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WITH SUCCESS COMES NEW
OPPORTUNITY & NATION
LEVEL PROGRAMS
The Global Innovation Field Trip™, announces the development of the first-ever Na-
tional Innovation Field Trips, nation-level celebrations of youth innovation.
Launched in early 2020, when the pandemic was starting to cancel innovation celebrations in
the United States and around the world, the Global Innovation Field Trip, known as GIFT, was
ramping up. As the first 24-hour online, multi-country collaboration celebrating and showcas-
ing young innovators and programs that educate, inspire, and sponsor youth innovation, GIFT
quickly evolved from a one-time U.S.-based program to a quarterly, multi-country beacon of
world learning. Promising to fill you with inspiration, hope, and reassurance that our future is
in good hands, these K-12 innovators share their short stories of innovation with the world.
Fast forward three years, and GIFT has accomplished 13 field trips celebrating more than
1450 presenters from 61 countries. With an all-volunteer event staff of 30 or more co-hosts
from 14-16 countries, GIFT has proven itself a highly successful global collaboration.
The good, the not so good and the great news
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