1. Celebrating Giftedness, Creativity, Talent,
Awareness and Youth
paving the way for
The first
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF
GIFTEDNESS AND CREATIVITY
2013

3.  Second week in August
 Celebrated by a Blog-tour
 Welcoming contributions from around the Globe
 Will be a spring board for ideas to celebrate the launch of the International Year of
Giftedness and Creativity (IYGC), which will carry a an underlying thread/theme of
‘Stories’ and Story Sharing
 Contributions should include/share suggestions and ideas of how
individuals/countries/cultures/schools/organisations/researchers/administrators/pra
ctitioners/ parents/ students might do this
over the next year in celebration of the IYGC.
 Remember Stories can take many shapes and forms, hold an event or an activity and tell
the story of how it unfolded, share stories of good practice, Art- a painting that tells it’s
own story, or through music, the story of how an invention got built, a cultural story of
giftedness, the stories of our children, developing stories/literature for gifted students,
stories about creativity, creations and their creators, stories about gifted experiences...
Stories of gifted awareness event and how they came to be..
 They could be expressed/delivered though many mediums such a video, audio,
written or drawn.
 It is hoped that as these unfold/develop/take place during the coming year,, and are
share d with the World Council and the New Zealand Partners, that this years long
global festival of creating, celebrating, story making and telling, will become part of a
collection/archive which will ultimately be shared , showcased and celebrated
throughout the culminating event... ‘The Spirit of Giftedness’ World Conference in
New Zealand 2013

6. 
 Leslie S. Graves 2011
 (Photo by Caroline S. Gowan 2011)

8. http://www.worldgifted2013.com/

11. U. S. A.
SENG
NGPW
NATIONAL GIFTED PARENTING WEEK
JULY 1 5- JULY 21 st 201 2
http://www. sengifted. org/npgc- week- 201 2

13. The State of MARYLAND
Gifted Education Awareness Month – first celebrated in- FEBRUARY 2012
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/
MSDE/pressrelease_details/2012_02_02a.h
tm

15. Gifted Education Week
KENTUCKY
First celebrated
19th – 25th February 2012
http://kagegifted.org/legislative-news
/

17. –GIFTED EDUCATION DAY
JANUARY 23RD
WASHINGTON STATE – GIFTED EDUCATION DAY- 2012
www.facebook.com/wgifted & Blog at http.wcpe.wordpress

19. ILLINOIS
GIFTED EDUCATION
WEEK
FEBRUARY 12TH-18TH
http://tinyurl.com/8yx4kq7
http://tinyurl.com/757dkkq

23. EU TALENT DAY
European day of the Talented and
Gifted
March 25th
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Talent_Day

25.  HUNGARIAN TALENTDAY (since 2006)
 MARCH 25TH 2012

27. United Kingdom - england
It’s alright to be bright- week
Oct. 15th- oct 22nd 2011
Oct. 20th- Oct 27th 2012
Shine week
First week in july
http://www.itsalrighttobebright.com/

29.  IRELAND
 NATIONAL GIFTED EDUCATION AWARENESS
DAY
 FIRST CELEBRATED
 APRIL 8TH 2011
 National Gifted Education Awareness Week
 27 Feb. – 3rd March 2012
 http://www.gtnetwork.ie/
 http://www.facebook.com/GiftedandTalentedIreland20
11

31. GERMANY
EUROPEAN TALENT DAY EVENT
BAVARIA – MUNICH- MAY 20 2011
http://talentday.eu/content/third-
conference-bavarian-center-gifted-and-
talented-children
ECHA CONFERENCE 2012- MUNSTER –
SEPTEMBER 12-15-2012
http://www.echa2012.info/

33. HOLLAND –October 6th 2012
FESTIVAL OF TALENT
http://www.festivalvantalent.nl/
26th of May 2012
Dag
van de Hoogbegaafdheid,
Dutch Day of the Gifted

35. Centro Huerta del Rey – Eventos 2012 –
http://www.centrohuertadelrey.com/es/eventos/
http://www.centrohuertadelrey.com/es/
eventos/

