Let us dream conference 2020

250 | Let Us Dream Conference 2020 Video Editing with the core committee. They shortlist suggests names of opening Expecting speakers to express and closing keynote speakers, based themselves in the appropriate on qualifications and requirements order at the required time can be to address a research-based or a challenge in delivering a virtual experiential-based conference topic conference.  Consequently, for the and theme.  virtual conference, the presentations are pre-recorded. Speakers are Team members are assigned asked to record and submit their presentations according to a tentative to keynote speakers to ensure date. A slide design team ensures that presentations are of high quality personalized attention and and well-organized. interactions with the speakers. Keynote  Regular updates of the keynote The keynote speaker committee plays many roles, including keeping speaker committee work are closing and opening keynote speakers apprised of presentation presented at general committee expectations, conference delivery format, conference date and time, meetings. sending out invitation letters and taking relevant action when Cultural  challenges arise. A team of members calls for regular meetings, which are This team, which works to present documented in MOMs and shared virtual music programs at the end of each day, searches tirelessly to get musicians from across the globe. More than a hundred singers and musicians join from different parts of the world to sing about healing and harmony in the world and arrive at a very meaningful conclusion of each day’s conference.

Story of the conference journey | 251 Registration LUD virtual organization consists of diverse programs such as the The Registration team manages the DREAMS Intervention Program process to optimize participants’ for the psychosocial and leadership attendance. It designs and development of school students, implements an effective, user- the Young Community Leadership friendly, and seamless website Program (YCLP) for supporting registration process. Universities, college students, the DREAMS colleges and other organizations are Band for building youth holistically requested to approach the team for utilizing music as a tool, the Pro/ registration. It builds and maintains Conversation Club for providing a a database of registered participants, platform for people from diverse and engages them by sharing walks of life to come together and conference newsletters and other share their strategies and perspectives promotional documents. It also for greater and inclusive learning encourages registered participants of all the members in the club, and to follow and promote the ‘Let Us the Let Us Dream Conferences. The Dream’ message on social media, overarching goal here is to uplift and in order to pass on information on empower community holistically, relevant news and updates. so that future generations reap the benefits of today’s actions. A Blast From The Past- The Imperative Nostalgia LUD is about empowering communities completely relying on Let Us Dream (LUD) believes in the pool of talents from various local cultivating a global family for all communities. All LUD programs are its stakeholders, hone individuals’ free of cost and not supported by potential and help them to use grants or the contributions of any their skills to benefit society by institutions. It’s purely a voluntary giving them a platform. This

community movement for the meetings, spotlighting heroes from holistic development of humanity. the unsung heroes list, and enabling Taking different perspectives of speakers to address large audiences all those diverse programs of the remotely through technology during LUD, there’s a clear pattern, which the pandemic were just some of the is volunteerism and community challenges the LUD team embraced building. It is all about giving back to with acceptance and fortitude. society, a feeling of complete social stewardship. It is perhaps inevitable Conclusion – The Sunset to state that Let Us Dream is a globally enriched and thought-out program This report is provided not only to that unites people and motivates help the Let Us Dream membership them to grow together.  Let Us look back at organizational Dream has a diverse and refreshing accomplishments, but as a script and culture where the spirit of unity is case study for any individual willing celebrated by working towards a to initiate change by motivating common cause: the empowerment and promoting volunteerism. The of society. report may also be utilized as a road map for those interested in In the process of planning, organizing, replicating the process in any region and delivering a virtual conference, across the globe.  Our DREAM is to there were many challenges – and continue the journey of focusing on each was confronted as a learning the triennial conference vision of opportunity. Recruiting and selecting Connecting Local Communities and earnest and dedicated volunteers, Service Initiatives Through Global arranging and accommodating Networking. We invite more people meeting times across different from around the world to join us in countries and time zones, managing this movement. large audiences up to 75+ for Zoom

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