Educational Events
Tabletop Alliance will facilitates webinar style events which provide synchronous and/or asynchronous education and development content throughout the year. These are one-off sessions typically taking place for approximately an hour in length. These events take the place as a seminar, panel, round-table facilitation, or other design which will be based on the identified education and developmental outcomes for the specific event. Webinar style events may take place either in-person or online depending on factors that will maximization of attendance, access to presenters, as well as an environment that will provide a safe and enriching experience for attendees.
Past Events
| Topic | Speaker(s) | Date & Time |
|---|---|---|
| Making an Impact Through Games | Matthew Pinchuk with All Aboard Games | February 3, 2021 |
| Using Games in a Business Course and After School Program | Max Jammelli | March 3, 2021 |
| Asmodee Research: Supporting Game Studies in Education | Mikael Le Bourhis w/ Asmodee Research | March 17, 2021 |
| Games-Based Learning Conference | Dustin Staats, Bruce Brown, & Matthew Pinchuk | April 17, 2021 |
| How to Gamify a Semester: Using Board Games and Other Game Mechanics | Dustin Staats w/ Board Gaming In Education | June 9, 2021 |
| Designing an escape room to foster career development | Dillon Waggoner, Ball State University | June 23, 2021 |
| How to start a board game collection at your local library | Nathaniel Wibowo | October 14,2021 |
Upcoming Events
| Topic | Speaker(s) | Date & Time | Get Tickets* |
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Participation in Conferences & Conventions
To spread awareness of Tabletop Alliance, further educational and developmental outcomes, and interface with education and community leaders, Tabletop Alliance will attend, participate, and/or present at various local, regional, national, and international conferences and/or Conventions. These conferences include Teacher Association Conferences (STEM, Gifted and Talented Programs, etc.), game conventions (Board Game Geek Convention), and the like.
Trainings
In addition to the above educational and developmental activities, Tabletop Alliance will provide tailored training opportunities to external organizations. This includes but is not limited to staff development sessions for school districts, afterschool sessions, teambuilding workshops/retreats for teams and/or organizations.
To book Tabletop Alliance for your next staff development workshop or retreat please reach out to us so we can work with you to design a tailored development session for your team by emailing Training@TabletopAlliance.org.
Fundraising Events
Run a Game Day Benefiting Tabletop Alliance
You read that correctly, you can run your own game tournament benefiting Tabletop Alliance and while also fostering a spirit of giving within your gaming group. To set you up for success we encourage you to reach out to us!
Game Day Tournaments
Occasionally, Tabletop Alliance will coordinate and host events in which attendees will pay to participate (approximately $25) in tournament activities utilizing modern board games in which overall winner(s) will receive a predesignated prize.
It is important to note that Tabletop Alliance did not identify itself as running “Bingo or related gaming activities” because these gaming events are not games of luck, rather games of skill, strategy, and tactics as they are utilizing modern board games. Specifically, Tabletop Alliance has no plans to run “gaming” type activities as outlined in IRS Publication 3079. Tabletop Alliance’s paid gaming activities for awareness and fundraising purposes will be an insubstantial activity of the Corporation. These gaming activities will not be carried out on a regular basis. In addition, no gaming events will have a payout or distribution of funds raised to those participating. Top placed competitors are to be rewarded for their success through any of the following a trophy or similar award, Tabletop Alliance promotional items (t-shirt, etc.), prizes (Board Games, and similar products), gift cards provided by sponsors of the activities.
Annual Conference
Each year Tabletop Alliance will organize, coordinate, and host an annual conference for Guild Leaders, education professionals, community leaders, and interested parties. The annual conference will focus on using games towards programmatic outcomes, collaboration and networking opportunities, sharing best practices, presenting research findings, and furthering the purposes of Tabletop Alliance. The Annual Conference will be facilitated through the use of seminar, panels, roundtable, and other programmatic designs aligned with the respective session’s outcomes. The date and timing of the Annual Conference will be decided well in advance of the event and consider the availability of attendance by Guild Leaders in an effort to maximize attendance. The Annual Conference may take place either in-person or online depending on factors that will maximize of attendance, access to presenters, as well as an environment that will provide a safe and enriching experience for attendees.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic the Annual conference has not been scheduled at this time, but please feel free to Contact Us us to get the latest updates.