1. Title your file “Your Name Toolbox Slam” and submit your completed application by the deadline of Thursday, May 7, 2015 to shelley.johnson@maryland.govshelley.johnson@maryland.gov Accepted presenters will be notified by June 5, 2015 An Interactive Conference June 25, 2015 The Walters Art Museum About You Your Name: School Name / Organization / Museum / Business: Subject / Grade you teach / Type of business: Mailing Address: Email Address: Phone Number: A Road to Creativity for Entrepreneurs and Educators Application: Part 1 – Tell us about yourself.

2. Tell us about your project or enterprise. (150 words or less) Tell us about your imaginative, creative and innovative ideas in education and/or business related to how you have traveled the road to creativity. Describe the project/enterprise/experience you would like to share as part of your presentation. How is it related to our theme “Road to Creativity”? (150 words or less) Tell us about which (one or more) Slam Topic(s) you selected as a focus (from the Call for Proposals) and why/how your project/enterprise/experience aligns with our conference theme. An Interactive Conference June 25, 2015 The Walters Art Museum Title your file “Your Name Toolbox Slam” and submit your completed application by the deadline of Thursday, May 7, 2015 to shelley.johnson@maryland.govshelley.johnson@maryland.gov Accepted presenters will be notified by June 5, 2015

3. Tell us about your project or enterprise. (150 words or less) Grab us. Give it a title. (15 words or less) What would you call your presentation? Why you? (150 words or less) Tell us about you and why you’re interested in presenting at the Toolbox Slam. What should we know about you as a presenter? Unique credentials? Quirky facts? An Interactive Conference June 25, 2015 The Walters Art Museum Title your file “Your Name Toolbox Slam” and submit your completed application by the deadline of Thursday, May 7, 2015 to shelley.johnson@maryland.govshelley.johnson@maryland.gov Accepted presenters will be notified by June 5, 2015

4. An Interactive Conference June 25, 2015 The Walters Art Museum Road to Creativity for Entrepreneurs and Educators Application: Part 2 – Give us a sneak preview of your presentation. Part 2 of your application should provide a brief snapshot of your proposal. Guidelines for the conference slam format are included in red here as a reminder): What you show: Power Point Slide Format: 10 content slides, each slide timed for 30 seconds and you control the microphone for 5 minutes (maximum) of amazing storytelling (title slide will be provided). What you say: Tell your story with high energy, share your passions, speak from your heart. We would like you to share (3) images that help tell the story of the project/enterprise you would like to present. These images can include documentation of the project (e.g. images of process and/or student work). But they can also be poetic or abstract images (e.g. representations of big ideas, questions, or successes that drove the project). Title your file “Your Name Toolbox Slam” and submit your completed application by the deadline of Thursday, May 7, 2015 to shelley.johnson@maryland.govshelley.johnson@maryland.gov Accepted presenters will be notified by June 5, 2015

5. INSERT IMAGE #1 BELOW Tell us about this image (no more than 70 words)

6. INSERT IMAGE #2 BELOW Tell us about this image (no more than 70 words)

7. INSERT IMAGE #3 BELOW Tell us about this image (no more than 70 words)

8. YOUR NAME: THE TITLE OF YOUR PRESENTATION: LAST THING: Title your file “Your Name Toolbox Slam” and submit your completed application by the deadline of Thursday, May 7, 2015 to shelley.johnson@maryland.govshelley.johnson@maryland.gov Accepted presenters will be notified by June 5, 2015