Thrive! Speaker Application

The 2026 Thrive! Homeschool Conference will be held in Winston-Salem, NC, on May 21-23, 2026. If you are interested in presenting a workshop(s) at the 2026 conference, please fill out this application to be considered. We will let you know In late January if you are selected and which workshops have been selected. If you are selected as a speaker, you will receive a small honorarium ($75 for the first talk) and free family admission to attend the conference (no expenses or the cost of a booth are covered). If you have questions prior to notification, you may email Debbie Mason at events@nche.com. We will assume that you are available unless we hear otherwise from you. Therefore, please let us know as soon as possible if you become unavailable to speak at the NCHE Thrive! Conference.

Send a head shot to events@nche.com or attach your head shot in the form below. Deadline to submit speaker application is November 30.

Thrive! Speaker Application 2026

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Please write your bio in third person and use complete sentences and one paragraph.

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Workshops

Enter Workshop Title, Classification and Description.

Classify each workshop with one or more of the following interest codes. No more than three codes may be listed for a workshop; the code G should generally not be placed with any other code except T.

G: Of general interest to all parents
O For parents of older elementary age (may include middle school)
T Of special interest to teens
B For beginners and inquirers
P For parents of teens (and possibly teens)
L For parents of struggling learners
D For dads
Y For parents of young children, preschool to early elementary
M For moms

Please limit workshop descriptions to 600 characters and use complete sentences and one paragraph.