39.  G I F T E D N E S S 2 0 1 2
 Nurturing Talent, Growing Potential
 12TH ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON
GIFTEDNESS
 JULY 11- 18TH
 DUBAI- UNITED ARAB EMERATES

42. NEW ZEALAND
NATIONAL GIFTED AWARENESS WEEK
JUNE 17TH TO JUNE 23RD
2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifted_Awareness_Week

44. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GIFTEDNESS
– JULY 12-15TH 2012
http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conventions/gat2012/index.html

46. THE PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL WEEK OF
THE
GIFTED
LAST WEEK IN NOVEMBER

48. CHINA- APRIL- 19TH-22ND 2012
IRATDE CONFERENCE
http://tinyurl.com/bsyoszj

51. Latin America
2012
IBERO-
AMERICANO
CONGRESS

53. Argentina!
2012
IX Congreso
Iberoamericano de
FICOMUNDYT
(9th Iberoamerican
Conference on
Giftedness, Talent
and Creativity
http://www.ficomund
yt.org/home/buenos-
aires-18-y-19-de-
octubre-de-2012/
October 18th-19th

56. A F R I C A
Namibia Gifted Education
Awareness Week
March 17th 2012
http://tinyurl.com/cedyjqc
The African Council for
Gifted and Talented
http://tinyurl.com/cl26yov
Conference 27-29th of
August 2012
‘Endangered Treasures...’

59. JERUSALEM 2012
ICIE
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
INNOVATION AND
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION-
CONFERENCE
http://tinyurl.com/bo9z8yq
JULY 9TH-12TH
THEORY-RESEARCH-PRACTICE

65. A call out for information on awareness events went
out over various mediums over the last year.
The events in this presentation are those that were
made known to me
I am aware that there may be many more out there,
and welcome more information on any others that
should be added to this show, and am happy to
add them.
The purpose of the slide show is to show that there is
a growing number of gifted awareness events
world over- and we should never feel alone

69.  Second week in August
 Celebrated by a Blog-tour
 Welcoming contributions from around the Globe
 Will be a spring board for ideas to celebrate the launch of the International Year of
Giftedness and Creativity (IYGC), which will carry a an underlying thread/theme of
‘Stories’ and Story Sharing
 Contributions should include/share suggestions and ideas of how
individuals/countries/cultures/schools/organisations/researchers/administrators/pra
ctitioners/ parents/ students might do this
over the next year in celebration of the IYGC.
 Remember Stories can take many shapes and forms, hold an event or an activity and tell
the story of how it unfolded, share stories of good practice, Art- a painting that tells it’s
own story, or through music, the story of how an invention got built, a cultural story of
giftedness, the stories of our children, developing stories/literature for gifted students,
stories about creativity, creations and their creators, stories about gifted experiences...
Stories of gifted awareness event and how they came to be..
 They could be expressed/delivered though many mediums such a video, audio,
written or drawn.
 It is hoped that as these unfold/develop/take place during the coming year,, and are
share d with the World Council and the New Zealand Partners, that this years long
global festival of creating, celebrating, story making and telling, will become part of a
collection/archive which will ultimately be shared , showcased and celebrated
throughout the culminating event... ‘The Spirit of Giftedness’ World Conference in
New Zealand 2013

70. http://www.worldgifted2013.com/

71. Members of
the
World Wide Gifted Community
& Mary St. George-NZ
For use under
Commons Licence (s) at
http://tinyurl.com/czd3hv3
(Grateful thanks)
Information, Maps & Slideshow compiled and
created by
Leslie S. Graves
The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children

73.  Websites / Webinars/Forums – Giftedkids.ie
 Websites/Resources/Giftedteacherlistserves- Hoagies page
 Facebook/Google Plus/Skype/
 Networking/connecting
 Mary’s Gifted Contacts-Global Community Photo Quote Project-
 Begabungs- 3D Virtual Global Meetings in Second Life
 Twitter
 #Gtchat- Weekly Global Gifted Community live chats
 Blogs
 Blogs and Blog tours to raise awareness
 Linked In/Branch out
 Professional Networks/Networking
 Youtube/Vimo / Slideshare/Flicker - visual/video sharing