Great Lakes School Leaders 2026
The Unfinished Classroom for 1,400 attendees, , Kampala, Uganda.
- Organiser
- Great Lakes School Leaders Conference
- Audience
- 1,400 attendees
- Keynote
- The Unfinished Classroom

What the organiser asked for
The conference wanted an opening keynote for 1,400 principals and teachers at the end of a long school year, and a breakout for the 120 who wanted to go further.
What Jordan did
A planning call with the programme committee, and the talk rebuilt around the year's theme, "learning that lasts".
The opening keynote, then a 30-minute breakout on question shapes, with handouts for every seat.
A one-page summary for the conference newsletter, sent within the week.
How it went
Highest-rated
session of the conference, 4.7 / 5
120
people in a breakout room built for 80
Rebooked
to open the 2027 conference in May
Ratings from the organiser's own attendee survey.