Board Gaming With English

On today’s episode of Board Gaming with Education, Dustin interviews Mary Couzin, the CEO and founder of Chicago Toy and Game Week. Mary talks about her history starting the company and developing the conference which strives to be the Toy & Game Industry leader in promoting innovation, creativity, and connectivity throughout the world. She gives an overview of ChiTAG Week and explains select events, like PIE Con, a convention for focusing on play in education, and The Young Inventors Challenge, a contest held every year where young inventors compete and learn from industry leaders. Board Gaming with Education Updates- newsletter- 2:27 Who is MaryCouzin? - 4:10 Starting Chicago Toy and Game Week (CHITAG) - 6:48 All Things CHITAG - 12:18 The Young Inventor Challenge - 14:54 Play in Education (PIE) Con - 20:22 Last Words of Advice: Allowing Kids to Grow through Failure - 24:58 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 29:05 Website: https://www.chitag.com/ Young Inventor Challenge: https://www.chitag.com/