it in 2016, to Amy Stefanski for initiating this refresh, and especially to Emilia Åström for all her work making it happen. 

YOUR stories move this work forward—please share them by email or tweet!