Conference Session Notes

August 3rd, 2018 by Gina De Francesco

Notes from the National Conference Sessions are being updated progressively.

New today, session notes for the Violin Forums (1.5 & 2.5) and the Set UP For Success Forum (3.4).

Go to the Interactive Program to link to the notes.

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